Apparently that Tommy Morrison died

The "great white hope" shit looks silly in this day and age. However, I'd strongly bet that the Klitschko's would be massive in America if they came from there. Before the Arabs became the new "baddies," watch any hollywood film from the 80-90s and every villian came from Europe, especially Eastern Europe. No way the general American fan is getting behind these "types"

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Originally Posted by Beanflicker

Morrison was a white guy (just like Obama is a black guy), but I don't like this "Great White Hope" crap either. Why make it about race? People got behind Tyson in a big way and he was a black guy from the ghetto. People don't get behind the Klitschko's, and they are big, white and well educated - they just happen to be from Europe.

I think if you have the "goods", you put on exciting fights and you knock people out, people will get behind you. Morrison definitely had the "goods".

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Got it right again.

Selling the great white hope from the days of Jack Johnson in American society meant that they could get even more interest and money from the public. Sad but it is a fact.

Sad to hear. RIP.