There will be a tremendous racial angle regards to Mayweather/Pac

**brocktonblockbust** · 03-08-2015 03:44 PM

I think the ugliest I've ever seen racism come into a fight was Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney. That was really ugly and hurtful and showed the worst that humans could be in sports. also adolf Hitler's racism towards Jesse Owens in the 36 Olympics in Berlin was beyond disgusting. Jack Johnson often also went thru a lot of death threats when he was heavyweight champ back in the early 19 hundreds

**walrus** · 03-08-2015 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

I think the ugliest I've ever seen racism come into a fight was Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney. That was really ugly and hurtful and showed the worst that humans could be in sports. also adolf Hitler's racism towards Jesse Owens in the 36 Olympics in Berlin was beyond disgusting. Jack Johnson often also went thru a lot of death threats when he was heavyweight champ back in the early 19 hundreds

I always thought it was disheartening how Ali could bring racism into a fight even with two black fighters.

**brocktonblockbust** · 03-08-2015 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by walrus

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

I think the ugliest I've ever seen racism come into a fight was Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney. That was really ugly and hurtful and showed the worst that humans could be in sports. also adolf Hitler's racism towards Jesse Owens in the 36 Olympics in Berlin was beyond disgusting. Jack Johnson often also went thru a lot of death threats when he was heavyweight champ back in the early 19 hundreds

I always thought it was disheartening how Ali could bring racism into a fight even with two black fighters.

yes it was very hurtful the way he would go about calling his opponents Uncle Tom and other demeaning and insulting names