Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
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.