Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
...Well boxing is an inherently racist sport, you cheer for who you identify with. I like John L. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, and the like but it doesn't make me racist. I mean mexicans cheer for mexican fighters it's not wrong. It's a part of the sport, a small and not so nice one but it's a part of the sport.
I disagree completely that "boxing is an inherently racist sport." What does that even mean?

I'm white, but I can't think of a single white boxer I root for right now. I'll root for Hatton against Collazzo I guess, but I don't love him and I definitely won't root for him against Floyd. I cheer for the fighters whose styles I like, not for the ones who share my skin color (unless they happen to be the ones with great style).

Mexican fans rooting for boxers from Mexico is not the same thing as a white American rooting for white fighters mroe than black (American) fighters. One is nation-based (like the Olympics) and the other is race-based.