Nationalism in boxing #2

[Andre]

Oh there you are civalized, welcome, finally.
National pride is ok in small doses but seriously your parents shagged there and you were born in a country or an aircraft or boat in which case you take on that natonality.
Like Bill hicks said ; "why not just have a flag with a picture of your parents rooting on it." "IM from here" > (Its a banana republic)

Blood lines are thicker for real and have a long history; but fighters are fighters and require respect from all fans. I hate people who boo fighters into the ring, if it wasnt for their money they wouldnt be welcome to stand in the same room as a warrior really.

[LacosteDon]

hey bro we all get carried away sometimes i have in the past myself lol it was a great fight for PR and MEX and the fans in general won no doubt
peace

[Drago]

yo bro, when i was at the calzaghe/hopkins fight i was sat next to a welsh guy who was a mayweather fan & he flew over there to cheer on mayweather @ the hatton/mayweather fight, so there are some brits who are not hatton fans, but not many.

[Onix]

Oh there you are civalized, welcome, finally.
National pride is ok in small doses but seriously your parents shagged there and you were born in a country or an aircraft or boat in which case you take on that natonality.
Like Bill hicks said ; "why not just have a flag with a picture of your parents rooting on it." "IM from here" > (Its a banana republic)

Blood lines are thicker for real and have a long history; but fighters are fighters and require respect from all fans. I hate people who boo fighters into the ring, if it wasnt for their money they wouldnt be welcome to stand in the same room as a warrior really.

Agree with you completely, and I never have or will boo or disrespect a fighter, again cuz I'm not doing it so cheers for them who have that warrior spirit, and while I agree with you about taking on the country where you were borns nationality; the simple truth about it here in the U.S. (I dont know where you are from) is that while we are all "U.S. Citizens" the very system seperates us out. We are classified as African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Latin-Americans", Etc. So the very goverment and/or media keeps us to our roots and then they wonder why we wave our own countrys flags around. They place labels like minority on us, I dont know how it is in Kansas, but in California, Mexicans are the majority and "Anglo/white" are the minority, but they dont call themselves that? But all this is another story completely not related to boxing but it give you an idea of why I keep on cheering for Mexican boxers even though I was born in Torrance CA. (same hospital as TOni, haha)

[superheavyrhun]

Passion tempered by reason is the way I always approach supporting my favourite fighters, cause almost every one of Joe's fights I've watched I've had a nagging worry at the back of my mind that he'd lose. But it don't stop me yelling.

In terms of the build-up to this fight, there's been so much baiting and trash-talk that I can see people do care, but nobody likes a bad winner except his mommy .

Rep for that post Onix.

[Onix]

Passion tempered by reason is the way I always approach supporting my favourite fighters, cause almost every one of Joe's fights I've watched I've had a nagging worry at the back of my mind that he'd lose. But it don't stop me yelling.

In terms of the build-up to this fight, there's been so much baiting and trash-talk that I can see people do care, but nobody likes a bad winner except his mommy .

Rep for that post Onix.

Trust me, I have many times over now about being a "bad winner" but damn I just love that my guy wins especially when so many people wrote him off that its so hard to not say...TOld you so.