Chicali
Barrera speaks for all Mexicans because he is the greatest of them all. His opinion is the most important
I, like other fellow Mexicans, lost respect for him when he called Erik Morales an uneducated filthy little indian and then sucker punched him @ the press conference. He thinks he's a high class Mexican or something. If anything, he's just as much a little indian or more so than Morales. He has no law degree, left Golden Boy, and has been beaten bad lately. Anyway, his comments arent & shouldnt be that much of importance, he doesnt represent all Mexicans, maybe those from Mexico City, D.F. but not all the country.
It's interesting to read the opinions of a Mexican with regards to Barrera and Morales. Not knowing the full history behind their feud, I've always sympathized more with Barrera, 'cause I saw after one of their fights where Barrera tried a friendly gesture and instead got rebuffed rudely by Morales. But again, I don't know the full history. Aside from that, I've always viewed Barrera as classy in and out of the ring, and he won my everlasting appreciation when he bullied and humiliated the HATED Nassem Hamed, much to my delight. The times I've seen Morales speak, he seems full of anger and hate. Again... perception.
Kinda patronising speaking on 'behalf of all Mexicans' when you're a Brit, Game. I've always preferred Barrera to Morales, he always seemed the more decent guy to me, thought he won all 3 fights, & loved when he won the decider after Morales threw the bottle at him after he'd talked shit in the build-up. Still, I'm not from the country and don't know the ins & outs of how they feel about him there. It certainly seems true that he is less beloved in his homeland than other (possibly inferior) fighters, and there must be a reason for this.
jeees, GAME is doing his MAB thing
The sheer weirdness of countries. Look at the fights he gave people and the lack of respect (by some he's given).
Not had to work up from the gutter like 'other' Mexican fighters. Why did Oscar play down his somewhat more middleclass roots in favour of acting more blue collar?He was hated enough for beating Chavez.
I've never fallen in to the working class hero myth here or in other countries. It smacks of ignorance and a glorification of the gutter. Yeah being poor is so great.![]()
I agree, I think its just the adversity gives the average person (particularly in a country like Mexico) something they can identify with. I think MAB is the greater fighter, but I don't speak for the people of Mexico. One thing I do find strange is how they go on about Kelly Pavlik's 'working class hero' roots as if all other boxers are raised in Bel-Air or Hampstead. Particularly when he was up against Hopkins they kept going on about it, & I thought where would you rather grow up, Youngstown, which is economically depressed, but a seemingly together little town, or the ghettos of Philladelphia, which are the crime & murder capitals of the US? Hmmmm...![]()
I think the point is NOT being poor is so great![]()
3-Time SADDO PREDICTION COMP CHAMPION.
I don't think anyone is trying to glorify poverty and especially not the gutter with the possible exception of Mayorga. Lol.
There's nothing wrong with pointing toward your past and saying that's where I came from, now look where I am.
Good, decent and hardworking people come from poverty and the gutter. Everyone of them probably wish they could have started life differently.
There is no denying that, overall, poverty has produced more boxers than anything else, and plenty of boxers understand and celibate that heritage. If it don't kill you, it makes you stronger.
Yeah, I know what you're thinking, it's probably produced more crime and misery than anything else, poverty that is.
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