Comments Thread For: Bernard Hopkins: Black Fighters, We Are Built Differently

[Albo Dakkid]

Blacks definitely have a physical advantage over the other race in the world. Look at 100m sprinters for example. They're all black

Even though physical advantage is a plus, it's not everything. In boxing a fighter relies on his heart, courage, skills, intelligence, reflexes and timing way more than he relies on physical advantage(strength/speed)

Just because I might be slightly stronger and faster than you it doesn't define the outcome of the fight. A lot of other factors come into play as well

[amayseng]

NFL teams are still owned by whites and until a few years ago white owners didn't believe that blacks were smart enough to be quarterbacks (that overt racism thing). Think about it, how many blacks were playing QB when Williams was?

You must not have heard of Arthur Ashe.

There aren't too many black pitchers in baseball are there? And I beg to differ that whites are the better hitters.

forgot about ashe u are right..
but not the best

lots of black and rican pitchers out there, the best ever are white..

as far as qbs, randall cunningham was around 25 years ago...

lots and lots of black qbs in colleges and pros last 20 years,
but whites are superior

u can beg to differ but whites are better hitters......

factual

dont even throw barry bonds into this conversation, dont do it

[CharliesRecords]

"Bernard Hopkins: Black Fighters, We Are Built Differently"

Must be all that fried chicken and watermelon......

[amayseng]

You need to watch the golf channel my man. Tiger is way beyond where Nichelson was when he was Tiger's age.

means nothing my friend

people peak at different ages and some are able to sustain it thro age like

hopkins,

nolan ryan

randy couture

maybe tiger has peaked and will not be able to overtake nicholson as the best


so no as of now tiger is not the best ever

[Blubba]

i dun see what the problem is with bhop's comments i aint offended.

he just saying that alot of black ppl are athletically blessed and some arent.

he can say what he wants to promote his own name i cuddnt giv a **** its just boxing talk , ppl need to stop taking it so seriously.

bhop has not said that all white athletes r pathetic or other races are useless.

With common sense we all know in-all-races, out of every million in each race there will always be one thats special. and its that special person who may choose the right path to become a superstar or an ordinary working man.

eventually there will always be a superstar that comes through white black yellow or green.

whether u racists like it or not.

[mattparra]

something to it

Someone mentioned that most world class 100 meter runners were black. Most world class swimmers are white. It seems that black folk came out of the ocean before us whites.

[ChopperRead]

B-Hop and Jimmy the Greek, fellow philosophers on race.

Who knew?

[ChopperRead]

Someone mentioned that most world class 100 meter runners were black. Most world class swimmers are white. It seems that black folk came out of the ocean before us whites.

And don't forget all the black hockey players.

All 2 or 3 of them.

Frozen water don't work for blacks either, I guess.

[Darkstar]

I read this and it's honestly too ****** to respond seriously to. You'll no doubt - in your idiocy - retort with "yeah, because you can't respond!" I can...it's pointless. Like trying to have a conversation with an avocado. No need for back and forth - believe what you want.

Thank you for your time. You really re-wrote history tonight on how great the African people are. You sir, are on par with the great Dr. Drew.

Keep lookng around for more egypt pots. While we all deal in facts. Go talk to some more african tribes, maybe the elder will let you in the big mud house. There they will tell you about how they had a large role in the England empire.

[jrosales13]

True on the Tiger aspect, but don't write him off yet, he had a bad year. Ashe wasn't the first African American tennis player, Althea Gibson won some championships before he did. He wasn't the greatest but he won some championships during the years of Connors and Borg.

Babe Ruth, Dimaggio and those guys made their names before the league was integrated. After the league was integrated who became the most well known in the game?

True about Althea I was focusing more on the male side. That my mistake.

Not riding off Tiger yet but he is not at a level he once was. Maybe he can get it back maybe not. Time will tell.

I don't consider Ruth(don't even get me started on him) or DiMaggio the GOAT either. I mean if you really look Robinson wasn't even the greatest in the negro league at the time. Josh Gibson and Satchell Paige were greater and much more promising. Robinson was pick because he was the safe pick. He was mature, very strong will, and not as a hot head as Gibson was. Now I'm not saying African American is not the greatest baseball player ever just saying Robinson not it. For my money Willie Mays is the greatest, he could do it all, hit for home runs, hit for average, steal bases, had an arm, could cover a great amount of ground at center field. By my money he was the greatest. If Mickey Mantle had the longevity and took care of his body more who knows. Same thing Ken Griffey Jr if injuries wouldn't had happen who knows. Or Roberto Clemente who knows. But, my money Mays. However, Robinson was a great athlete from baseball, to basketball, to football he was solid/good in just more than one sport. Kind of like a Bo Jackson.

BTW, speaking of which I would say Bo Jackson is probably the greatest athlete of all time. He was an all star/pro blow player in 2 different sports. That is crazy. Jim Thorpe wasn't so bad himself though.