Broner Banned For a Year by WBO/WBC but is it fair? [POLL]

[Build That Wall]

He needs to do community service.

[shocky]

Boner is being pick-on because he is not liked by many people. He needs to stop acting like a low life thug."You can't fix ******"

[sean1997]

This fool who started the thread is a black power guy I bet.

gtfo

[CTC JOHNNY]

Broner has made dumb racist remarks in the past, not on this occasion he hasnt. It was dumb and disrespectful. Still, maybe the ban will do him some good.

this guy obviously has a obsession with Adrien Broner personal life!! This kind of stalker mentality is just crazy!!

[La Jefa]

[lizard_man]

I'm Mexican and I didn't get offended at all. Anyone who isn't a dumb azz knows he didn't mean it in a racists way.

If anything, them suspending him just makes it seem like Mexicans are indeed butt hurt for whooping on a Mexican.

[Jay Volcano]

A fine would have been more appropriate. I don't think Broner is a racist, he is just incredibly ******.

[krazyn8tive]

okay, first off what he said aint racist imo, guys like Nacho be saying Mayweather and Bradley fight "black" but he aint get banned but Broner get banned for saying he beat up a mexican? wtf is going on in boxing that shi- like this happens? why not deal with corruption like judges awarding gifts or trying to rob fighters like with the 114-114 Canelo Mayweather score or the Maidana - Mayweather 114-114 score. This is ridiculous.

You know if it was Molina saying he beat up a black boxer he wouldn't be getting banned. But The Problem gotta apologize? if he backs down and apologizes he'll lose me as a fan.

Any form racism is detestable, more so in absence of an apology. to be suspended by for 1 year for post fight comments.

— Paco Valcárcel, Esq. (@PacoValcarcel)

what do yall think? should AB apologize? was the punishment fair? polls up

Ban him longer. Fcuk it. You have never heard a boxer in a televised fight say "I just beat the fcuk out of a black man." Never. Be careful of double standards.

[Suavecito80]

In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is widely interpreted as a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with substantial Mexican-American populations. Chicano activists raised awareness of the holiday in the 1960s, in part because they identified with the victory of indigenous Mexicans over European invaders during the Battle of Puebla. Today, revelers mark the occasion with parades, parties, mariachi music, Mexican folk dancing and traditional foods such as tacos and mole poblano. Some of the largest festivals are held in Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston.

French occupation viciously swept across Mexico after the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. Mexico was left ripped to shreds and bankrupt after having suffered incredible defeat against the Americans. By the 1850s, the country was in a state of crisis.

Newly elected President Benito Juarez issued a moratorium on July 17, 1861, to help get a handle on his country’s wrecked economy, according to UCLA’s Chicano and Latino issues resource center.

The moratorium stipulated a hold on all foreign debt payments for the next two years so that Mexico could get out of financial ruin. Payments could resume after the two-year mark, but in the meantime Mexico was forced to default on debts abroad.

England, Spain and France — all of which Mexico owed money to — were furious. According to History.com, all three sent naval ships to Veracruz to demand reimbursement. British and Spanish forces eventually negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but it was France that decided to take severe action.

Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of a fallen nation, French ruler Napoleon III had hoped to be victorious over the weakened Mexican army and carve out an independent empire for France.

According to UCLA, there is some speculation that the United States’ enactment of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, which stated that any European attempts to re-colonize any part of the Americas would be considered an act of war, may have sparked the French invasion frenzy. At the time, the United States’ quick and immense expansion was seen as a threat to other world powers.

In 1862, French Gen. Charles Latrille de Lorencez was ordered to march his forces into Veracruz and attack with 6,000 troops and 2,000 French loyalists headed for Puebla de Los Angeles, just east of Mexico City — Napoleon’s ultimate goal. In response, Juarez gathered up any Mexican loyalists he could find and put together a 4,000-strong, but hackneyed, force against the French. Many were farmers armed with hunting rifles and machetes, according to a PBS report.

For nearly 50 years, the French army had remained undefeated, until they clashed with the Mexican army on May 5, 1862, in Puebla. Led by Texas-born Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza, the outnumbered and poorly supplied Mexican army defeated French forces in what became known as the "Batalla de Puebla."

According to History.com, the French lost 500 men in a single day, while Mexican forces lost fewer than 100. The victory gave the Mexicans a huge morale boost, and the French withdrew six years later. Puebla de Los Angeles was renamed Puebla de Zaragoza in honor of the general’s great triumph.

The celebration of a great triumph for the Mexican culture diminished by yours truly, Adrien Broner.

Holy copy and paste batman!! He didn't diminish **** you genius.