Are you nationalistic when it comes to boxing?

[LoadedWraps]

I'm not, and I feel like I am a dying breed, if not an outlier from the get go. As evidenced by my favorite current fighter sig list, I have no consistent theme of liking a particular place, or style of fighter.

Just for some background, I am a first generation estadounidense who's parents are from South America (Colombia y Peru) and while I am biased in many ways towards latin american culture, I don't hold that constant when it comes to boxing, I only care about a fighters attitude, style, and what they bring to the sport.

Am I the only one here?

I can't always tell if it's trolling on NSB, or legitimate positions on here, but so often do I see people who will diss other fighters from other nations and/or support fighters from their own, despite if all biases were removed, only one of the two fighters may have real reason to draw love and attention from fans of the sport. I think it's kind of sad to be honest that the flag and color of skin is more important than the excitement in the ring or out of the ring personality.

Maybe it's a cultural thing, I think Mexicans and PR's get behind their fighters almost always, but I just can't be that way, I just can't. I don't care what flag you fighter under, I care about your passion, your style, your demeanor.

Am I the only one here?

[The Problem Child]

I KINDA used to be but not anymore. I am Puerto Rican and I despise Cotto, he is a downright coward nowadays, a disgrace. If you look at my post history from a year ago you'd see me defending Cotto to death.

And I rooted for Salido in the second Rocky fight. Nothing personal against Rocky, I just prefer the Mexican style of fighting.

The only PRican fighters I feel proud about are Trinidad and (RECENT) Juanma Lopez (despite his downfall and whatnot, he is a great person and goes to war like a true warrior). I also like Verdejo but too early to tell if he will become a coward like Cotta.

[LoadedWraps]

I KINDA used to be but not anymore. I am Puerto Rican and I despise some of our fighters like Cotto for example, he is a downright coward nowadats

True warriors like GGG, Margarito, and Maidana deserve love from anyone!

[HanzGruber]

I would like other fighters, but fighters from other countries suck. So war America

[1hourRun]

I like trolling ; I dont hate but cant resist seeing morons spending months debating in threads.

[BodiesInFlight]

True warriors like GGG, Margarito, and Maidana deserve love from anyone!

What warrior like attributes has Golovkin shown in his career so far?
Getting in the ring with Martin Murray? Wow, much brave.

Sounds like you're a nuthugger, which isn't any better than being nationalistic.


I like golovkin but calling him these things before he's fought anyone of class is silly.

[SouthPawHitman]

I support fighters of all races and nationality's. I don't want to be accused of being racist so I try to get an even amount of white,black,Irish,African American,Mexican and Latino fighters in my sig.

[LoadedWraps]

What warrior like attributes has Golovkin shown in his career so far?
Getting in the ring with Martin Murray? Wow, much brave.

Sounds like you're a nuthugger, which isn't any better than being nationalistic.


I like golovkin but calling him these things before he's fought anyone of class is silly.

Who decides who has "class"? You? He's fought who they put in front of him, you can ask no more of a fighter. His style and bravery in the ring isn't irrelevant because you may think he hasn't faced top opposition, because he hasn't, but that doesn't mean he hasn't proved he has courage because they have mostly thrown tomato cans at him. Some fighters just have it, and GGG does, just like you could tell Tyson was going to be a monster by looking at his AM footage. if you need to see a fighter beat a top 10 fighter to believe he is for real then you just don't know boxing as well as you think you do, because I can walk into any gym and find out who is for real just watching people work and spar.

[The Problem Child]

I'm not, and I feel like I am a dying breed, if not an outlier from the get go. As evidenced by my favorite current fighter sig list, I have no consistent theme of liking a particular place, or style of fighter.

Just for some background, I am a first generation estadounidense who's parents are from South America (Colombia y Peru) and while I am biased in many ways towards latin american culture, I don't hold that constant when it comes to boxing, I only care about a fighters attitude, style, and what they bring to the sport.

Am I the only one here?

I can't always tell if it's trolling on NSB, or legitimate positions on here, but so often do I see people who will diss other fighters from other nations and/or support fighters from their own, despite if all biases were removed, only one of the two fighters may have real reason to draw love and attention from fans of the sport. I think it's kind of sad to be honest that the flag and color of skin is more important than the excitement in the ring or out of the ring personality.

Maybe it's a cultural thing, I think Mexicans and PR's get behind their fighters almost always, but I just can't be that way, I just can't. I don't care what flag you fighter under, I care about your passion, your style, your demeanor.

Am I the only one here?

Just read your entire post (I always like to get that first response in but I always make sure to read the post then).

I completely agree with the bold, same way here.

ALSO, let's put it out there, THERE'S A LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THIS FORUM of black posters who hate GGG due to his skin color. LET'S SAY IT LIKE IT IS OKAY.

They can't stand a light skinned fighter being the FACE of the sport, the STRONGEST/MOST DOMINANT fighter in boxing.

Sorry, I just had to say it because it goes with the theme of this thread. Because if a black person here cries RACISM, there is an outrage, actions taken. But when us while folks SCREAM racism, we get ignored and it's like NO BIGGIE.

[LoadedWraps]

Just read your entire post (I always like to get that first response in but I always make sure to read the post then).

I completely agree with the bold, same way here.

ALSO, let's put it out there, THERE'S A LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THIS FORUM of black posters who hate GGG due to his skin color. LET'S SAY IT LIKE IT IS OKAY.

They can't stand a light skinned fighter being the FACE of the sport, the STRONGEST/most DOMINANT fighter in boxing.

Sorry, I just had to say it because it goes with the theme of this thread.

WAR Golovkin!!!!!!!!!!!

(poster and fighter)