I don't think they should've fired him...instead have the conversation during the Broadcast. They wanted to him Apologize and he refused so it is not like they wasn't given the opportunity to clear things up. Instead I think they could've had him with Brian Custer and some current fighters to discuss what he said and everything would've been cool.
Paulie may have acted emotional with his comment, I guess because some Wilder fans been trashing him and labeling him Racist or whatever since the damn 1st Fury fight (which I thought he did nothing wrong by the way) that he jumped out and made that comment probably as some sort of get back. As well as an emotional reaction to what Devin Haney said which was also a ****** comment and Haney apologize for it at least.
The issue is that is shows BIAS, it shows and confirms a Bias a lot of Wilder Fans was crying about while he was calling Wilder vs Fury I. I don't think you should hold certain positions particularly a Boxing Analyst if you're already coming in with a Bias towards certain fighter regardless if it is their fighting style or Race/Nationality/Ethnicity/Religion etc....
This Bias was the downfall of HBO IMO. I remember Boxing Hall Of Famer's Steve Farhood and Al Bernstein talking about how they don't pick fights which really does make a lot of sense and maybe they should've passed that along to Paulie. Certain Topics you stay away from!
Now if you some guy on Boxing Scene, then yeah you can say and post whatever you want.
No One Race/Nationality is dominating boxing, the sport is as diverse as it has ever been right now and that is a Great Thing! You have British Champions, American Champions, Eastern European Champions, Mexican Champions, Asian Champions...
So it was a ignorant comment from someone who is suppose to be a Boxing Analyst
Paulie may have acted emotional with his comment, I guess because some Wilder fans been trashing him and labeling him Racist or whatever since the damn 1st Fury fight (which I thought he did nothing wrong by the way) that he jumped out and made that comment probably as some sort of get back. As well as an emotional reaction to what Devin Haney said which was also a ****** comment and Haney apologize for it at least.
The issue is that is shows BIAS, it shows and confirms a Bias a lot of Wilder Fans was crying about while he was calling Wilder vs Fury I. I don't think you should hold certain positions particularly a Boxing Analyst if you're already coming in with a Bias towards certain fighter regardless if it is their fighting style or Race/Nationality/Ethnicity/Religion etc....
This Bias was the downfall of HBO IMO. I remember Boxing Hall Of Famer's Steve Farhood and Al Bernstein talking about how they don't pick fights which really does make a lot of sense and maybe they should've passed that along to Paulie. Certain Topics you stay away from!
Now if you some guy on Boxing Scene, then yeah you can say and post whatever you want.
No One Race/Nationality is dominating boxing, the sport is as diverse as it has ever been right now and that is a Great Thing! You have British Champions, American Champions, Eastern European Champions, Mexican Champions, Asian Champions...
So it was a ignorant comment from someone who is suppose to be a Boxing Analyst
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