Comments Thread For: Arum Explains Why "Whites" Are Abandoning Boxing For UFC

[therealpugilist]

Winning the UFC welterweight championship was supposed to be a joyous occasion for Tyron Woodley. His first-round knockout of Robbie Lawler shocked the world and proved that his decision to wait a year and a half for the title fight paid off. However, now that he�s the freshly minted champion, it appears that not everyone shares the excitement that Woodley does.

�I can tell you from experience, as a champion, the last three weeks of my life have been completely the opposite of what you�d think it�d be,?Woodley said on his podcast, �The Morning Wood Show.?�I�ve had so many people say, �You [expletive], you�re scared of this person?and I�m like, I just fought an hour ago. I just got the belt. I�ve had people say �You should be stripped of the belt?and actually it�s a month today that I won the belt.?br />
Some backlash was expected. But what Woodley didn�t expect was the amount of racist comments that were directed at him on social media.

�I�ve had people call me [expletive] and monkey and all this racist stuff and I delete these people, then they�ll create another page and just go back out,?/span> Woodley said about the harassment and racial epithets he�s received. The explicit racism that has followed him since becoming the champion has been surprising for Woodley. As well as the time that the offenders are putting in to chase down Woodley with such negative comments. �People are willing to take so many hours of their day to be so negative.?/span>

�Some people, I look at their page and all they do all day is go against African-American athletes and try to really slur them.?/span>



Woodley is awaiting word on who he will be fighting next. He�s lobbied for a fight with Nick Diaz and Georges St-Pierre, but UFC president Dana White has suggested that he would face Stephen �Wonderboy?Thompson in his first title defense.




Shame white people still acting this way...

HypeJob is the perfect example of people like this...cowards who only have balls when someone is miles or countries away

[ShoulderRoll]

We see it every day on this forum, where SOME American white people (not all) will support a white boxer from overseas before they support a a minority boxer from their own country.

What Arum is saying isn't hard to believe at all. It's quite logical and truthful, sadly.

[Hype job]

keep em coming, you're just exposing yourself for what you really are......bwahahahahahahaha

cowards have to hide behind hoods, and computers.

I don't care who sees my face because I will tell you the same thing I said to your face. on the internet and via podcast

you're just another racist hiding behind a computer then when you step outside your front door, and take you hood off, the whole act changes.

"im not racist, I have black friends, I have black employees, my best man was black"....then you go home to your family and call those same people "lazy, coon, black bastard, lazy gorilla, or whatever else cowards like you sat"
im thoroughly enjoying this...keep em coming!!!!

you are a coward.

probably upset blacks, Mexicans and Asians are ****ing your wife, daughter, sisters and old girlfriends

don't be jealous bro.

[therealpugilist]

We see it every day on this forum, where SOME American white people (not all) will support a white boxer from overseas before they support a a minority boxer from their own country.

What Arum is saying isn't hard to believe at all. It's quite logical and truthful, sadly.

you see it on this forum and at fight parties all the time.

[Hype job]

[therealpugilist]

just like I thought, aint ****....must suck, because I cant see any of your childish gifs or videos...bwahahahahahaha...wasting your time

you have nothing to say because I exposed you.


enjoy trolling, Hype Job....should call you Blow Job because you're a waste of *****....bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Nightfall]

SMH, look at this dude, can't even get half of the words spelled correctly talking about how whites can't compete, lol. Fool, you need to get your (presumably non-white) ass back in a classroom somewhere.

they can't compete. that's why they are over there in the UFC. you ******

[Publius]

they can't compete. that's why they are over there in the UFC. you ******

That doesn't make any sense. All races are equal. To claim that someone one race is "superior" in one aspect or another is racism, right? Shameful.

[escudo]

That is not the reason. The reason is that boxing has become a PPV sport. Even HBO/Showtime regular fights are ppv because you have to pay a premium subscription to watch it. They've made boxing inaccessible to the casual fan. Bob is part of the problem. The UFC is easily accessible with reality TV shows, their Fox and FS1 cards. Then they have fightpass which is geared towards their younger tech savvy demographic. Ask 100 white people who their favorite boxer is and 99 will say Ali and 1 will say Marciano. If Arum doesn't recognize this is the problem then he's out of touch and isn't willing to change it so he's useless for the growth of the sport. And boxing will always be the best combat sport and the most popular combat sport. The UFC version of MMA is just poorly skilled boxing. UFC fans don't want to see the ground game. They want to see two poorly skilled boxers throw wide hooks with their chins exposed.

Nonsense. There are several guys who really don't get intersting until they hit the ground. Demain Maia, Fabricio Werdum and Chael Sonnen just to name a few.

[Mr. Philadel]

Lil G's, Lomos and Krushers, stay crushing your brothas

"Fair fights" aren't blacks known for sucker punching, and only fighting in gangs?

I'm a only child