by Pjetër » Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:07 pm
Plako wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:02 pm
Pjetër wrote: Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:25 pm
That's literally how boxing has worked forever. Mexicans root for Mexicans, Englishmen root for Englishmen, etc.
You would think that Americans would root for their own guy over a foreigner.
All you need to do is search "great white hope" and you'll see what I mean.
America, unlike every country in the world is not a country based on an ethnicity but on an ideal.
I used Mexico as an example right in that quote for christ's sake. Mexico is not a country based on an ethnicity and yet they support their fighters against foreigners.
It doesn't matter if he looks like this:
Or this:
Or even this:
Mexicans always support their countryman even if he doesn't necessarily look like the typical Mexican.
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That's literally how boxing has worked forever. Mexicans root for Mexicans, Englishmen root for Englishmen, etc.
You would think that Americans would root for their own guy over a foreigner.
All you need to do is search "great white hope" and you'll see what I mean.
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America, unlike every country in the world is not a country based on an ethnicity but on an ideal.
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I used Mexico as an example right in that quote for christ's sake. Mexico is not a country based on an ethnicity and yet they support their fighters against foreigners.
It doesn't matter if he looks like this:
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Sa%C3%BAl_%C3%81lvarez_2013.jpg[/img]
Or this:
[img]http://www.thefightcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/carloszarate.gif[/img]
Or even this:
[img]http://static.boxrec.com/thumb/2/29/Ultiminio-Sugar-Ramos.jpg/325px-Ultiminio-Sugar-Ramos.jpg[/img]
Mexicans always support their countryman even if he doesn't necessarily look like the typical Mexican.