Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Conor McGregor

[Pjetër]

Also that underdog narrative is nonsense.

Where were all these people who love the underdog when Mayweather was fighting Robert Guerrero or Andre Berto?

[Pjetër]

Damn Floyd is such a stand up guy to help out the business he gave the lad a couple rounds to make him look good.

Michigan legend Floyd Mayweather 50-0

[Aurora Bulkualis]

The match according to Panorama Sport



That Mek Gregori was never going to beat Mejuedhër

[Plako]

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.

[Pjetër]

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.

[Pjetër]

The match according to Panorama Sport



That Mek Gregori was never going to beat Mejuedhër

I always found the need for Balkan countries to transliterate (I think that's the word for it ) people's names to be really weird. Are there are other countries that do this type of stuff?

[Plako]

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.

Can't really compare the U.S. and Mexico. Most of the migration in Mexico happened over a century ago and people have been thoroughly assimilated.

Also Americans are extremely racist so obviously race plays a role here. Case in point is your example: a redhaired Mexican, a native Mexican and a black Mexican are all considered Mexican. Whereas, a black American is considered an "African-American"

[Aurora Bulkualis]

The match according to Panorama Sport



That Mek Gregori was never going to beat Mejuedhër

I always found the need for Balkan countries to transliterate (I think that's the word for it ) people's names to be really weird. Are there are other countries that do this type of stuff?

Japan is notorious for this shit, but at least they have certain rules they follow. In Albanian, it's all up to the discretion of the writer so it becomes ej xhajent mes.

[Plako]

Japan is notorious for this shit, but at least they have certain rules they follow. In Albanian, it's all up to the discretion of the writer so it becomes ej xhajent mes.

Edhe ne kemi rregulla po i vune komunistet dhe si cdo gje qe bene ata s'duhen perdorur me