Read the article again. It’s not saying that all of Floyd’s fans are from the hip hop crowd.

What it is saying is that OF THOSE FLOYD FANS WHO ARE IN THE HIP HOP CROWD, they like Floyd because they identify with him, not because of his technical skills, as they say it is.

Those Floyd fans in the hip hop crowd are just justifying why they like him. And rather than coming out and saying they like him because of who he represents, they justify it by citing to his boxing skills (but for more exciting, but less skilled fighters, they don’t cite to their skills, but rather to a fighter’s ability to kick butt, like w/ the younger Tyson).

And you represent the caucasion community that likes white collar crimes that steal from evryday Americans.

Prejudice is prejudging someone based on race, color, creed etc…Whatever!!!

My friend, every white, black, hispanic, chinese, etc…should be foofended by this article. That is why you wrote it I am certain…

Well, Lewis probably feels that attacks against Pac have been unfair, while attacks against Floyd have been deserving. If he genuinely feels that, I don’t why a writer has to go out of his way to find something negative for the other side just to balance things out.

His previous article did say that catchweights for some are done to gain an advantage, and for some, they’re done to level the playing field. I can’t diasgree w/ that.

B-Rock – Maybe the writer does feel the need to defend Pacquiao more so than Mayweather, fair enough. But, read his previous article before this. He talks about catchweights and how fighters look to gain advantages in there match-ups. Comparing both Pacquiao and Mayweather, points out negatives for both boxers. Defends/makes excuses for Pacquiao, yet criticizes Mayweather. Claims it is ok for Pacquiao because he is at least facing bigger guys, whereas Mayweather faces smaller guys when trying to gain advantages (he has done this once against Marquez).
I don’t believe the writer should criticize Pacquiao just because he has directed criticism at Mayweather. I do believe though that any sports writer should try to be unbiased when writing articles, especially when comparing two boxers, teams, etc.
Perez is the perfect example of a “writer” who continually writes negative articles about Pacquiao, not based on Pacquiao’s skill or achievements, but just because he doesn’t like him.

Learn to read the article. He doesn’t dis Floyd’s skills and never says anything negative about the way he fights. He even says that if it’s effective, then why not?

The only thing he is questioning is what is his market value, and that is being a “heel”.

Call it what you want, but the author presents FACTS, well thought out ones at that.

It sounds like you are just offended by someone writing something you view as “negative” about your favorite boxer.

If you are a real fan of boxing and skill, then you’d would find that the you probably didn’t fall into the group of fans that the author was talking about. Next time, read the article carefully, see if you fall into any of the categories, then write accordingly. Otherwise, suffer the risk exposing yourself.

Maybe the author feels Pacquiao needs more defending because all that Pacquiao’s done is not say anything, exceeds expectations & still gets criticized, whereas he probably sees Floyd as someone who has brought negative criticism on to himself. I see that way too.

I mean, do people/media have to find soemthing to criticize about Pacquiao because they criticized Floyd, just for the sake of balancing criticisms? Is there a quota for criticism for each boxer?

Just out of curiosity, which part exactly did you not agree with?

WINKY WRIGHT – technical fighter, uses ring saavy to beat opponents.

So why was there more love for Tyson back in the day than for Winky?

Because Tyson was exciting, and Winky wasn’t.

Floyd knows this, so he has to “sell” on some other point. I don’t know what the fuss is all about.