There was a surreal moment of cynical bewilderment as I listened to the commentary of HBO's Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant and the increasingly handkerchief head Emmanuel Stewart who plays the role of the Requisite Black Hater."Ricky is fighting the fight he wants to fight." "Hatton wants to fight down and dirty. Mayweather wants a Pretty Boy fight." "Mayweather has hand speed, but Ricky has hand and foot speed." "Floyd throws 1 punch and stops." "I've got Hatton ahead 3 rounds to 1."
Were they watching the same fight? They can't possibly think Hatton is winning this fight. Looks to me like Mayweather is using this boys head for target practice. Besides that, Floyd's strategy is pure genius. Brilliant. He's playing chess while Hatton plays checkers.
Fast-Forward. BOOM! Money May knocks Fatty out with a wicked left hook that sends Hatton's head full force into the turnstile. Looks like one of those slow-motion video game knockouts on XBox. Jaw dropping.
Yet, the brilliance doesn't stop. Floyd, like most Hip Hop cats, plays the media like a violin. Instead of gloating in his dramatic victory, instead of repaying the rude British soccer fans who booed during the American National Anthem, instead of taunting the shit-talking Ricky Hatton - Floyd switches up - and becomes the gracious statesman reaching out to both his opponent and the disrespectful Brits, denying both a safe-harbor for their self-righteous scorn . Amazing. Hollywood couldn't have written it better.
E.C. said... [Best Denmark Vesey Debut]
GSWS, however one defines it, probably doesn't work well in boxing rings. A boxing ring is one of the most meritocratic, apolitical, acultural, alinguistic, and asocioeconomic places on the planet. In that ring, almost always, the best athlete will win the prize.
- The contestants almost always walk away knowing that their MERIT, not their social connections, not their phenotypical traits, not their languages or dialects, not culturally and socioeconomically biased definitions of inteliigence and grossly unscientific measuresments based on those biased definitions, and not relative socioeconomic status, was they reason why they won or lost the contest.
- And that's at least one of the reasons why the sport is so beautiful, even though it can be, at times, a bit barbaric.
GSWS, however one defines it, probably doesn't work well in boxing rings. A boxing ring is one of the most meritocratic, apolitical, acultural, alinguistic, and asocioeconomic places on the planet. In that ring, almost always, the best athlete will win the prize. 
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Great fight. Couldnt see what Floyd did or said after the fight. Too many folks at the spot screaming and cheering in front of the tv. Floyd had me nervous for a little while though. The effect of those single punches wasnt immediately obvious (putting aside the cut over Hatton's eye in what round 3?). And did the white boy show his true colors when he hit him in the back of the head? I knew it was over then, his feelings of inferiority had taken over.
Global System Of White Inferiority
The GSWS, however one defines it, probably doesn't work well in boxing rings. A boxing ring is one of the most meritocratic, apolitical, acultural, alinguistic, and asocioeconomic places on the planet. In that ring, almost always, the best athlete will win the prize.
The contestants almost always walk away knowing that their MERIT, not their social connections, not their phenotypical traits, not their languages or dialects, not culturally and socioeconomically biased definitions of inteliigence and grossly unscientific measuresments based on those biased definitions, and not relative socioeconomic status, was they reason why they won or lost the contest.
And that's at least one of the reasons why the sport is so beautiful, even though it can be, at times, a bit barbaric.
Why didn't you post anything when white boy Kelly Pavilk knocked out Jermain Taylor?
A boxing ring is one of the most meritocratic, apolitical, acultural, alinguistic, and asocioeconomic places on the planet.
In other words, he can run, but he can't hide.
Anonymous said...
Why didn't you post anything when white boy Kelly Pavilk knocked out Jermain Taylor?
Good point Anonymous.
I would have, had I seen the fight. But you are right.
One must be able to take what one dish's out.
"Good point Anonymous.
I would have, had I seen the fight. But you are right.
One must be able to take what one dish's out."
That's what I like about you DV, your a rational person. Keep up the good work!
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