More to the Fight
More to the fight For me, there’s there parts to this fight. Nationalism: Wilder was an American Heavyweight Champion. That should mean something. It used to. Every other nation backs their fighter. When the Ricky Hatton fought Mayweather, the UK came in droves, banging drums and singing Christmas carols. When Pacquiao fights, the entire Philippines is behind him. When a Hispanic fights, the entire Hispanic population is behind him, and yet, when an American fighter is fighting, it is pretty common for Americans to be against the American fighter. It’s an odd phenomenon that doesn’t limit itself to sports (that’s a whole other series of posts). Wilder vs Fury was an American heavyweight champion vs the UK lineal heavyweight champ, and yet, in my experience, most Americans were rooting against Wilder. And their reasoning doesn’t matter. no excuse is good enough. If 1938 Americans can set aside their racism (real racism, not the fake racism ...