armageto wrote: ↑26 Jun 2018, 19:21
Enlightened-One wrote: ↑26 Jun 2018, 12:21
DA1 wrote: ↑11 May 2018, 16:33Then when you take a step back and realize PBC/SHO does not have a SINGLE Asian fighter....they practically have a ban on Asians!
As of the 17th December, 2017, the PBC website listed 161 fighters from 25 countries, with at least the following boxers technically classed as “Asian” (or their native countries have territories in Asia):
• Tomoki Kameda
• Beibut Shumenov
• Amir Khan
• Tugstsogt Nyambayar
• Sergey Lipinets
• Vanes Martirosyan
Would it be ludicrous of me to claim that for Mikey Garcia's most recent outing, televised by Showtime, was against an opponent that was not only born in Asia, but was also a fellow PBC stablemate?
You can’t accuse the PBC or Showtime of being racist.
You should retract that statement, since you clearly don't know what you're talking about!
I "think" he means Asian as in Eastern Asians, China/Japan/etc. Most people forget how big Asia is and what countries are a part of it. If they really do have Tomoki, I think it was just for the McDonnell fights. Which was 3 years ago.
Khan was born in the UK, so it doesn't make sense to even list him. That would be like somebody asking for an African fighter and they brought in Wilder.
Still, they do have some fighters from Asia, not many, but a few. I can agree that they need more diversity on their roster.
Amir Khan is British, and under Hearn.
Shumenov hasn't fought for them in years.
Kameda hasn't fought for them in years.
Martirosyan is American. (Armenia is technically in Asia but I'm not talking about Armenians who are well represented in western promotions.)
I'm not talking about strictly
race or
geography here. My complaint is that foreign fighters from Asia or East Europe are usually brought in only when they hold a title, so that one of PBC's own guys can win it from them. Then they're promptly discarded because they're seen as of no use. Lipinets and Zhakiyanov are two examples.
Boxing has had this problems for decades, but it's time for a change. The other promoters have changed but not PBC for some reason. Western promoters wouldn't even sign Central Asian fighters until recently (after GGG blew up) despite Kazakh and Uzbek fighters dominating amateur boxing for decades (and being free to sign since the fall of the USSR).
Indonesian fighter Chris John is considered one of the greatest Featherweight champions, defended 18 times throughout the 2000s to 2013. Was only ever brought to the US twice against Rocky Juarez and Derrick Gainer, 4 years apart. Beat both men, Juarez twice, and we never saw from him again.
He wasn't useful anymore. Yet, he went on to defend his belt 6 and 7 times, respectively. GGG almost became the second him, if it wasn't for Loeffler and HBO.
PBC does not have fighters from Asia except when they're brought in to lose their belt.
Where are the Japanese, Thais and Central Asians in the stable? A couple random one-off fights isn't enough.
They just signed Pacquiao, great. But he's been a mainstay in US boxing for over a decade. Where are the others?? The one's who are actually prospects or trying to catch a break! I want to see young vibrant talent, the best the
world has to offer, not when Mikey Garcia or Raushe Warren are trying to win a belt from someone they'll never show again afterwards.