lazboy wrote:Kovalev strikes me as man who has no filter in addition to having a sense of humour that is, for lack of a better word, not politically correct.
That's no excuse for his behaviour. He can't apologise and then keep repeating the same "crime" over-and-over again.
lazboy wrote:His racist words and humour are in poor taste and to some inexcusable, a hardened upbringing on the streets of Russia is where this language may have come from. Saying that I'm not excusing it just trying to understand it.
He's been living in the US for almost a decade and the fact that his English is so incredibly poor (he still needs a translator for some of his interviews FFS!) means that he doesn't integrate with the American community, which is not good considering they are the people funding his paydays.
If he did socialise with the American community, after living on US soil for almost a decade, then it is reasonable to expect him to have the common decency to tailor his behaviour according to the social norms of the Western world.
lazboy wrote:His street language and sense of humour portray him as a racist (at times) yet his alliance with head trainer John David Jackson and notable friendship with Bernard Hopkins speak otherwise.
Having a professional relationship with someone and also respecting someone else’s sporting ability (not genuine friendship) does not dismiss the likelihood that he is racist, since they can co-exist.
Sergey Kovalev and Bernard Hopkins are not friends. They may be on "friendly" terms, but they are not friends.
lazboy wrote:I believe you were joking or kind of joking saying John David Jackson is merely a shield to protect Kovalev from public scorn and for him to be allowed to continue being a racist.
This "joke" was a half-truth. Sergey Kovalev is notoriously difficult to work with and John David Jackson concedes that the Russian doesn’t always listen to him. I do believe that his American head trainer is merely a figurehead, but I am not convinced that he’s solely being used to deflect accusations of racism.
Of course I was joking, kind of… since Sergey Kovalev can still be a racist even if he employs hundreds of black people.
lazboy wrote:To suggest Jackson, (himself an ex boxing champion), would allow himself to be used for the 5 or more years he has been head trainer as a smoke screen is offensive and frankly, silly and your joke is in very poor taste. That is what you have in common with Kovalev perhaps.
My "jokey" comment was intentionally provocative, since I genuinely believe that Sergey Kovalev is a racist, based on a long-term proven track record of poor behaviour, which has been well-documented and is easily verifiable.
If you genuinely believe that my words are deeply offensive and in poor taste, then you should be utterly outraged by some of Sergey Kovalev’s antics, but somehow that doesn’t appear to be the case.
It suggests that you’re more offended about the person that attacks the racist than the racist himself.
In terms of my pretend Kovalev quote, it was my intention to attack Kovalev himself using his own words, since the underlined bold words were extracts from several racist comments that Sergey actually articulated... research them yourself and let me know if you still believe my criticism to be so unreasonable?
Regardless, I am absolutely delighted that you’re offended by my “joke”, since a lot of the words I used were sourced originally from Sergey Kovalev himself.
lazboy wrote:Who knows really if Kovalev is a racist.
Sergey Kovalev keeps making racist comments. If he’s not racist, then he’s a fúckíng stupid cúnt!
lazboy wrote:Do actions speak lounder than words (partnership with John David Jackson), or is this a type of Russian street talk he grew up?
To repeat myself, many racists have to maintain professional business relationships with the racial groups that they abhor and living in the US for almost a decade should dismiss the “he’s just a dumb foreigner who doesn’t understand America yet” justification.
lazboy wrote:Although inexcusable,what is the street talk revealing? Real prejudicial, racist sentiment? Does he/did he speak that way because he doesnt like the person rather than doesnt like that person because of race or sex.
I don’t care about his motives. He’s a racist piece of shít!
Who said these words?
“I'm not a racist, I know that everywhere there are good and bad guys, but the ‘tanned’ every day I like less. I live in Florida, there are many illegal immigrants, natives, I can see how they behave.”
lazboy wrote:Generally, the racist comments he has made have been about opponents. Either way, I don't support the mistakes he's made and I hope he doesn't continue to make them.
Do your research like I have done and your outlook will inevitably change on the matter.
If a person keeps committing the same “crime” over-and-over again… and they also articulate their racist words in writing, which clearly requires a premeditated decision, then their offensive words cannot be excused as simply Tourette’s Syndrome-like “mistakes”!
I respect the fact that you were brave enough to attempt to defend Sergey Kovalev’s reputation, but it disappoints me that you seem more offended about the person attacking the racist than the person that has a long-term proven track record of being a racist.
Nothing that I said was even remotely close to being as offensive as some of the shít uttered by Sergey Kovalev, but you defend him whilst attacking me for my “offensive” words that you deem to be in “poor taste”... to the point that you actually have the sheer audacity to compare my behaviour to someone that is proven to be a long-term racist!
You previously claimed that “actions speak louder than words”, so what does that say about someone that chooses to support a racist, by defending them, whilst attacking their disparagers?
