[Dean's World] Dean: Black Boxers

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Posted by Dean:
Black Boxers
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   It is of course a running joke: In America, when black people get into
   a sport, they tend to dominate it.

   Mostly, this is a stereotype. Football, baseball, whatever your sport,
   yes black athletes tend to do very well. Black people also tend toward
   being a bit taller, and tend to have biggish hands, so they do well at
   basketball. Of course. Why not?

   But look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, or the Baseball Hall of
   Fame, and while of course black athletes do very well, they do not
   dominate it. I mean yes, we all know who Hank Aaron and Willie Mayes
   were, but we also know who Babe Ruth and Ted Williams were. Was
   [1]Ryne Sandberg cool because he was Jewish, or not-black? Or was he
   just amazing because of who he was?

   There is one sport where I notice that black people totally dominate.
   They just do. And that is boxing. Rock movies aside, black people just
   own this sport. They do.

   I have a theory as to why this is so:

   White people have much bigger noses, and they are more easily broken
   as a result.

   Discuss.

References

   1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryne_Sandberg