Do foreign fighters get respect in the US?

Europeans? Central Americans? South Americans? Africans? Asians? Australians? Canadians?

I think that a lot of it depends on exposure. I didn't see Dzinzurik until this year and I think really highly of him? It makes me think of all the fighters I don't know much about. Maidana was a relative nobody in the states until he blew out Ortiz and now he's a name among boxing fans. Do we get exposed to the best talent? Do we properly rate the quality of foreign fighters? Does their lack of exposure here influence our opinion of them?

Gumby wrote:

Europeans? Central Americans? South Americans? Africans? Asians? Australians? Canadians?

I think that a lot of it depends on exposure. I didn't see Dzinzurik until this year and I think really highly of him? It makes me think of all the fighters I don't know much about. Maidana was a relative nobody in the states until he blew out Ortiz and now he's a name among boxing fans. Do we get exposed to the best talent? Do we properly rate the quality of foreign fighters? Does their lack of exposure here influence our opinion of them?

If they do they have to earn it big time.

Ask Roberto Duran and Alexis Arguello that question. For that matter, ask Manny Pacquiao. We have an ex president, George W. Bush,who's his number one fan. If you're good, we love you. If you suck, we hate you. There ya go.

Arguello, Pac, Duran, Azumah Nelson, Chavez, GOmez, Benitez, ya they definitely get respect

carlos monzon sergio martinez duran brute chuvalo cerdan sr kahn benvenutti terry downs kasidis spelling arguello kid chocolate panama al brown the 2 french middles from the late 40s early 50s nino valdez fedirico thompson edwardo laussee nicoli locche dulio loi sandra mazziini spelling barry mcguigan spelling etc etc i can go on and on..they all got big time respect..first we got to see you fight..we dont go by press clipings..if you preform well even in defeat you get praise..if you stink ala brian london erskine dick richardson etc etc you get no praise..you get a honest opinion not hero worship from us..i for one am tired of the americans give no respect..we got to see you fight first..does that not make sence..maybe just maybe the europeons overrated a lot of there fighters..fight world class and win often and we see you you will get respect..its that simple..hey ask alan green if this board respects him now..hes american..
there are a lot of europeans and south americans that make up a huge portion of the rankings..did that go unnoticed..is that not respect....this topic is unfair nonsence..sorry..

nooo lack of exposure does not influence our opinion of a fighter for noooo opinion is made unless we see them fight..we can look up there record and see a bunch of tomatoe can wins yes that makes us wonder for sure..

Birdofthad wrote:

Arguello, Pac, Duran, Azumah Nelson, Chavez, GOmez, Benitez, ya they definitely get respect

+1

shoot even Hatton belongs, he got respect in the US

What about active fighters?

And what about the guys that aren't champions or undeniably great?

gumby look hahn is active is he not.same with sergio martinez..do not the rankings by ring mag and dan raheal whos dam good at it reflect plenty of foreign fighters in the ratings.is that not recogonition or respect.how many fighters are undeniably great today..a few.is JMM active morales and others at the end of there career still respected...again name names of fighters that have been underserving of there so called lack of respect..how can anyone give praise to a fighter there not aware of..you cant period..the usa fighters was calvin brock eddie chambers thompson given great respect just because there from the usa..nope.they got little or none..whos the welterweight strap holder i think from the ukraine..who the fuck is he..do you respect him and why...name me all the foreign fighters you feel are given the cold sholder by usa fans and we will let the board here with usa members tell us 1.who is he2.are they familar with them etc etc...are there not many fighters here in the usa and in the world many of us dont give a shit about..absolutely yes..thats not lack of respect at all..ill bet there fighters that you dont care about one way or another..again name names..if you cant then consider the topic closed...thanks..enjoy a great lazy weekend everyone.