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This is something I have thought about for a while, this is an observation not intended to flame or promote a sport. With Wilder likely stepping aside and Fury/AJ agreeing to a fight means we may see a undisputed white heavyweight champion. The lofty levels of white success in boxing during the 21st century, with whites at some points in-fact holding more belts than anyone else, is not something that should be possible according to popular narratives and is in stark contrast to the composition of for example; the NBA. Boxing's lack of a central authority is good for white athletes as it allows them to rise less obstructed even with resistance from media/networks, publications, writers, certain promoters etc... Boxing simply can't do as much about it, it must have pained them to show Fury beating on supreme athlete Wilder. Although boxing no doubt still suffers from manipulation such as Floyd having the judges and ref in his pocket among other things.
In MMA for example the UFC is the primary promotion and while it sees white success at the highest levels and whites have the most champions if you also include women, an equal split with men at the moment. It is still affected by the caste system to a greater extent than boxing, even unaware people will comment on Jones getting every free pass imaginable and catered to which I always felt had a racial undertone as well as a controversial decision with Dominick Reyes while GSP for example was never caught doping. I have seen some comments on CF hinting at a change when Dana White made a deal with a certain group as well but I do not know much about that. If MMA was as decentralized as boxing things would probably look a bit different. An article about the aforementioned Fury/AJ bout(s) below.
Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua agree to two heavyweight championship fights in 2021
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...vyweight-championship-fights-2021/5333832002/
In MMA for example the UFC is the primary promotion and while it sees white success at the highest levels and whites have the most champions if you also include women, an equal split with men at the moment. It is still affected by the caste system to a greater extent than boxing, even unaware people will comment on Jones getting every free pass imaginable and catered to which I always felt had a racial undertone as well as a controversial decision with Dominick Reyes while GSP for example was never caught doping. I have seen some comments on CF hinting at a change when Dana White made a deal with a certain group as well but I do not know much about that. If MMA was as decentralized as boxing things would probably look a bit different. An article about the aforementioned Fury/AJ bout(s) below.
Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua agree to two heavyweight championship fights in 2021
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...vyweight-championship-fights-2021/5333832002/
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