Professional sports in America offer numerous examples of equal
opportunity and broken down racial barriers. These developments
call for pride and celebration. Yet skin color continues to have an
influence in how Americans experience sport. From Al Campanis
statement about the under-representation of blacks in baseball
front offices to the almost exclusively white ownership of
professional teams, one sees that sports, though admirably more
equitable than other societal institutions, are hardly a colorblind
American pursuit.
Choosing the racially charged sport of boxing for
investigation, the author has compiled dozens of statistics
measuring whether or not Americas racial majority still yearns for
a white championa Great White Hope. Drawing upon data from The Ring
Magazine and its annual record books, this study endeavors to
bolster or refute the popular perception in boxing circles that
white fighters of lesser ability are helped along to their sports
elite level, as a result of being promotional gold in the eyes of
the public.
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