Remember many years ago when a group of black athletes raised thier fists at the summer games is protest of (whatever) hardly anybody remembers their names or their cause but at the same time their was a boxer named George Foreman who had a great personality and walked around the boxing ring waving a small flag. Now quick question who is better off after 30 years Mr. Foreman (and his grill) or a few malcontents with hateful disrespect. The interview I saw with this skater showed a lot of anger in his voice and actions. Maybe there is a reason for this and hopefully it will get out, but as for now he in NO GEORGE FOREMAN

 

I got the same impression.

 

The athletes who did the "Black Power" salute did so in protest of there treatment in the country they represented. If you were not being treated fairly I'm pretty sure you'd say something about it. They made their statement when the world was watching for maximum effect. As for Mr Davis he made a valid point saying if the other athlete was in the same position it is possible he would have done the same thing. Mr Davis had the option of when to skate and chose not to skate in the team event. It is nothing that has not happened before with athletes competing in multiple events. I think his team mate should not have been on him like that in the media in the first place. That disagreement should have been handled man to man but he got ugly with Davis and vice versa. We are supposed all to be equall now so Mr Davis no longer has to bow down unless he wants to do so.

 

Hank Arron and Jackie Robinson got a good taste of your sportmanship.

Don't take my word for it, do a google search on those two names, then YOU WILL SEE WHAT REAL SPORTMANSHIP is like!!

 

Do you know any more loved or respected athlete or human being than Mr. Foreman----- by the way what where those three protesters names? Just like Davis and the other (white) angry competitors they soon will be forgotten. A smart person would have just smilled and said a few pleasent things and ended up like so many other famous athletes, rather than join the likes of the angry .

 

a couple of websites that might be interesting:

http://www.counterpunch.org/zirin11012003.html
Scroll down just a tiny bit for this one


http://www.johncarlos.com

 

I'm not saying George did this, but if I got to kiss someone's **** to get ahead, then I will always be lacking...


Hateful disrespect. With the attitude this country had from 1865 - 1965, and in some ways, to the present date; for them to hold up their fist in protest only garners to words from me....


Damn right!




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We are all just trying to earn a living and acting the way those athletes did back in the 60s and the way Davis and the white "***" did during irecent nterviews on TV, there is no way they will get the big bucks from product endorsements like Foreman, Tiger, Jordan and countless many black and white athletes have. So just how smart was that angry interview Davis and "the 4th place finisher" gave. No matter how anyone feels let down by society just remember when the general population sees something like this only the pocketbook suffers and we know who could have made millions instead of coaching high school track. This is hopefully not a race issue and soon the hidden reasons will emerge

 

Dude who are you to judge the way those guys dealt with the situation they were in. The only person to judge this is someone who was in the same shoes at best. Back then smiling got you smacked in your smiling face. Unless you have been subject to that type of oppression and social injustice then you can not judge those who have. We are all free to express our displeasure how we see fit in this USA. George Foreman's success has nothing to do with his tude back in the Olympics. Some chose to smile and bear it whereas others met hostility with the same. Those men are admired in my eyes because they did what they did knowing it would and did cost them.

 

What you're saying about the money they lost, and how they cary themselves is one thing... I haven't watched a millisecond of the Winter Olympics... I barely watch the summer olympics which are far more exciting...

It's hard to look at an Olympic athlete and think they will have a career spanning decades based upon how they carry themselves. George Foreman made money as a professional boxer. When was the last time you saw Carl Lewis in a Pirelli ad, what about Michael Johnson, Maurice Fischer, etc...

I loe him, but Big George was dried up when he decided to make a comeback. I remember watching him decide to make a come back on CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, many moons ago, during my Sr. year of high School ('87). I think Goerge was 37 when he decided to return to the ring.

My Mom and I watched that morning, I didn't give him credits, assuming he'd probably drop dead trying to get back in shape (George was fat & sloppy, and slow as hell~ kinda like me today).

As far as professional boxing, his return was largely a joke, but he did manage to knock a few noteworthy boxers on their *** (Michael Moorer) and give others a good fight (Evander Holyfield). But, the financial prowess George is enjoying today with his grills and his clothing line (Only us big guys would know about that), has more to do with him reinventing himself and being a likeable guy, than it had to do with that little flag he waived...

No one knew in 1968 that George Foremen, who my father went to school with, would grow into a perinneal marketing mecca...