>>10459666People excel when they are povertous and cards are stacked against them. See Italians were only good fighters when they were still in ghettos and second-rate citizens. As soon as Italian Americans rose up in American society - and let's face it, America runs boxing - their toughness fell off a cliff. Same's happening with Blacks in boxing, but to a lesser degree.
In music, look at people like Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Toni Iommi. Theu came up through shit, crime-filled areas with no money that was closed off to the world. You're not gonna get people like that again. Eminem and Elvis are other examples for White people. Nobody wanted to hear them do nigger music, they were outcasted and shat on for doing it, but it just made their music better. Now White rockers and rappers are accepted and encouraged, White rappers are trash and rock is dead. Underdog status breds legends.
