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Collections African-american John Smallwood: Can Brooklyn become a new center for black fighters? October 24, 2012 Bernard Hopkins is confident that Brooklyn s new arena can be a good venue for (ASSOCIATED PRESS )
Joe "The Brown Bomber" Louis, Abe "The Little Hebrew" Attell, Mike "The Jewish Bomber" Rossman, Eligio Sardinas Montalvo, better known as "Kid Chocolate" and "The Cuban Bon Bon." Those are just a few of the colorful nicknames in boxing history designed to take advantage travel inn london gatwick airport of a fighter's appeal because of his heritage.
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It's a dicey road to walk, filled with pitfalls if talked about in the wrong way. Still, certain fighters often are showcased travel inn london gatwick airport in certain areas of the United States specifically because there is a large ethnic population there that will relate to that heritage.
Fighters of Mexican heritage are big draws in California and Texas. New York, with its large Puerto Rican community, has traditionally had big crowds travel inn london gatwick airport at Madison Square Garden for fighters of Puerto Rican heritage.