of course it makes sense that rourke a whiteboy would get to play carlos monzon in a movie about him. boxing is a sport dominated and participated in the most by the non white cultures and peoples of the world yet most boxing movies are about white fighters so its only right a movie about one of the many non white fighters that get swept under the rug when its time to make another boxing movie should be played by a white guy. .
if Rocky was a story about an African American fighter from Philly it would have never made the big screen.....
just like comedian Bill Burr inferred ...."Rocky is BIGGER in philly than JOE FRAZIER..and UNLIKE ROCKY HE IS REAL!!!!"
this has always been the case in America.....
their is nothing unique about that....just like black soul singers with an amazing voice....
that's what made American Idol and the Voice so popular is that they highlight all these WONDERFUL WHITE FOLKS WITH GREAT VOICES it goes against the norm........
it's marketable...................
but as far as Rourke I don't even think it's a race thing with him or a marketing thing.....I think he's a guy who just goes thru multiple mid life crisis and ASSUMES he has found his niche as that "freak of nature" when it comes to being an athletic old guy..........
but instead of celebrating and laughing WITH him...we are LAUGHING AT HIM
But in reality we should be
because this was an actual UNDERCARD fight of a WBC sanctioned fight?!?!?
how can the sport be taking seriously with buffoonery like this......and to think this was a so called reputable promoter..BANNER PROMOTIONS