History Main / BlackBoxerStereotype

* Subverted and Inverted ''Film/{{Creed|2015}}'' which is a spinoff from the Rocky film series has a Black boxer as the protagonist and he fulfills only a few of the traits of this trope. Otherwise played straight with ''Film/Creed3'''s Dame Anderson, though he has a pretty good reason for adopting that attitude in the first place.

* Subverted and Inverted ''Film/{{Creed|2015}}'' which is a spinoff from the Rocky film series has a Black boxer as the protagonist and he fulfills only a few of the traits of this trope.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' has Albert King a.k.a. The Gotham Goliath; a very imposing looking heavyweight boxer [[spoiler:and one of the five victims in the game who had been infected by [[ComicBook/TheJoker The Joker's]] [[BodyHorror tainted blood and gained some of The Joker's aspects,]] most notably white splotches on his skin and Joker's more violent and sadistic personality traits.]]

** Subverted by Doc Louis. The African-American former heavyweight champion can seem imposing, but he is actually quite friendly and cheerful. [[SchmuckBait Just make sure not to knock away his chocolate while training with him]], or else [[LetsGetDangerous he may end up playing the trope straight]]...

* Heavyweight champion Joe Louis consciously averted this trope, seeing how most white Americans had reacted to Jack Johnson who was flamboyant and controversially had relationships with white women; Louis' team had a series of seven commandments, including that Louis never have his photo taken with a white woman, to prevent the kind of backlash that Johnson recieved during his title reign. It worked; Louis became the first African-American nation-wide hero in America.[[/folder]]

** Apollo Creed, the World Heavyweight Champion practically embodies America, has both [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead an outfit based on the American flag]] and has a CasualtyInTheRing under his belt. In a similar vein is his illegitimate son [[Film/{{Creed}} Adonis]], though to a somewhat lesser extent.

* Subverted and Inverted ''Film/{{Creed}}'' which is a spinoff from the Rocky film series has a Black boxer as the protagonist and he fulfills only a few of the traits of this trope.

These characters are frequently the antagonist in media, while the protagonist is a MightyWhitey boxer. If any background information is given about these type of characters, the creators will show that they grew up in poverty, which gave them the desire to fight and the work ethic to make it out of said poverty. They usually have a cocky and arrogant personality which gives the audience more of a reason to root against them. Alongside the cockiness and arrogance, the creators might add aggression and anger to his personality, which usually comes from growing up in the ghetto, or he might be an AngryBlackMan due to the racial inequality black people face in his country. He will also be very flashy, and usually, if shown, he will have a entertaining ring walk. His personality usually takes inspiration from Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, two of the most popular boxers of all time. His personality may be closer to one of those two boxers than the other, or sometimes he can have a combination of traits from both.

* An AngryBlackMan personality.

* A AngryBlackMan personality.

* Being Cocky or Arrogant a trait associated with Ali and Mike Tyson.

These characters are frequently the antagonist in media while the protagonist is a MightyWhitey that is a boxer. If any background information is given about these type of characters, the creators will show that they grew up in poverty, which gave them the desire to fight and the work ethic to make it out of said poverty. They usually have a cocky and arrogant personality which gives the audience more of a reason to root against them. Alongside the cockiness and arrogance, the creators might add aggression and anger to his personality, which usually comes from growing up in the ghetto, or he might be an AngryBlackMan due to the racial inequality black people face in his country. He will also be very flashy, and usually, if shown, he will have a entertaining ring walk. His personality usually takes inspiration from Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, two of the most popular boxers of all time. His personality may be closer to one of those two boxers than the other, or sometimes he can have a combination of traits from both.

This archetype can be attributed from several sources, the most famous real life inspiration comes from Creator/MikeTyson, George Foreman and UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli, and the most famous fictional example is without question [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Apollo Creed]], presented as the World Heavyweight Champion.

These characters are frequently the antagonist in media while the protagonist is a MightyWhitey that is a boxer.If any background information is given about these type of characters the creators will show they grew up in poverty which gave them the desire to fight and the work ethic to make it out of poverty.They usually have a cocky and arrogant personality which gives the audience more of a reason to root against them.Alongside of being cocky and arrogant the creators might add aggression to his personality and that anger usually comes from growing up in the ghetto or he might be of the AngryBlackMan trope and is angry because of the racial inequality his race of people face in America.He will also be very flashy and usually if shown he will have a entertaining ring walk.His personality is usually similar with the two most popular boxers of all time Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson his personality will be closer to one of those two boxers than the other sometimes he can have a combination of both.

These type of characters will often be an extremely athletic and skilled boxer which will make the audience think the protagonist has a lot to overcome to defeat this type of character.These character will often have a strong will to win and are willing to put their life on the line to beat other opponent.Expect some trash talking from this type of character during the fight and before it.

* HairTriggerTemper referencing Mike Tyson

These characters are frequently the antagonist the protagonist usually has to face who is usually a MightyWhitey that is a boxer.If any background information is given about these type of characters the creators show they grew up in poverty which gave them the desire to fight and work ethic to make it out of poverty.They usually have a cocky and arrogant personality which gives the audience more of a reason to root against him.Alongside of being cocky and arrogant the creators might add aggression to his personality and that anger usually comes from growing up in the ghetto or he might be of the AngryBlackMan trope and is angry because of the racial inequality his race of people face in America.He will also be very flashy and usually if shown and entertaining ring walk.His personality is usually similar with the two most popular boxers of all time Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson his personality will be closer to one of those two boxers than the other sometimes he can have a combination of both.

* Played straight with the ''Film/AgainstTheRopes'' with the White female protagonist finding a guy in ghetto with no boxing experience however she is quickly able to turn him into a world champ.

* Subverted and Inverted ''Film/Creed'' which is a spinoff from the Rocky film series has a Black boxer as the protagonist and he fulfills only a few of the traits of this trope.

* A Heroic Build.

These characters are frequently the antagonist the protagonist usually has to face who is usually a MighteyWhitey that is a boxer.If any background information is given about these type of characters the creators show they grew up in poverty which gave them the desire to fight and work ethic to make it out of poverty.They usually have a cocky and arrogant personality which gives the audience more of a reason to root against him.Alongside of being cocky and arrogant the creators might add aggression to his personality and that anger usually comes from growing up in the ghetto or he might be of the AngryBlackMan trope and is angry because of the racial inequality his race of people face in America.He will also be very flashy and usually if shown and entertaining ring walk.His personality is usually similar with the two most popular boxers of all time Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson his personality will be closer to one of those two boxers than the other sometimes he can have a combination of both.

* A ScaryBlackMan personality.

* A ManBitesMan attack referencing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evander_Holyfield_vs._Mike_Tyson_II Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II.]]
* Being Cocky or Arrogant a trait associated with Ali and Mike Tyson.

* A face tattoo much like Tyson.

** Apollo Creed, the World Heavyweight Champion practically embodies America, has both [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead an outfit based on the American flag]] and has a CasualtyInTheRing under his belt.

* Heavyweight champion Joe Louis consciously averted this trope, seeing how most white Americans had reacted to Jack Johnson who was flamboyant and controversially had relationships with a white women; Louis' team had a series of seven commandments, including that Louis never have his photo taken with a white woman, to prevent the kind of backlash that Johnson recieved during his title reign. It worked; Louis became the first African-American nation-wide hero in America.[[/folder]]

* Heavyweight champion Joe Louis consciously averted this trope, seeing how most white Americans had reacted to Jack Johnson who was flamboyant and controversially had a relationship with a white woman; Louis' team had a series of seven commandments, including that Louis never have his photo taken with a white woman, to prevent the kind of backlash that Johnson recieved during his title reign. It worked; Louis became the first African-American nation-wide hero in America.[[/folder]]

Although it's partially based on that famous boxer, this shouldn't be confused with TheTysonZone, a trope about crazy things made by a person, based on the things Mike Tyson did outside boxing.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' has Albert King a.k.a. The Gotham Goliath; a very imposing looking heavyweight boxer [[spoiler: and one of the five victims in the game who had been infected by [[ComicBook/TheJoker The Joker's]] [[BodyHorror tainted blood and gained some of The Joker's aspects,]] most notably white splotches on his skin and Joker's more violent and sadistic personality traits.]]

* A ScaryBlackMan and/or AngryBlackMan personality.

* A late Literature/SherlockHolmes story features a black boxer working as an enforcer who likely killed someone in the ring. It's anything but flattering, Holmes managing to cow him into submission with words alone.

* The trope may have originated following the 1908 match between Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns. Johnson was a black contender who fought the reigning heavyweight champion Burns. Police stopped the fight - and the cameras - in the 14th round, ostensibly to prevent injury to Burns but more likely to prevent the indignity of seeing a white champion beaten by a black challenger. After Johnson’s indisputable victory, news media characterized it as the first blow in an “inevitable race war” and hyped a “great white hope” who might defeat Johnson on behalf of the “white race.” When Johnson then defeated white boxer James Jeffries, humiliated racists began rioting in many places.