...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Black Boxer Stereotype
- 121 statements
- 21 feature instances
- 4 referencing feature instances
| Black Boxer Stereotype | type |
FeatureClass | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | label |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | page |
BlackBoxerStereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | comment |
Since the Ancient Greeks invented boxing, the title of World Heavyweight Champion has been highly coveted, and the most prominent image is that of a Scary Black Man from the United States of America. This archetype can be attributed from several sources. The most famous real life inspiration comes from Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, and the most famous fictional example is without question Apollo Creed, presented as the World Heavyweight Champion. These characters are frequently the antagonist in media, while the protagonist is a Mighty Whitey 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 "Angry Black Man" Stereotype 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. These types of characters will often be extremely athletic and skilled boxers, which will make the audience think the protagonist has a lot to overcome to defeat them. They will often have a strong will to win and are willing to put their life on the line to beat their opponent. Expect some trash talking from these characters during the fight and before it. Although it's partially based on that famous boxer, this shouldn't be confused with The Tyson Zone, a trope about crazy things done by a person, based on the things Mike Tyson did outside boxing. This kind of character can be identified by the following traits A boxer, obviously. A Scary Black Man appearance. A strong Vocal Dissonance, referencing Tyson. Being cocky or arrogant, a trait associated with Ali and Mike Tyson. They're Wearing a Flag on Your Head, based on Creed. A Casualty in the Ring, another connection to Creed. An "Angry Black Man" Stereotype personality. A Heroic Build. Hair-Trigger Temper referencing Mike Tyson. |
|
| Black Boxer Stereotype | fetched |
2024-01-19T06:15:06Z | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | parsed |
2024-01-19T06:15:07Z | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingComment |
Dropped link to AgainstTheRopes: Not an Item - UNKNOWN | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingComment |
Dropped link to Averted: Not an Item - UNKNOWN | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingComment |
Dropped link to ScaryBlackMan: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingComment |
Dropped link to ScaryMovie4: Not an Item - UNKNOWN | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingComment |
Dropped link to SchmuckBait: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingComment |
Dropped link to WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingUnknown |
Against The Ropes | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingUnknown |
ScaryMovie4 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingUnknown |
Averted | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_1c1275eb | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_1c1275eb | comment |
As the boxing representative, Rob Python from Buriki One is a boxer champion with some bad attitude, but with great fighting skills. Rob has a lot of attitude and doesn't like people who disagree with him, he's also a womanizer and has a lot of tattoos on his body. Rob seems to be modelled after some American boxers as Mike Tyson and George Foreman, as well with some traits of former NBA player Dennis Rodman. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_1c1275eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_1c1275eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Buriki One (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_1c1275eb | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_2172e43f | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_2172e43f | comment |
Batman: Arkham Knight has Albert King a.k.a. The Gotham Goliath; a very imposing looking heavyweight boxer and one of the five victims in the game who had been infected by The Joker's 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. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_2172e43f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_2172e43f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Batman: Arkham Knight (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_2172e43f | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_225c51e0 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_225c51e0 | comment |
The end of a brief conversation in The Naked Gun 2½: | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_225c51e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_225c51e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Naked Gun | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_225c51e0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_261c8d3f | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_261c8d3f | comment |
The Simpsons: Semi-recurring character Drederick Tatum, a boxer who has a soft voice, yet is able to intimidate an entire prison into halting a riot just by asking politely. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_261c8d3f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_261c8d3f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Simpsons | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_261c8d3f | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_369e7a11 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_369e7a11 | comment |
Rocky loves this trope, as a Fighting Series about boxing. Apollo Creed, the World Heavyweight Champion practically embodies America, has both an outfit based on the American flag and has a Casualty in the Ring under his belt. In a similar vein is his illegitimate son Adonis, though to a somewhat lesser extent. Clubber Lang from Rocky III is a brutal Jerkass of a boxer played by Mr. T, as a southpaw From Nobody to Nightmare, he acts as an Evil Counterpart to a Rocky himself. Mason Dixon from Rocky Balboa is a more modern take on this trope: a successful and dominant heavyweight champion from the 2000s, he has everything (money, friends, women, etc.) except the respect of the people, who see him constantly winning his fights with such ease that they assume his opponents must be hopeless bums. As a result, the only people who seem a fair match for Dixon are the greats of the past, and when a computer simulation shows Dixon losing by KO to a prime Rocky Balboa, Dixon's management sees it as an interesting chance for an exhibition just as Rocky is looking at getting his boxing license back. |
|
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_369e7a11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_369e7a11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rocky (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_369e7a11 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_398acbad | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_398acbad | comment |
Skylanders: While Night Shift doesn't look the part, him biting an opponent in the ring and being banned for an illegal move (that being Teleport Spam) are almost certainly a reference to good ol' iron mike. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_398acbad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_398acbad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Skylanders (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_398acbad | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3d093919 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3d093919 | comment |
In The Great White Hype, James "Grim Reaper" Roper, played by Damon Wayans, is a deliberate parody of Tyson. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3d093919 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3d093919 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Great White Hype | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3d093919 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3f20226f | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3f20226f | comment |
Clubber Lang from Rocky III is a brutal Jerkass of a boxer played by Mr. T, as a southpaw From Nobody to Nightmare, he acts as an Evil Counterpart to a Rocky himself. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3f20226f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3f20226f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rocky III | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_3f20226f | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_4f6c388d | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_4f6c388d | comment |
Crash of the Titans: Tiny Tiger was retooled to have Mike's signature Vocal Dissonance, downplayed as that's the only Tyson trait he has. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_4f6c388d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_4f6c388d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Crash of the Titans (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_4f6c388d | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_55a8487b | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_55a8487b | comment |
The Sims: Bustin' Out (more specifically, the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advanced ports) has fitness-obssessed bodybuilder Eddie Renalin, who owns a gym and boxing ring. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_55a8487b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_55a8487b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Sims: Bustin' Out / Videogame | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_55a8487b | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_563d9c1a | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_563d9c1a | comment |
Killer Instinct: T.J. Combo fits the Creed role to a t, a black American who was the former Heavyweight Champion before his sponsor Ultratech outed him for using cybernetic enhancements. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_563d9c1a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_563d9c1a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Killer Instinct (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_563d9c1a | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_6e7bc6cc | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_6e7bc6cc | comment |
Denshi Sentai Denziman and Kagaku Sentai Dynaman both have shots in their openings of their respective team leaders punching out a black boxer in a boxing ring. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_6e7bc6cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_6e7bc6cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Denshi Sentai Denziman | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_6e7bc6cc | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_88fce462 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_88fce462 | comment |
The King of Fighters: Heavy D! (exclamation point mandatory) is a black boxer who wears the American flag on his jacket sleeve and is quite scary and brash in the ring. Downplayed in that he's a pretty nice person when not in a fight. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_88fce462 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_88fce462 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The King of Fighters (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_88fce462 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_8ae1d11d | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_8ae1d11d | comment |
Subverted and Inverted 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. Otherwise played straight with Creed III's Dame Anderson, though he has a pretty good reason for adopting that attitude in the first place. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_8ae1d11d | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_8ae1d11d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Creed (2015) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_8ae1d11d | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_911abba4 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_911abba4 | comment |
Played with in an episode of 1000 Ways to Die. Bobby “Sledgehammer� Jones is a up-and-coming boxer who dresses in women's clothing to de-stress after his training sessions. When he gets accosted by a rapist after one such session, he hits the thug with a right cross strong enough to cause fatal brain trauma after the rapist makes the mistake of calling him a woman. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_911abba4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_911abba4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| 1000 Ways to Die | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_911abba4 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_9fcc8c53 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_9fcc8c53 | comment |
Punch-Out!!: In the original NES game, Mike Tyson was your final opponent (until his contract expired, leading to the white-skinned Mr. Dream replacing him), and he's by far the most ferocious opponent in the game with his instant-knockdown uppercuts. He's also portrayed in a cocky manner, though he does congratulate Mac after the latter defeats him. Originally the NES Power Punch II game was supposed to be a sequel of the original Punch-Out!!, also starred by Tyson, but because of the Desiree Washington case, the project was scrapped and instead was renamed and Tyson was replaced by a Captain Ersatz version of Tyson called as Mark Tyler. Despite being one of the highest-ranked boxers as well as one of the strongest, Mr. Sandman doesn't show much of this in the Arcade, NES or SNES games. However, he definitely does in the Wii game, not only retaining his power and having an intimidating entrance scene prior to the fight, but also having an angry attitude at all times plus nicknaming Little Mac "Mac baby" to provoke him. Subverted by Doc Louis. The African-American former heavyweight champion can seem imposing, but he is actually quite friendly and cheerful. Just make sure not to knock away his chocolate while training with him, or else he may end up playing the trope straight... |
|
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_9fcc8c53 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_9fcc8c53 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Punch-Out!! (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_9fcc8c53 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_a1055d39 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_a1055d39 | comment |
Inverted in the documentary film When We Were Kings, about the legendary "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. In Zaire the populace are surprised to find that Foreman is African-American as well. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_a1055d39 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_a1055d39 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| When We Were Kings | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_a1055d39 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ee384546 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ee384546 | comment |
Cyberpunk 2077 has Razor Hugh, a former gang member turned pro boxer who has become the heavyweight champ. He has so many cybernetic enhancements he is losing it due to Cybernetics Eat Your Soul, with prototype joints, titanium reinforcements to his bones, and artificial muscles. He's the champ, worth a fortune, and he's bumming in street fights to maintain his rep thanks to his manager. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ee384546 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ee384546 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ee384546 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_eef69f10 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_eef69f10 | comment |
A late Sherlock Holmes story features a black boxer working as an enforcer who likely killed someone in the ring. It's anything but flattering, with Holmes managing to cow him into submission with words alone. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_eef69f10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_eef69f10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Sherlock Holmes | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_eef69f10 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ef661e97 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ef661e97 | comment |
Street Fighter: Balrog is a Scary Black Man boxer whose biting incident results in a Casualty in the Ring, his Japanese name is straight up Mike Bison. Averted by Dudley, who is the face of Let's Fight Like Gentlemen for a reason. |
|
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ef661e97 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ef661e97 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Street Fighter (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_ef661e97 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_f1f8c1a1 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_f1f8c1a1 | comment |
Mason Dixon from Rocky Balboa is a more modern take on this trope: a successful and dominant heavyweight champion from the 2000s, he has everything (money, friends, women, etc.) except the respect of the people, who see him constantly winning his fights with such ease that they assume his opponents must be hopeless bums. As a result, the only people who seem a fair match for Dixon are the greats of the past, and when a computer simulation shows Dixon losing by KO to a prime Rocky Balboa, Dixon's management sees it as an interesting chance for an exhibition just as Rocky is looking at getting his boxing license back. | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_f1f8c1a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype / int_f1f8c1a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rocky Balboa | hasFeature |
Black Boxer Stereotype / int_f1f8c1a1 |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingCategory2 |
Black Index | |
| Black Boxer Stereotype | processingCategory2 |
Stock Parodies | |
| Scary Movie / int_513d7c70 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype | |
| Punch-Out!! (Video Game) / int_513d7c70 | type |
Black Boxer Stereotype |
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.