Champions of the Occident

As the pace for whatever this age we’re in accelerates toward its conclusion, the accumulated lies and false structures are being stripped away leaving bare the enduring aspects of humanity that are most noble and true. And, primary among these is the impossible to suppress and persistent need for tribal identity and its bonds. 

Both the foolishly delusional and the duplicitously evil have gone through great generational effort to try and “elevate” man to a post-tribal and post-national state. They believe a “New Humanity” and a common brotherhood of man is inevitable and near. 

Take heart, this is as doomed a mission as any of their other silly plots. In the end, we’re stuck being human and with all the glorious mess that comes with it. And, nothing is more human than accepting that we are a racially aware species as much as any other animal. Few places can this reality can be better seen than in the proxy warrior contests of athletes, particularly one-on-one sports, and why we cheer for one versus another.  

Hometown Heroes 

While every culture and period has their hero legends, from the Norse and Indian epics to David and Goliath and medieval courtly contests, it is the Greek mythological heroes and the characters in Homer’s epics that most powerfully present the archetype that inform the Western mind of what the champion warrior should be. 

Plutarch details how in ancient Greece athletes looked to the heroes of legend to explicitly model how they should conduct themselves while creating a life of real quests. Their three part formula was perfecting prowess and might, “arete” (technical excellence) culminating (like the heroes) in divinity and immortality. 

Milo of Croton, a beloved and famous wrestler and then military commander, imitated Hercules in all things including his style of battle. He was revered in his own lifetime as something greater than a mere mortal. Other fifth century B.C. Greek champions, Theagenes, Euthymos, and Kleomedes, also made the transition from athlete to hero in the minds of the Greeks. 

From the ancients to the present, people from the ”hometown” of any champion, imprint on them a collective pride and happily reward them with privilege, fame, and wealth. While hardly being an invented role or a social construct, this desire to hold up a man of prowess, might and technical excellence is the expression of a hard-wired human need to have a strong champion represent us because it permits us to vicariously celebrate with him and share in his glory. The champion is not just our physical ideal, but the truly great, the truly heroic, also represent our morals and virtues.  

White Champions

At first glance, it may be unrealistic to think our modern athletes fulfill an innate desire to have champion warriors, especially as moral role models, but a recent scan of the sports world, and the fighting sports in particular, might challenge this. Less cynically, many of them, certainly the lesser known, do in fact have commendable lives. 

At least for a moment, let’s enjoy the victories of just a few of our physical and technical superiors, and cheer them on for the much deeper meaning their wins represent for us, regardless of their actual hometowns or other petty complaints within the Dissident Right sphere.

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua

The Ukrainian Usyk was the underdog challenging Joshua for the heavyweight title on September 25, 2021. Going all 12 rounds and winning by unanimous decision, Usyk, speaking from the ring, said, “The only thing I wanted to do in this fight is give praise to my Lord Jesus Christ.” Reflecting on his total commitment in training for the fight he then said, “I miss my wife and children, I want to go home, I want to watch them play, I want to be happy.” 

Conner McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather 

Billed as the “Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History” and despite losing to Mayweather, the 2017 fight clearly went longer than expected and McGregor made a lot of people proud. With the MAGA Right “getting-tired-of-winning” sentiments running high at the time, there was a defiant confidence in publicly showing you wanted the White guy to win. 

Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 

The snide comments during pre-fight about Wilder’s chiseled body compared to Fury’s untoned physique further positioned Fury as the underdog. Though the first fight between them was a contested draw, Fury won the second showdown with a TKO. Immediately after the fight he said, “You know, first and foremost, I want to say, thank you to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Those who bring evil against me will not prosper. Those who stand in the dark, can never come into the light. All praise be to the one and only true God, Jesus Christ.” The third rematch is slated for October 9, 2021. Gypsies around the world will be watching.

James “Cinderella Man” Braddock vs. Max Baer

Braddock worked as a longshoreman while also fighting in order to support his family during the Great Depression, but was barely able to keep them out of total poverty. He reluctantly accepted government relief but was humiliated in having to do so. Braddock was picked by heavyweight champ Max Baer’s management as an easy win and payday. Baer, being Jewish and Scots-Irish, wore a Star of David on his trunks, debuting it during his victorious fight over Max Schmeling in 1933 in response to Jews being excluded from sports facilities in Germany. Braddock’s surprise win during their 1935 fight made him hugely popular. The story has been retconned and any contemporary enthusiasm surrounding the Cinderella Man is considered antisemitic.

Polish Track and Field 4×400 Mixed Relay Team, Tokyo 2021

Watch the entire video, everything about this race will have you cheering for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O44CJVQFCPU 

Maria Andrejczyk vs. Cancer

Honorable mention is javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk who auctioned off her Tokyo Games silver medal for $125,000 to help an infant in her native Poland get life-saving heart surgery. “My parents raised us in a deep Catholic faith. This faith is very important in my life.” A Polish grocery store chain won the auction and returned the medal back to Andrejczyk.

Serena Williams vs. Elena Rybakina 

Williams was a favorite entering the 2021 French Open. But, Moscow-born 21-year-old Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, though younger and much less experienced, won 6-3, 7-5. The defeat of Williams was all the more sweet as her loud support of BLM mayhem and black female body positivity was, at least for this game, beaten as well. 

Let’s Be Honest

As the American Experiment winds down and the next chapter in the West begins, the truths of social hierarchical ordering have never been more true and apparent: 

Race (biology) > Ethnicity (culture) > Citizenship (legal) 

Our heart’s affiliation naturally works in this order. Hyper local and kin relations can winnow our allegiances even further. If forced to make a decision, I will save my child before yours. I’ve seen fierce fighting at local high school football games. I would cheer for the white guy from Alabama over the white guy from Rhode Island. I’m rooting for the black Christian Ethiopian over a Zulu, and I have no preference whatsoever whether a Maori defeats a Samoan.

As compromised as they are, sports still give us a chance to enjoy having a champion. No matter the contest and the Vegas odds, I will always place my bet on the man that looks like me and prays like me, regardless of the flag on his trunks.