Re: Boxing weirdos- Do you like the ring introductions?
I'm cool for whatever get up want to have on the ring walk. Whatever music. If it gets you focused, fine.. but don't drag your feet or start dancing or singing along at the top of your lungs. Sometimes i wish a training would reach out of the pack and smack the fighter upside the back of the head and mush him toward the ring. Go out win the fight and celebrate after by leaving the ring however you like.
So someone like Demarcus Corley and his home made outfits/masks are fine. He walked to the ring, climbed the steps, his name was announced, he took it off and was ready to fight. Fools like Broner dancing all the way to the ring, roy's album plug, thriller videos, flying carpets and all that nonsense takes all the gas out of a fight for me. (especially if its a dull fight or a 1st round walkover). Also I hate cameras in the fighters face with the spotlight. Last thing a fighter needs is seeing spots and floaters going into the first round.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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