Re: Anti-fight thread
Its an interesting argument now. I personally have to wonder how big a role it would all play if everyone was outted and forced clean. Would there be a drop off in potential superstars to keep the sport going.
It definitely seems as though the cumulative average talent level has dropped from the good old days that many of us remember. It used to be that special fighters would come along a lot more frequently. Fighters of freakish one punch power or speed or undeniable heart. Or a pretty good mixed bag.
The heavyweights are run now by guys of freakish size, muscle mass and physical stature that fight to snoozefest decisions or steamroll guys that cant compete with thier physical gifts. The lower weights are dominated by volume punchers that throw plenty of combinations but have no power, but have the stamina to throw high volume numbers in the last couple of rounds, but there are very few throwback fighters that win fights on exclusive skill, stylings, guile or masterfully conceived and executed game plans.
It would be interesting to see which way the sport falls if doping is completely erased. Does't it become more interesting because guys work harder to be champions? or does it become more boring when a guy like Mayweather or Pacquaio (if theyre clean) wind up so far ahead of their competition that theres nobody left.? Do fighters that seem promising or could be above average fighters, automatically become king when fighting at just 70% or do they sink because they have to work too hard now and their confidence is lost without the juice? (or plasterwraps or whatever other unnatural advantage they were hiding?)
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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