Thread: How far would you support your fighter?

He has a poor performance but wins against a good fighter?
He has a poor performance but wins against ordinary fighter?
He has a poor performance and loses against good fighter?
He has a poor performance and loses against ordinary fighter?
He gets knocked out and stopped?
He bites his opponent and gets disqualified and banned for 2 years from boxing?
He rapes a woman is convicted and imprisoned for 3 years?

As I've said before the last fighter I had a rooting interest in was Finito Lopez.

One thing I don't understand on forums like these is the need to defend a favorite against any charges of flaws.

Loyalty is not doing that. Loyalty is recognizing the flaws, conceding them and then STILL supporting your guy.

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

As I've said before the last fighter I had a rooting interest in was Finito Lopez.

One thing I don't understand on forums like these is the need to defend a favorite against any charges of flaws.

Loyalty is not doing that. Loyalty is recognizing the flaws, conceding them and then STILL supporting your guy.

Bingo. Thats how I feel. My fighter clearly ducked another fighter? Ok, I can admit that, and its lame, but I'm not going to let that change my opinion of him.

Fully and a large degree of it means calling bullshite on them when its required. Excuses are a dime a dozen.

I've only ever really been fully behind Nigel Benn and Lennox Lewis in my 25 years or so as a fight fan.

I liked other fighters but was never really that bothered when they lost - with those two I was devastated. I like Haye too but the questions about how much he really wants to achieve from boxing mean I will never get behind him like I did with Benn and Lewis.

Was angry with lewis in his rahman defeat when he was truly a lazy bastard in preparation. And was gutted when Benn quit in his last two fights against Collins.

But I soon forgave them.

Cant imagine how I would feel being a massive Holyfield or Jones fan like I was with these two - how do you guys feel now about them still going and tarnishing their legacies.

That is another one to be added:-

He purposely avoids fighting the best in the division by paying them not to fight him.