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I dont think i've ever heard "he deserved to win" due to things outside of a fight. When i hear that it's usually due to what has happened in the fight.
I made a whole thread about it but when a fighter is considered boring because he "Hits and doesnt get hit" aka - boxing. This surely demonstrates the biggest lack of boxing IQ? lol I understand a fight being boring but not a fighter who dominates with superior skills
"What just happen?"
i strongly agree with everything they have said, except ignoring (completely) the power of the skin structure
also low iq: when saying an x all time boxer will beat a y all time boxer based only in their level of fame in their era or ignoring styles and attributes or comparing wrong similarities. Very seen in many fans of boxers from x country or x personality
Generalities always drive my bat shit.
Fighter A has always been dirty....has never been hurt or down....has won nearly every round and dominated etc etc. Unless you've seen a guy from start to finish it's mostly group think.
"He has no heart" or "he just quit"......hate it with a passion.
I hate when people say "he ran the whole fight." first of all they are in a ring so there is no where to run. It's called footwork and cutting off the ring. If you dont know about it then what the hell you doing watching a boxing match. That's one of the main things in the sport it's not about "hitting" it's about "hitting and not getting hit back."
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Originally Posted by Spicoli
You nailed it, bro...... group think. And BTW... those generalities also rub me the wrong way. They're mostly wrong and misinformed. Too easy to throw generalities around.
Fighters who are portrayed as villains lack heart and fold when an opponent (usually a fan favorite) brings a challenge to them.
Pure BS.
When people compare performances of common opponents between 2 fighters a prediction model . "Fighter A made Johnson quit, Fighter B had to go the distance to beat Johnson. Fighter A HAS to win"
"Oh I dont know how you can sit and watch two people beat themselves senseless."
:( I tell em its like trying to play chess while being beaten with a paddle.
MMA is closer to "street fighting" than boxing is :vd: ......(as everyone quietly thinks back to the glory of Kimbo Slice)
"Boxing is dead" or "Boxing needs this fight to be saved"
Oddly enough I've heard/read that second quote from actual boxing writers