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Originally Posted by Master
Yes that is the reason not the fact he would get destroyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by imp
Your love for Floyd is truly sickening.
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Big Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterYes that is the reason not the fact he would get destroyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by imp
Your love for Floyd is truly sickening.
Floyd hasn't fought any I wanted since Mosely and hasn't fought anyone I wanted at the time he should have fought them since the Castillo rematch. Even now, his record breaking match isn't even against an a opponent who's at a disadvantages. (An Mma fighter who cant use his full arsenal, with pillow gloves, in a ring hes not used to.. some event;D) Ali fought Inoki in Tokyo (Scripted then unscripted and booed anyway), Mercer wore Boxing shoes into the octagon. If you want to fight an mma fighter in an exhibition, fine compromise the rules t fit both fighters. If you want to break a boxing record and it has to be in a boxing ring with boxing rules, choose a boxer. With all the talk from floyd that he could come back at 40 and beat Thurman's @$$... Now would be the perfect time to prove it... but who cares what happens to boxing, Floyd wants to get paid, take no risk and continue his glory on a technicality.
I won't watch this circus, the same as I haven't watched the berto fight... My time and money is reserved for actual fighters that have a warriors spirit, show heart, and chase greatness. And if you think that description fits Floyd.. to put things in perspective ... Consider that if Chavez Jr. had been able to finish off Martinez, he would have would have been 1 draw and 1 nc away from tying Marciano record by beating brian Vera almost 1.5 years before floyd... and been just as proud. ;)
I'm not saying that floyd hasn't accomplished anything in the ring... I'm just saying that him accomplishing something unequivocal maybe put his name in the record books, but it doesn't erase from peoples minds how he did it. If you want to be truly great, take no shorts. If money and technicalities are enough for you, then so be it but don't use boxing as a stage for your circus... as Spicoli said, Its a slap in the face to everyone whos doing this the right way. For every Kovalev willing to take no guaranteed money to regain former glory and avenge a rip off loss.. There's a group of money grubbing primadonnas who want to get paid to win and paid more to lose.. and people wonder why boxing isn't what it used to be.
People talk about the fight in here to make fun of it. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
The U.S. elections generated a LOT of interest, and people can't stop talking about it either.
Does this translate into a big win for U.S. politics?
It's the Car Crash Syndrome. People will gather to ogle at anything and then move on. It's the sick aspect in many.
"just because I watch will not mean I support this event. "Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterWhen GGG rips Canelo apart watch the stuttering dumb ass Floyd say he will not fight him because there is no demand for the fight. Floyd is an utter cunt and just because I watch will not mean I support this event.Quote:
Originally Posted by impCompletely agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Let's imagine for some strange reason Canelo beats GGG..everyone will be screaming for Floyd to fight Canelo in another rematch. (154)
It will be the same result but a lot more money this time round...how will he refuse..it's raining money for these guys and Canelo doesn't really deserve it compared to other top tier fighters.
Priceless!!!
He will be watching on the wireless, so not financially contributing to it ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Primo Carnera"just because I watch will not mean I support this event. "Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterWhen GGG rips Canelo apart watch the stuttering dumb ass Floyd say he will not fight him because there is no demand for the fight. Floyd is an utter cunt and just because I watch will not mean I support this event.Quote:
Originally Posted by impCompletely agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Let's imagine for some strange reason Canelo beats GGG..everyone will be screaming for Floyd to fight Canelo in another rematch. (154)
It will be the same result but a lot more money this time round...how will he refuse..it's raining money for these guys and Canelo doesn't really deserve it compared to other top tier fighters.
Priceless!!!
This is a good description of what normally describes the lopsidedness of match making, the fact that mismatches are heavy for favored fighters coming up or necessity and value of journeymen fighters. This however is simply a spectacle payout for two already established faces of their franchises that has no intention of leading anywhere. Show me any tilted scale of a bout where a boxer is brought in to lose and you will find in majority of cases at least 1,2 or a few times that b boxer side has pulled off the upset. Boxing has 1001 problems and is very much the black sheep of sports but this gimmick is essentially entering a supped up clown car in a car show. What will sell and promote this is not a few hardened overly cynical die hard fans calling crap crap but a mass media targeting casuals or status clingers who have no intention of watching the next boxing show on basic cable. I'm not a purist and do not begrudge a guy or gal making a buck but at the risk of sounding like a self righteous arse :-X, it's our house..our 3 legged adopted mutt of a sport and shouldn't just stand in line throwing our hands up waiting to eat at the trough of slop they shovel in for mass consumption.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeanzBoxing is not just a sport. It has no unified body running it. The idea of an even match up is hopeful at best, and not what happens consistently at any level from amateur kids to international professional adults. Promoters and managers put on what will sell or further their prospect and despite this boxing survives and continues to produce enthralling contests as well as average and poor ones. Without this panoply of pugilism the art would be poorer and less meaningful. It is the maverick in a predictable overly health and safety obsessed society in which codified bodies have reduced many other martial arts to point scoring exercises. Boxing runs the gamut and fights like this one are vital so that we cherish real classics when they happen and appreciate small Hall cogs that drive the bigger machine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Primo CarneraMy problem has never been with Floyd. I don't blame MacGregor taking that sort of money either.My problem is with the people who run the "SPORT" for allowing it. And let's not forget, it is supposed to be a sport, and in Sport, you look for as even a matchup as you can get. My problem is also with the Public, who fuelled by the media have this crazed obsession with Floyd.Most of the people are obsessed because they want to see him lose! It's fucking ridiculous. And I won't be watching, I promise. I have no interest in it at all, and I don't know why anyone else is interested.You can almost see it already, after the Fight, which will result in Floyd toying with MacGregor and outclassing him, I guarantee you will get some dumbasses who turn around and say:1. It was boring, Floyd didn't want to attack.2. Floyd ran3. Floyd is a cowardSeriously, what the fuck are you expecting?Quote:
Originally Posted by imp
I am not even sure I will watch it. It's not for any strap and is for all intents and purposes an exhibition bout. The casuals will lap it up and we will not give a monkeys, but I don't think it hurts boxing. Boxing is so much bigger than Floyd or UFC and it's not just about numbers. The fact that boxing goes on is the real legacy. It has to have room for stuff like this because it's got a lot of it in its DNA. I also like a laugh and there is plenty of room for entertainment in this. I get that the potential for an upset is miniscule but at this stage Floyd knocking anyone out is a bit of a change and the Irish fella just landing enough to make Floyd pause from admiring his own shorts is a small victory magnified.
Actually, I don't comment on the fight any longer and have no interest in the fight itself. It will likely be on TV free here. I won't watch it. I will likely stream the Cotto fight that won't be on TV instead. I'm not even joking. It's just a pointless fight. Only mugs will watch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster