Lads, it's been a few years coming. But I think I've reached the end of the affair.
I think after this weekend I'm a former boxing nut.
Mayweather, Pacquiao and breaking up with boxing | The New Daily
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Lads, it's been a few years coming. But I think I've reached the end of the affair.
I think after this weekend I'm a former boxing nut.
Mayweather, Pacquiao and breaking up with boxing | The New Daily
Sounds like you cared more about the personalities than the sport. And when you see how many of your favorites were cheats it's no surprise your fandom waned. Some other guy will come along and drag you back in.
Hard for me to understand. I can understand being wrapped up in life and letting boxing slip farther and farther down the list of priorities, but turning my back on boxing and walking away!?
Boxing can be frustrating at times, with the wrong fighters winning (lol), assholes prospering, obvious corruption, blatant and unapologetic greed, and at times a disregard for fighters safety.
Boxing is brutal and not for everyone, and I've never criticized anyone for finding it distasteful. When he said something about the brutality of boxing, perhaps starting to get to him, I can understand that. There have been more than a few times when I've wanted to use a baseball bat on a referee for letting a fight continue.
Boxing has plenty of problems, but I just can't see myself walking away from it. It would be like walking away from a life long friend that you know isn't perfect, but who or what is?
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Originally Posted by Greig
This article mentions Floyd's fights as being boring and one-sided. I can understand how one can say they are one-sided, but boring?
I consider myself very much a fan of the sport of boxing, and I love watching Mayweather's defensive style. To me he is a real life manifestation on the textbook of defensive boxing and it's rare to see someone perform the craft at such a high level in modern times.
It makes me wonder, are you truly a "boxing" fan or do you just want to watch 2 guys beat the piss out of each other?
I was obsessive fan when Tyson was fighting recorded everything, had a scrap book and bought all the boxing magazines. As years have gone I am less and less involved but still follow the game as much as I can.
Boxing will always remain my number 1 sport and when Floyd leaves, I believe the world will be a better place anyway.
Boxing is the one and only multi personality obnoxious stalker girl I'll never leave ;D Beat me, scar me, cheat me as she may...in it for the long run.
She has abused you a lot hasn't she? You must have a pain fetish. :)Quote:
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We are gluttons for punishment indeedQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterShe has abused you a lot hasn't she? You must have a pain fetish. :)Quote:
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The world has passed flunkies like him by.
He's better suited pulling a Rickshaw in 1920.
You hate Floyd but love an ear biting...woman beating...RAPIST like Mike Tyson.
What a lousy little bitty hypocrite you are.
Yes, there is some merit to the point that I always did enjoy seeing men 'beat the piss out of each other' rather than a tactical boxing match - no arguments there.
Which boxing fan would rather watch Mayweather-Alvarez than Corrales-Castillo, or Hagler-Hearns?
Give me a flawed fighter like Tommy Hearns any day of the week over Mayweather and the Klitschkos, whose dominance is astounding.
When Manny was P4P, he was electrifying every fight. The only time I felt truly electrified by Floyd was maybe Manfredy, Corrales and Gatti?
i started reading then this big box popped up and it wouldnt go away when i pressed the x so i closed it
No, I wouldn't break up with boxing. It is my favourite sport and for me boxing is the perfect metaphor for life and its ups and downs. I use boxing as an analogy for so many things. The ups and the downs and the trials and the tribulations. Boxing is a tough sport and life is tough. Someone said to me a few weeks ago "I don't like boxing because boxing is cruel". I gave that considerable thought and concluded that that person was right. Life should be fairer and nicer and better, but sometimes the underdog can win and in a cruel sport that is glorious and it gives you hope. Boxing is a cruel, but beautiful sport that changes lives and inspires many more. Sure, the promoters, the judges etc can spoil it, but the beauty of the art itself is transcendental. The power of a great fight is almost Shakespearian in its scope.
Some nice thoughts there Gandalf.
Are you looking at this as a finale of an era maybe? It def has that feel of turning the page.
Maybe that's it Spicoli, definitely from a personal perspective.
I became a father for the first time last year. Long Sunday afternoons down the boozer watching the fights are just not feasible anymore ;D
But even for a couple of years before my daughter came along I wasn't as interested. If I was to try and pinpoint it, I'd say Pac's knockout at the hands of Marquez dented a lot of my interest.
Pac was my favourite fighter for a good spell, and seeing him get KOd like that was a blow.
I like the look of Golovkin, but again won't actively seek him out. Like I said, all my faves are gone or just about, and I haven't been involved enough to develop new faves.
Kinda sound like your only into the boxers that can cross over to the mainstream media?
I kind of relate to what you are saying Greig in that in my 20's my favourite fighters were Toney, Barrera, Calzaghe and Hatton. I sometimes take the sport quite personally and like to go on the journey with the fighters and when it comes to an end, you find you have invested so much of yourself in those fighters and of course in boxing it has to come to an end and at an early age, yet you yourself still love boxing and other fighters don't quite fill the void or relate to you in quite the same way. If they do carry on as with the likes of Toney or Hatton then it ends in embarrassment or loss. It's not like football where the teams exist forever and every new season will roll over. Still, I will always love boxing, but those will likely always be my favorite fighters and I feel I grew up with them in my life.