Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Slim the BoxingManiac View Post
I'm sick of people who want this world to be perfect. It never will be. Actually, the way we go about it makes the world worse. A scuffle is a scuffle, and it should end at that.
They are boxers who have a responsibility to act like role models that they are.

If that was in the street they would be arrested that is why Haye has ran to Las Vegas.

how can you possibly believe it's a boxer's responsibility to be a role model?

they make a living beating the shit out of each other and make a little money if they're really good. meanwhile, other people make lots of money off them hurting each other.
judges are often incompetent or corrupt. refs are often incompetent or corrupt. the titles are bullshit. your promoter is probably screwing you, his accountant too. its a massively crooked business...but despite the mess that is professional boxing, somewhere in there you think its a boxer's obligation to be an angel.

some kind of beacon of hope for who? for the children?

now if a boxer is a good upstanting individual who lives life right and is a role model great! good people are wonderful and the world would be amazing place if everyone were role models where we'd all live in harmony and life would just be so grand. but...i don't think its a boxer's responsibility to be that way.

elected officials, police, civil servants, teachers, ministers etc...they have a responsibility to set a good example.

how can you honestly say i just paid $55 to watch those two guys fight each other but the 2 punch dust up at the press conference was inappropriate and offensive, a disgrace to the sport.