Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
Ok and I'll probably get sadclicked to death for this but the way I see it Evander is pursuing his dream. It's become a life goal for him to be the only 5 time heavyweight champ in boxing's history and he's prepared to risk his health to do it.

Please don't misunderstand me I really really don't want to see any harm come to him he's one of my favourite ever fighters but he's risking himself for the kind of awesome pioneering achievement that most of us mortals couldn't even visualise much less achieve.

People risk there lives all the time, climbers die every year, astronauts get blown out of the sky, round the world sailers lose their lives at sea, racing drivers etc. Were their lives wasted? Should they have got jobs in banking instead?

I doubt any of the guys who died would think so. As they say better to live one day as a tiger than a lifetime as a sheep.

Personally I'd take the sheep option everytime but some people just have bigger goals than I.

It's his life, his dream and his risks to take. As long he wants to continue, providing he passes the medicals and gets licensed I'll root for him.

If God forbid anything did happen to him, like everyone I'd be gutted but at least he would have gone out doing what he was born to do.
Bilbo, well said! We all have our dreams and as long as we are mentally capable of making our decisions and understanding the risks, why should we be denied "the persuit of happiness"?....CC