Quote Originally Posted by killersheep View Post
I love boxing because in essence it is simple to understand, two guys trying to get the better of one another. But what keeps me coming back are the nuances, seeing how styles match-up with one another. A big thing for me nowadays is trying to predict how fights will go, so many things have to be taken into account dehydration, home town advantage, style match-up, and of course who has more will to walk through fire.

I know I'm gonna get crap for this, but I even enjoy trying to follow the alphabet titles, it's like this very complicated story line, that changes on a daily basis.

Lastly it gives something for me to talk about with my good friends at Saddo's
Pretty much my own thinking only to add that what both Sugar Ray & Marvin Hagler was doing in the 80s added a lot of influence to the first time I went to a boxing gym at 8 yrs old & they put me into sparr with a kid half my size who had apparently been going there a while & he kicked 7 shades of s&&t out of me..

& as a young kid I was baffled as to what happend, & then it was the point of learning to control ya fears ... & that sometimes the fear of being hurt is worse than the pain suffered...& understanding that

Its that whole having to face whats essentially you ... & there is no where to hide when between the ropes...

For me personally the greatest opponent you ever have to master is yourself & I believe in doing that you become a better fighter for fighting with & undestanding your fears...