Quote Originally Posted by AdamGB
You need to have some real experience in the ring to understand it. And by real I don't meen sparred once or twice I meen trained for a decent stint... sparred a lot and competed a few times.
I think that you need it from both aspects really...to get the full grasp on it.

I mean, I love it...watch it...breath it...sleep it...but I just have never had the desire to be it.

There are a lot of "historians" out there that have never gotten into the ring but have a wealth of knowledge...more so than many fighters out there. They know the game from front to back. Inside & out...myself...I feel that after all my years of loving the sport & watching...that I have only hit the tip of the iceberg compared to many historians...but everyone see's boxing in a different way & uses it & feels it more so than others.

If that makes any sense.

Also...I'd like to add that...

Quote Originally Posted by porkypara
I agree with James Toney on this,to really know boxing you have got to have put the gloves on and done a bit.
I will NEVER believe or put any faith in anything that James Toney has to say.