Quote Originally Posted by GAME View Post
Beenko'd,

This is a mans sport. If Stevens talked himself into a fight he needs to take his beating like a man. Doesnt need fairys like you defending his honour on a boxing forum. Go away and come back when youve grown some balls
Trading insults with you on a Sunday morning is not my idea of having a good time.
I'm going to try one more time to get through to your--my way or on way brain.
The pre fight trash talk is just that, trash talk meant to be thrown out to the media and then forgotten. Trash talk is promoted by trainers, managers, other fighters, promoters, boxing orgs, the media in general, HBO and SHOWTIME in particular and the internet. It's not real. Once in a while you get two guys who really don't like each other but it's stills trash talk.
The coffin idea probably didn't even come from Stevens himself. I know one thing for certain, Gennady treats them all the same, he tries to get them out of there ASAP.
Stevens got his ass kicked but he did not quit. Everyone knows when they've had enough so even if he did quit, which he didn't, I would never say he should have fought on.