Are we too quick to call fighters over the hill?

[Fenster]

The majority of boxing nerds are like Creationists - their opinion never changes about a fighter regardless of the evidence. All you ever hear in boxing is excuses, excuses, excuses. Every ref and judge and promoter is corrupt - unless their man wins of course, then you don't hear a pin drop.

Froch is now shit because a young unbeaten fighter stepped up to world-class and passed the test.

Pac looked like the old Pac which is the same Pac that got ironed out by Marquez. Awesome.

[bcollins]

I think the real problem is that with boxing fans and media the language tends to be to the extreme. It's all or nothing, black or white, the best in the world or over the hill. There's no allowance for the continuum of truth. Just because a fighter is aging doesn't mean it's over - I think both Pac and Mayweather are prime examples of this. Both are slower than they once were, but both are still fast enough to get the job done.

[Ron Swanson]

I think the real problem is that with boxing fans and media the language tends to be to the extreme. It's all or nothing, black or white, the best in the world or over the hill. There's no allowance for the continuum of truth. Just because a fighter is aging doesn't mean it's over - I think both Pac and Mayweather are prime examples of this. Both are slower than they once were, but both are still fast enough to get the job done.

Preach on!
People get old, they diminish. Why can't you say they diminish? People take it like you're saying they aren't good, there's too much damn inference. Froch is one of my favorite fighters, even though I think he's a cunt, because he's hard as a coffin nail. But I'm not going to be blind to the fact he is getting old. And acknowledging that fact doesn't mean I think he's crap. But people always infer. I said GGG should try to get a froch fight right now because there are diminishing returns on the value of a win against him. People take that as an insult to Froch. I didn't even say GGG would win but somehow I've insulted Froch. Inference is a dangerous thing.