Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
Stop criticising the man for making sensible decisions.
I'm not criticizing his decision. I would have dodged the draft too as opposed to running through the jungle with a backpack and an M16, trying to avoid gunfire, tigers and snakes.

I'm criticizing the fact that the general public and vast majority of boxing fans are rewriting history and making him out to be this great selfless anti-war crusader. He was scared of going over there like everyone else was and chose to give up a few years of his career in exchange for not having to go other there and get killed or end up as a cripple or amputee.