Re: Floyd-McGregor: Winners and Losers
Floyd hasn't fought any I wanted since Mosely and hasn't fought anyone I wanted at the time he should have fought them since the Castillo rematch. Even now, his record breaking match isn't even against an a opponent who's at a disadvantages. (An Mma fighter who cant use his full arsenal, with pillow gloves, in a ring hes not used to.. some event
) Ali fought Inoki in Tokyo (Scripted then unscripted and booed anyway), Mercer wore Boxing shoes into the octagon. If you want to fight an mma fighter in an exhibition, fine compromise the rules t fit both fighters. If you want to break a boxing record and it has to be in a boxing ring with boxing rules, choose a boxer. With all the talk from floyd that he could come back at 40 and beat Thurman's @$$... Now would be the perfect time to prove it... but who cares what happens to boxing, Floyd wants to get paid, take no risk and continue his glory on a technicality.
I won't watch this circus, the same as I haven't watched the berto fight... My time and money is reserved for actual fighters that have a warriors spirit, show heart, and chase greatness. And if you think that description fits Floyd.. to put things in perspective ... Consider that if Chavez Jr. had been able to finish off Martinez, he would have would have been 1 draw and 1 nc away from tying Marciano record by beating brian Vera almost 1.5 years before floyd... and been just as proud. 
I'm not saying that floyd hasn't accomplished anything in the ring... I'm just saying that him accomplishing something unequivocal maybe put his name in the record books, but it doesn't erase from peoples minds how he did it. If you want to be truly great, take no shorts. If money and technicalities are enough for you, then so be it but don't use boxing as a stage for your circus... as Spicoli said, Its a slap in the face to everyone whos doing this the right way. For every Kovalev willing to take no guaranteed money to regain former glory and avenge a rip off loss.. There's a group of money grubbing primadonnas who want to get paid to win and paid more to lose.. and people wonder why boxing isn't what it used to be.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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Originally Posted by Fenster
The fans/boxing are certainly not going to be losers, just look at the interest it's generated. All the people that are boycotting this rubbish can't stop talking about it.
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