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I came here with the thought of engaging in intelligent discussions about boxing and fighters. Having learned authentic karate in Okinawa at young age and having been keen observer of boxing, though a selective type, I wanted to engage in honest to goodness discussions, especially when our boy 'Pacman' came into the limelight. But then, I realized this is not experts' or wannabee experts' (like me) site, but a fans' site. As most people know most fans go by the rule 'fans can go no wrong,' and I've found it almost impossible to bring a disscussion to it's rightful conclusion, especially when discussing hypothetical fights that may never happen, so I've decided to slip away quietly when name-calling or sarcasm started to creep into the discussion and decided to leave the fans alone in the place that is rightfully theirs.
I used to really enjoy the hypothetical matchup threads. Of course, there were differences of opinion (plus the usual revisionism that says modern fighters would beat everyone before them ) but I liked the debates.
Ya, that's true, but on the other hand, those are the threads that lead to intense discussions and sometimes get out of hand as there are no way of proving the respective views of the posters until those hypothetical fights becomes a reality...


... I forgot to clarify something in my earlier post here, I wasn't saying I'm 'slipping away' from this forum for good, but I've decided that I'll come here just before some coming fights I want to discuss, put in some comments, crack up some joke and leave. As I've said, I feel more comfortable discussing the up-coming fights, when only the more knowledgeable fans as well as some die hard fans come in for a more serious and sober discussions.