Quote Originally Posted by Dorfmeister
Quote Originally Posted by global
Reading you posts I would figure you'd have Floyd as Homais rather that Bovary. I think Floyd is quite aware of what he is doing and what he is claiming, this is boxing and being able to speak real loud seems to have some value. I do doubt his confidence outside of the ring sometimes though. I choose to ignore the talking unless it involves James Toney, then it has crossed over to comedy. Your views of Floyd's capabilities seem generous enough, I'm just curious which fighter would you pick as a great representative of the sport as far as attitude and conduct outside of the ring?
Thanks for the compliments, Global, I have to ckeck on that Homais Symptom though. I don't think he is aware of what he says sometimes and that was clear in "The World Awaits" promo, I'll give it a rest though cause Floyd was under too much pressure with the popularity of his last opponent and of that Mega fight itself... I think the WWE kinda talk sells yes, remember the "Danger Zone" event or the Middleweight series final in MSG in 2001... I also find James a lovable wacko and am sorry he is again under the stressful doping situation, Judah is also a wacko-funny character, Tyson had so many psycho comic lines throughout his career too, Eubanks is too damn eccentric and odd enough to shock anyone, guys like Mayorga are just rude, Hamed and Paes were just clownish and Floyd definitely needs acting lessons so that he doesn't get tasteless... Oh, I state it too many times by now, Floyd is the better boxer out there pound per pound, don't get me wrong... Conduct and attitude outside the ring? Man, I second what has been said about nice guys with great smiles not being true and genuine, that goes for greedy De La Hoya for example... I think Shane, Evander, Wlad, Joe, Ricky, Ronald, Marco Antonio and Miguel are genuine and nice, low profile kinda fellas... Bernard, Tito, Fernando and Toney have a lot of Charisma but they were never that "nice", Roy is always cool and Tarver was the greatest talker since Ali... No, I don't believe there's such a thing as a good representative, they're all pros and grown men... Just that Floyd cannot badmouth Ricky first, wait that he answers back and take that opportunity to play victim and avoid the guys he should be fighting, that is not smart, it's a damn right coward thang!
Homais was just another character from Madame Bovary, more of the self absorbed talker who did what was good for business regardless of the actions required. I'll second you for the Shane and Winky as good guy personalities that come across as sincere. They both avoided the trappings of calling out names and then ducking other names and kept a good attitude no matter what.