Where have the Hero's Gone?

[No Contest]

I used to pretend I was 'Maromero' Paez with my cousin and he was Calvin Groove.

It was the 15th round.... Calvin (My cousin) was up by points and he was moving around well. Paez (Me) was desperate and needed a miracle the crowd in Plaza Calafia was going crazy and I came back to knock him down 3 times to win the fight by MD.

Great times spend in Mexico, pretending to be Jorge.

I used to pretend I was George Foreman and pull my short up above my bellybutton(talking about comeback days), and try the crab defense. I was pretty good in our neighborhood boxing fights (big ass 16 oz gloves on preteens)

[CutMeMick]

I used to pretend I was 'Maromero' Paez with my cousin and he was Calvin Groove.

It was the 15th round.... Calvin (My cousin) was up by points and he was moving around well. Paez (Me) was desperate and needed a miracle the crowd in Plaza Calafia was going crazy and I came back to knock him down 3 times to win the fight by MD.

Great times spend in Mexico, pretending to be Jorge.

I used to pretend I was George Foreman and pull my short up above my bellybutton(talking about comeback days), and try the crab defense. I was pretty good in our neighborhood boxing fights (big ass 16 oz gloves on preteens)

"and pull my short up above my bellybutton"

[No Contest]

It was a sight to see, a skinny lil white kid pretending to be George Foreman. He was badass when he started his comeback, I thought he was unbeatable the way he was knocking people out brutally. His punches looked like slow motion and the effects were crazy people were crumbling to those shots.

[Deanrw]

I know what you mean. I used to have lots of heroes growing up. I have none to look forward to any more so now I try to be one for my wife. I try to be a great example and dress accordingly:



Quite often I will wear boxing gloves when we make love and force her to call me Marvelous.

[donnydarkoIRL]

We do have some heroes.
I see plenty of little kids, oing the Mayweather shell, even more hooking the bag with a huge grunt and many kids actually refusing to smile (in an attempt to be like Cotto!)

Every person in boxing picks their own hero or idol. In the 80's these feelings may have been heightened as peole had the same favourites (Duran Hagler Hearns and Leonard.)
It just so happens that today the "great" fighters are more dispersed among the weight divisions and don't appear in the same conversations as Leonard Hagler Hearns and Duran would have. So it's not that boxing's heroes have faded, it's just that they're competition may have.

Also ppv contributes.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

I'll tell you where the heros of boxing have gone. They play baseball, football, hockey and so on. Your average boxer does not make as much as your average baseball player. These other sports also have sturdy unions in place to protct the sport and the players. Boxing does not.

They have whay?... J.A.B.? Sure it'd be great if it was more high profile but it isn't. You hardly hear of it.

Most of the great athletes of our time would like to rather make money tossing a ball in a hoop or a net, catching a pass or hitting a ball.

I can't blame them. Look at guys like Gerald McClellan an Billy Collins. What futures did they have?

What smart, athletically gifted young man is going to want to participate in a sport that does not love him back.

I'll tell you where all the heros went... Right where boxing drove them... Away!

[The Fightfan]

I really don't think those days are gone.Maybe the fire in ya is starting to dim.I mean we have plenty of worthy fighters to be excited about.Manny Pacquiao,Marquez(ok a little older),Miguel Cotto,Sam Peter(ouch it did hurt to say that) Michael Katsidis,Maybe even Andre Ward he decides to fight someone worthy already.I just think the big fights that could happen aren't.I mean obviously the biggie is Cotto vs Mayweather,why not another Pac-Marquez fight or even a Marquez Vazquez again.Point being well I just made it.The big fights are not happening.

[Puya]

Chavez was clearly one of those guys.
There still are some out there maybe not that much in the us but there are

Cotto
Tito (recently Retired)
Hatton
JC
"Popo"

Gatti (recently retired)

etc