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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
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.
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Sadly,those days are long gone. Fighters up till the 80s were fighting 15 rounds. There were only two titles, and the best fought the best. No excuses, no questions left in fans minds who the best fighters were. The champions would clean up a division before moving on to the next. They would chase greatness, not money.
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I wish boxing could be like this again. But knowing how the trends have been going, pretty soon we'll end up with more belts and longer delays for "the best" fighting "the best."Originally Posted by BoomBoom
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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
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.
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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
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.
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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
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!
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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.
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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
It's the same in most sports.
All the money in the sport alienates itself from the average fan.
Nobody can relate to Floyd Mayweather, like nobody can relate to David Beckham or Tiger Woods.
The fighters who remane humble, generally seem to have the biggest fan base and they carry an aura of sort.
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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
they fought balls out determination back in those days regardless of what style they employed ..
There are still some out there with the mind set. Pavlik, Taylor, Cotto, Margarito, Cintron , Clottey . the problem is the # 1 P4P guy has a pussy foot mentality which sets the trend ,, same at HW . Klitchko. Ibrogomov that pussy foot mind set does nothing to inspire or capture the imagination of the fight fan
in a few years it will pass and good things will come
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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
Thats a good point. A lot of top fighters and footballers act like arseholes a lot of the time and seem to have lost touch with the general public.It's the same in most sports.
All the money in the sport alienates itself from the average fan.
Nobody can relate to Floyd Mayweather, like nobody can relate to David Beckham or Tiger Woods.
The fighters who remane humble, generally seem to have the biggest fan base and they carry an aura of sort.
If you take a look at Englands football team, a fair few of the players in the first team are hated by the general public. I cant ever remember being like this before. It may be that its just something thats happened with the current generation of sportsmen, but the future will show if its a common trait.
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Re: Where have the Hero's Gone?
Chavez was clearly one of those guys.
There still are some out there maybe not that much in the us but there are
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Tito (recently Retired)
Hatton
JC
"Popo"
Gatti (recently retired)
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