The people that hate great fighters my theory.

[Kenneth B]

I hate that fickleness. Lacy is a great example. People were pretty split on who was gonna win, but after the fight everyone praised Calzaghe and berated Lacy because he was a useless bum. That makes no sense to me. It has to be one or the other. If Lacy is a bum, you shouldn´t be praising Calzaghe, because you don´t praise someone for beating a bum. On the other hand, if Lacy is a good fighter, who was beaten by a better fighter (which is what I believe) you shouldn´t come down on Lacy, because good fighters are supposed to lose to better fighters. I hope I´m making sense. These days Lacy belongs to the "Can´t do anything right" club...meaning no matter what he does, it´s critizized. That´s the club you get thrown in if you let people´s expectations down...same club Audley Harrison belongs to and Chavez belonged to from the Whitaker fight and until the end of his career. On the other hand you have the "Can´t do anything WRONG club" of which Pacquiao is now president. In this club you can fight bums and you can do absolutely anything without people coming down on you. Shane Mosley circa 2001 is a good example...coming off the De la hoya win and the great lightweight reign, he fought people like Adrian Stone and the australian guy...I forget his name...and people still thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Whereas people belonging to the opposite club get crucified for the same thing. There are lots of other examples of this going on. I think a lot of the love people have for their boxing idols is very superficial.

[boozeboxer]

On the forum it is certain fighters fans that turn you off of them, almost as much as the fighter themselves. (that is being honest on how I feel).