and he showed such promise at the olympics![]()
and he showed such promise at the olympics![]()
Damn Shame. The kid had power and showed some promise in rebounding from his first loss as he was getting exposure to more technical influences and less brawling. He had the heart to fight, he just didn't have the heart to train. Unfortunately there's a difference between short term survival and long term success. One involves the heart to punch back when someones trying to decapitate you and the other involves heart to get up and train everyday to become a better fighter so the short term takes care of itself.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
Another victim of the BIIIG right hand Jim Lampley HBO curse. Hyped as some power puncher and rushed to market before he learned different gears to cope on another level. Flava said it best...Don't believe the hype
Even worse when the fighter himself believes in all the hype and slacks off thinking they are the next big thing and dont have to train anymore.
panchito pancho bojado was a gelatinous cartusion jiggling nauseatingly upon the TV screen in 1 fight, to the horror and dismay of all those who knew the hype was staged and unnatural.
Gee just thinking, then you have some others with a few natural gifts but have a weak spot that you just know could be corrected if the right coach got to them , then they get exposed and peeter out before ever working on it.
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