Board 8 > Boxing pisses me off.

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 5:06:00 PM
#1:


The sport itself is OK at best. I can just about bear the occasional fight I suppose.

Everything surrounding it, however, is just outrageous. It's not even staged like wrestling (at least not openly <_<), but you have disasters like the press conference with Haye and Klitschko earlier today. The trash-talk was embarrassing. Haye said his fight with Audley Harrison earlier this year would be like a "gang-rape" and I'm just like...honestly? Are you really saying these words? And that fight itself, while I'm on the subject, was a joke. The whole thing was just designed to be an easy pay-packet for everyone and was marked as this brit vs. brit battle that loads of neanderthal, Sun-reading c***s bought into.

In short: sport itself is mediocre. Everything else about it is awful.

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WarThaNemesis2
06/27/11 5:07:00 PM
#2:


You mean an extremely macho sport where people suffer massive concussive force for (usually) 25+ minutes leads to people being idiots?

No way.

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 5:12:00 PM
#3:


WarThaNemesis2 posted...
You mean an extremely macho sport where people suffer massive concussive force for (usually) 25+ minutes leads to people being idiots?

No way.


Well put. >_>

But like...ugh. All those entourages that the fighters have, the hangers on. Terrible. Everything. Terrible.

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Liquid Wind
06/27/11 5:15:00 PM
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You mean an extremely macho sport where people suffer massive concussive force for (usually) 25+ minutes leads to people being idiots?

this

boxing is the most barbaric sport, don't see how people get on MMA about being savage when we have a similar sport where they have gloves that are designed to result in less surface wounds so the rounds go longer while the fighters experience the same internal injuries more repetitively
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voltch
06/27/11 5:17:00 PM
#5:


me and SD, literally the only boxing fans on the board, <3 Canelo we'll keep our mexicans and lower weight class guys to ourselves.

Gogogogo Katsidis.

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GANON1025
06/27/11 5:18:00 PM
#6:


Those god damn mouth-breathing neanderthals just don't "get" that they like the wrong things.

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voltch
06/27/11 5:21:00 PM
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Guerrero, Saul, JMM, Froch etc while all this is covered by max kellerman or colour commentated by Antonio Tarver or Roy Jones Jnr?

yessss.

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 5:23:00 PM
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Ganon my issue is more the people who bought into the media hype that the fight would be anything other than an easy win for Haye.

Like boxing if you want, but it pissed me off that both men were awful in the build-up and the fight itself was an obvious sham (even to people not at all interested in boxing), yet people still bought into it.

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voltch
06/27/11 5:28:00 PM
#9:


why are you talking about boxing, if you really aren't interested in the sport whatsoever >_>.

Pacquiao vs Marquez and Cotto vs Margarito upcoming this year ^_^

Berto vs Ortiz was nice and last year Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams was the wtf moment of the year and it was awesome too ^_^

I don't see why focusing on a clever piece of marketing to bolster interest in a struggling sport must be condemned.

Nonito Donaire exists, therefore boxing is still relevant to my interests, Gamboa too :D.

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TheConductorSix
06/27/11 5:43:00 PM
#10:


I feel like me and SD are the only people around who still appreciate the subtle art of boxing.


my BIGGEST complaint is the savagery of boxing gloves. they don't really slow any of the concussive force, they simply stop surface injuries allowing the fights to go on much longer than they should.

it's brutal.

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 5:43:00 PM
#11:


I condemn stupid stuff if it's f***ing stupid and it pisses me off.

Why should I appreciate their ability to sell that s***? Why should I applaud people for selling a product I dislike? I don't care if it's "clever marketing" when the entire fight and everything about both the fighters was a massive shambolic farce.

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voltch
06/27/11 5:45:00 PM
#12:


Do you even know how boxing work, or why promoters set up fights?

did you know that boxing is one of the hardest sports to promote?

and realo, that hurt, excluding me from the boxing crew ;_;

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 5:54:00 PM
#13:


So? Should I feel sorry for them or something?

There's no sob story you can produce about how hard a job it is for them that will justify that Harrison/Haye fight. How much did Harrison walk away with for looking like an absolute wasteman?

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voltch
06/27/11 5:58:00 PM
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You are literally a dumb brickhead.

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 6:04:00 PM
#15:


Answer the question.

You keep selling me this sob story about how hard it is to promote and how clever they are - why should I care if they're selling me a sham? Really? What are you honestly trying to prove by constantly talking about their ability as promoters?

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voltch
06/27/11 6:20:00 PM
#16:


Sob story, what is the goal of sports?

To make money, how do you make money in boxing? by having a boxer fight, now can David Haye fight 10 superfights in a row?

No, no one can do that, even Manny Pacquiao fights guys below his level when he has to, how do you make money off fights in between? You fight the guy with the most lucrative potential, its really simple, but you have blind hate and the mindset of a dumbass here.

You have condemned an entire sport on a whim, how much boxing do you actually watch? near zero?

Do you watch say Hasegawa, or Montiel or Canelo or Guerrero?

No? Well then, how can you judge them, if you don't watch them, hmmm.

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Kaxon
06/27/11 6:31:00 PM
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Sports where the only purpose is to beat up your opponent are pretty dumb.

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KJH
06/27/11 6:48:00 PM
#18:


Boxing's generally only cool in anime and games.

In real life, it doesn't look as technical and drags on way too long. It's like they don't get any hits that look clean and just go mad, and then KO victories end up rare so it's just some judgement call thing.

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SHINE GET 64
06/27/11 6:50:00 PM
#19:


if real life boxing was like Ippo it'd be the greatest thing on earth

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 6:52:00 PM
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I just said the sport itself is so-so. It's everything else about the sport that brings it down.

With Football you have to take the whole package is well. You have the basic sport but then you have sky overhyping everything, people like Alex Ferguson running around, being awful. Stuff like that. But you take the rough with the smooth. Unfortunately the smooth in boxing is mediocre at best and the rough is terrible.

This isn't blind hate. I'm not judging those boxers cuz I haven't seen them. I'm judging what I see of the sport, and what I see as an outside observer really pisses me off.

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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 6:57:00 PM
#21:


SHINE GET 64 posted...
if real life boxing was like Ippo it'd be the greatest thing on earth

If Tennis was like that f***ing crazy anime about Tennis, that would be the best thing on earth too

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Haguile
06/27/11 6:58:00 PM
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From: XIII_rocks | #021
If Tennis was like that f***ing crazy anime about Tennis, that would be the best thing on earth too




WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE DINOSAURS

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Dauntless Hunter
06/27/11 7:01:00 PM
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external image

MY FIGHT MONEY

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StealThisSheen
06/27/11 7:07:00 PM
#24:


This is seriously a really, really stupid topic.

"Argh people like something I don't like this makes me so f***ing FURIOUS that I must argue endlessly about it as if my family was f***ing murdered by anybody that tries to defend it!"



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XIII_rocks
06/27/11 7:11:00 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
This is seriously a really, really stupid topic.

"Argh people like something I don't like this makes me so f***ing FURIOUS that I must argue endlessly about it as if my family was f***ing murdered by anybody that tries to defend it!"


Um. Not really. I could seriously be ranting way worse than this. >_>

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Pianist
06/29/11 4:57:00 PM
#26:


the real travesty is that people actually buy events like haye vs harrison

actually it's ironic that you make this topic now, because klitschko-haye is literally the best fight in the division in yearssss

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XIII_rocks
06/29/11 4:58:00 PM
#27:


Yeah, it was the awful trash talk between Haye and Klitschko that inspired this topic, actually. It's really starting to piss me off.

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Aecioo
06/29/11 5:02:00 PM
#28:


I take offense to those "the only boxing fans are ____".

although SD is definitely the most prominent.

Yeah, the heavyweight division has been pretty barren for a decade now. Sad times.

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Pianist
07/01/11 2:41:00 AM
#29:


i make no claims about being the only boxing fan... just the greatest

tomorrow...!

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XIII_rocks
07/01/11 2:44:00 AM
#30:


Why is this topic back again >_>

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The Hardcore Kid
07/01/11 3:00:00 AM
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Yo, Tommy... I ain't hear no bell...

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CoolCly
07/01/11 3:17:00 AM
#32:


As someone who doesn't care about boxing at all, XIII just seems like a blind hater that's upset that promotes for a sport are promoting their sport.


Boxing isn't super popular to spectators so they gotta rile people up to get them drawn in.

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The Hardcore Kid
07/01/11 3:20:00 AM
#33:


The only problem i have is a lot of fights are over too quickly or they drag into 12 round bores where it's blatant that neither party is trying.

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XIII_rocks
07/01/11 3:37:00 AM
#34:


CoolCly posted...
As someone who doesn't care about boxing at all, XIII just seems like a blind hater that's upset that promotes for a sport are promoting their sport.

Boxing isn't super popular to spectators so they gotta rile people up to get them drawn in.


I am not blind. I think I made that expressly clear. >_>

And I don't like shams. And I don't like people buying into shams. Seriously, is that such a problem?

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Pianist
07/01/11 6:10:00 PM
#35:


XIII_rocks posted...
Why is this topic back again >_>

i don't see any other boxing topics on this board

so suck it

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voltch
07/01/11 6:14:00 PM
#36:


You should honestly be grateful when SD speaks boxing in your topic, since he's pretty much the max kellerman of the board in terms of knowledge of the sport.

speaking of which, we need to track down that japanese boxer more :P

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neoneaper
07/02/11 3:01:00 PM
#37:


Haye diving like a Euro soccer player. that's the real disgrace to any of this.

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XIII_rocks
07/02/11 3:03:00 PM
#38:


weak

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neoneaper
07/02/11 3:06:00 PM
#39:


He dove 5 times and got pushed once and was rewarded for it - weak is fairly accurate. This guy is a joke.

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neoneaper
07/02/11 3:09:00 PM
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and he does it again. amazing. he's probably losing a point next time he does it, though he should already have. he's boring as ass which you DONT need for a Klitschko opponent, at least a Wlad opponent anyway

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neoneaper
07/02/11 3:09:00 PM
#41:


XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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voltch
07/02/11 3:11:00 PM
#42:


this generated into standard Wlad fare >_<

Time to start looking for new opponents, I guess Adamek is the next in line in terms of credibility.

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XIII_rocks
07/02/11 3:11:00 PM
#43:


Not watching. I take it from Twitter he is getting dominated, or at least beaten fairly convincingly

There aren't many British athletes I really dislike but Haye is one of them. Quite happy with this

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neoneaper
07/02/11 3:18:00 PM
#44:


Haye did the dive and it was called a knockdown. Perfect.

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voltch
07/02/11 3:18:00 PM
#45:


Oh well, credit to Klitschko he's good, didn't get KO 50, but yeah they dominate this div.


Lets see whats coming up for lightweights

Brandon Rios v Urbano Antillon


:D, neon you gonna have to watch this with us if SD ever gets on AIM.

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neoneaper
07/02/11 3:22:00 PM
#46:


116-110 is a bit of a ghastly scorecard.

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XIII_rocks
07/02/11 3:22:00 PM
#47:


At least Haye didn't liken the fight to gang rape this time!

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voltch
07/02/11 3:23:00 PM
#48:


C/D: XiC has no idea who josh koscheck is :D

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XIII_rocks
07/02/11 3:30:00 PM
#49:


C, and frankly who cares?

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SuperAngelo128
07/02/11 3:31:00 PM
#50:


SHINE GET 64 posted...
if real life boxing was like Ippo it'd be the greatest thing on earth

**** yeah

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