I had so many arguments over this fight,and lots of bets In the pub I think people believe because he was so explosive and looked hard that Tyson was the best boxer of all time Now I know Tyson was special but his peak was relatively short and spectacular Danny Williams and Kevin mcbride should never have happened,they damage his legacy for me even though a fighter always loses his way.alis was Holmes and berbick
Also it irritates me that to your average 'casual' thinks a fight with no knockdowns must have been boring and that a boxer who isn't a big puncher is dull
It's mad how that happens. A guy in work asked me what I was doing at the weekend once and I told him I would probably just stay in as I was skint and there was the Matthew hatton - brook fight on anyway, he replied "yeh hatton's going to smash him up", I just looked at him and walked away. Clearly he just recognised the name and that was enough to make him the oracle of boxing
Anyone else get bombarded by texts and calls for tips when a big fight comes around? That does my head in.
I once listened to an obvious casual ***** say in great detail how Prince Nazeem would have beat Lennox Lewis, when I mentioned the size difference he ignored me, I left the pub shortly after for his own safety.
Not many hardcore fans are "experts" I think people have specific expertise on specific eras, fighters, weight divisions that interest them the most, which has led them to research and develop that knowledge and expertise.
I only really bet on Boxing when I'm really confident of the result. When Ovil McKenzie fought Enzo I fancied him to blast him out early to lumped on rounds 1, 2 and 3, I also told a load of mates who are casual boxing fans to do this and thanks to Ian John Lewis we all won a few quid. Now every time a fight comes around I'm getting texts asking for tips....and when they don't come in I often get abusive texts back haha!
I'd class myself as a casual. I don't proclaim to be anything other. Infact the reason I joined this forum was to learn. Learn about fighters I know nothing of (Rigo etc) as they aren't from the UK. Learn from guys who have followed boxing for many many years. Learn from guys like Billy Nelson who work day in day out with a World Champion. And to feed off other passionate boxing fans. I have to admit, in amongst the absolute knobs, there are some very knoweldgable posters on here whom I enjoy reading their posts. I intend to stay around, and this time next year I will still be learning. But I guess I'm a casual afterall.
You are not a casual fan, the fact you want to learn and are genuinely interested in the sport makes you a hardcore fan, everyones in the same boat here, everyones learning. Well done.
The amount of money I made on the Haye v Valuev fight....because of the amount of numpties betting on Valuev because of his size. Again I have no idea why people feel they have to pretend to know boxing once a year......but then again it's always the same around Wimbledon and Tennis, or ryder cup and golf
Spot on:good This philosophy also extends to most men (esp young men) thinking they can fight quite well when they have hardly ever done it before. I wouldn't pick up a snooker cue and think I could beat a big snooker fan who plays 2-3 times a week for the last 10 years
Never forget a mate of mine putting £100 on Harrison to beat Haye as he had won Olympic Gold.....oh how I chuckled. I have no problem with people asking questions if they don't know something but for the love of god do not try and bull**** me. I was at the Froch fight at the weekend and I was fortunate enough to be sat with about 8 lads who really knew their onions, some really good chat there, neutralised the pissed up chav chat from the majority there.