why i like showtime better than hbo...

daprofessor · May 23, 2014

theword said: ↑

I don't let the announcing team get to me. I'm only half listening to the the HBO crew (unless Ward or Roy is speaking), same thing with Showtime (unless Paulie is giving some analysis).

When they play favorites with one fighter or another it doesn't really bother me either, I have two working eyes, I can see the action and make my own judgements.

I would like it if they offered a clean audio feed with the mics in the corner and in the ring turned up, that would be pretty cool.
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nothing like having that live at the fight feeling.

daprofessor · May 23, 2014

Ol' Bub said: ↑

lol @ network fanboyism.
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fanboyism...no.

it's about what's good and what isn't. have you ever watched a fight at a bar...and you have some loud mouth fool going on about **** when he has absolutely no clue? that's hbo imo.

fanboyism is for *****s and *******s.

Manfred · May 23, 2014

modernfonzie said: ↑

Health should always come first. Anyone who's suffered from something dealing with boxing will tell you that. Ali would tell you that. Mago, if functioning properly would tell you that.

They mock boxers, when he says "my health comes first" and People say "They should trade blows, a real warrior would fight to the death"

With all due respect, Thats absolutely ridiculous. This is sport, not a coliseum duel. Though it is a violent sport, the name of the game is still winning.

Fighters have styles, just like any other athletes in sports. When fighters try to fight in ways that aren't in their best interest, for the purpose of pleasing fans, that's when they lose.

These are human beings and this is a brutal sport. The man that can participate in this sport, make a ton of money and leave with his mental and physical faculties is the winner.

Not the guy with slurred speech, pennies to his name and one who is holding on to nothing more than the respect from fans that say: "He fought in some wars, he was a real warrior."

How many bills does that pay? What happens when you can't walk your daughter down the aisle in 15 years?

They say: Real fighters are the ones "who impacted the world and took the chances to fight everyone and risk it all for the fans."

Risk it all for the fans for what? So somebody you never met in your life can regard you as great but you're still a shell of yourself in front of children and wife? Stumbling, slurring your speech, and walking around with a cane, only to be stopped in the street occasionally by fully capable human beings with all their faculties who say " Hey, way to go champ, you're a real warrior"

Come on. don't ask another man to do something you wouldn't be willing to do yourself.

This is a business as much as it is a sport.

The art of the sport has always been to hit and not get hit.

People were bad mouthing Alvarado when he decided not to come back out against Ruslan. As if the man doesnt have family to go home to, a mother to hug, sons to guide, daughters to protect.

Boxing is a sport, and it's a job. This isn't a Rocky movie with fake blood, fake swellings. There is no one yelling "action" and "cut", there are no redos. They are taking these punches, to their faces. Every outing. That's why I dont like Rocky movies. It gave an unrealistic view to a lot of people of what boxing is supposed to be.

Every punch that every fighter takes has a chance to seriously injure them.
So we have to grateful for the sport we have and are able to watch.

I love a good fight like everyone else, but no one deserves to be disabled or battered over this stuff.

Theres nothing cool about taking damage, whether its Pacquiao getting knocked out, Ali with Parkinsons, Sugar Ray with a detached retina, or Magomed Abdusalamov in a coma.

These guys put their lives on the line to entertain. Accept them for what they are and keep your opinions to yourself. Because you and I both know damn well. NO ONE here, or any of those bloggers, or vloggers can/ or would be willing to take those punches.

These dudes have to live on 30-40 years after their careers end. Life doesnt stop after boxing, and it shouldn't stop during either.

Health should always come first. It's always the most important thing.

That's why I hate when Lampley and other people complain about "safety first" boxers.

It gets under my skin. If you're gonna appreciate the sport, appreciate all sides of it, not just the one you favor.
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Dam Homie, you laid out a sermon on this one and a good one at that. However, you are aware that you can't lay out an intelligent case like that and not expect the B squad to roll in on you.:yep

bandeedo · May 23, 2014

i thought it was cause floyd told you to.

modernfonzie · May 23, 2014

Manfred said: ↑

:good

Dam Homie, you laid out a sermon on this one and a good one at that. However, you are aware that you can't lay out an intelligent case like that and not expect the B squad to roll in on you.:yep
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The truth is often uncomfortable. It's the way it is bruh.

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