why didnt frazier punch ali out in press conference's

Boxing is a sport, a very disiplined sport - Ali was desperate for any advantage he could get - By annoying and insulting Frazier he hoped to find a weakness in Fraziers resolve, thus putting him off his gameplan...Didnt work and in the long run it seems Ali came off the worst from the punishment he took in the 3 fights they had.

Bowe shoed his weakness by proving he wasnt focused by lashing out unthinkingly when provoked, not good for a disiplined sport but maybe a microcosm of Bowes unfocussed career

 

Hitting someone is illegal....even for professional fighters outside the ring. Bowe's lucky he didn't get arrested and charged with assault. I know the Donald camp was seriously considering pressing charges against Bowe. Bowe could have wrecked the whole fight if Donald suffered a cut or a broken nose or something. What a moron Bowe was. I doubt he would have done that if it were Tyson or Lewis badmouthing him at the time.......Typical of most so-called tough guys, who are only tough when they feel that they have an advantage.

 

if he did that decades later, ali would definitely be punched in the mouth a couple dozen times

 

the class act type out weights the loud mouths, you mofos act as if pac is the only one

 

you think like that because your a thug killa drug dealla

 

so you would agree Manny Pacquiao is a *****, and you would also laugh at him? coolop

 

I know 2 lads who lost their licence for fighting in the street, one of them was a ***** and just liked starting fights with strangers when he was bevvied. The other was my mate who defended himself against 2 lads then had the bizzies knocking at the door because 1 of the kids had a fractured cheekbone.

All that half your life you were around combat sports and boxing did you not hear the trainers repremand the kids, say, for being late, or for having cuts from scrapping outside the gym or being seen with sausage dinner 2weeks before a fight? The core of boxing is not really fighting, it is discipline,in training and in lifestyle.

The purpose of Ali's mind games is to get a reaction, whether an angry reaction or confused or deflated, any reaction. If Joe attacks him, under provocation or not, he is likely slammed in the media and by the public. If they have a fight signed it is madness to attack your opponent at a press conference in front of cameras. He would risk jeapordising the fight itself, or at least a portion of his purse in a lawsuit. If you think fighters wont sue, then just look at Pacquiao at the moment.

Joe wasnt being a gentlemen even, he was just being a total professional, not worried about his opponents posturing only about preparing himself for the fight. You seem to have this childish idea of pride and respect where Frazier must immediately leap to defend any slight insult with a violent attack. It is especially ludicrous for him to do this when he can just fester on his anger for a few weeks and then have a full, one-on-one, legal 45 minutes to prove his superiority as a man in front of the whole world on permament historical record.

Because that is the game now, everyone does whatever they can to get ahead. There is no reason at all that someone who fights professionally under a referee will not be willing to file criminal charges against someone who attacks them like that. Some fighters may think, "okay, I'll get him in the ring" but other will think they will get him in the pocket instead, as it appears Pacquiao is trying to do.

 

Standing up for yourself, yes. Being a low life scumbag whose only retort is to punch someone is never going to get far. You think you'll ever get a job with that attitude?

Thing is, often when i hear someone talking about "being a man", they are the epitome of insecure and/or immature and try to compensate it by an abundance of aggression.

I don't mean this in a derogatory way, but how old are you?

If your only retort is to punch the other guy, then you definitely come across as immature and you basically concede that the other guy is capable of dominating you in the verbal exchanges.

Yes, Frazier acted mature and as classy as one could, under those circumstances.

 

Take it from someone who knows, street fighting and slugging guys in the face over mere verbal insults is NOT the way to go.... If you're 15 years old, that's one thing, if you're a grown man with responsibilities and things to lose, you don't want to go there.