....And wondering whether or not we'd see him choking up and indeed we do. This Arthur Curry sounds like a really nice guy, and I remember when they announced his death before a fight and did a close up of his empty chair. Forgot what fight that was before...but it was a touching moment. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWeG4x5fdxQ[/ame]
The general public views boxing as a disgusting event between two misguided pugs and a blood-thirsty crowd. Civilized people do not indulge in such voyeuristic depravity. Ugliness. Lampley chooses to see the beauty in it. The struggle between the participants, the drama in all of its shades. There is an understood level of respect/ dignity between the voyeur and participant. An understanding that this struggle has and always will be around and that nothing will change that. And that sometimes we can witness the same courage that men have talked about for centuries on the battlefield right before our very eyes in the squared circle. Lampley A'ight
I like to see the chess match in it. The one on one competition. The epitomy of sport imo. Its like a chess match where instead of pawns and rooks and queens, each fighter's pieces are his abilities, and then they have to use their wits to defeat their opponent with the ability that they bring to the ring. Almost like a team sport or a war where the entire team or army is represented in one man.
He did, that's true. Tell you the truth, so did I. Cotto's one of my favorite fighters. It was difficult to watch him all busted up, bloodied, exhausted, and taking a knee twice just to try and make it to the final bell. I've not watched that fight again since, because of that, even though it was an incredible fight.
