Does Evander Deserve another SHOT?

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  1. boxingabc123

    boxingabc123 Member Full Member

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    Valuev doesn't even agree with this fight.
     
  2. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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  3. bmf95b

    bmf95b Boxing Fan Full Member

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    cool.Well at least I'm not alone on this one.
     
  4. Eubank

    Eubank Active Member Full Member

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    Yes he does deserve to be shot.
     
  5. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No, he didn't deserve the last one either.

    But deserve these days seems to have very little to do with it. Peter Okhello certainly didn't deserve to get a million miles within a title shot but he got one.

    So long as Evander is willing to continue his slide into dementia and has bills to pay, he'll keep stepping up and someone will keep putting him there.

    We'll have one of two endings.
    Either he finally loses one too many sad fights to an opponent he would've pounded in his youth and finally calls it a day. Or the blind squirrel gets that acorn, he gets a title belt, cue hoopla and proud boasting from his fans...and with a big target now on his head, some ambitious heavyweight gives him a career-ending and potentially permanently damaging thrashing to make a name for themself by taking out the old man.

    I seriously cannot imagine Holyfield getting one belt and then retiring. He's going to think undisputed, and he's going to think more money from defending his belt.

    I want Holyfield to have a financially secure and happy life, and to be able to recall his fights in later life. I'm not feeling confident on any of those three, and the potential of a bit of boxing history with a fifth belt and oldest title-holder record seems a pretty thin exchange to me.

    Man, I've gotta stop ranting about this...you can tell it pisses me off can't you?
     
  6. daredevil1989

    daredevil1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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  7. bratwurzt

    bratwurzt Whore Full Member

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    I do think that if anyone deserves the record for the most failed World championship attempts, it's him.
     
  8. guncho

    guncho next champion! Full Member

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    yes why not?

    (just joking:lol:)
     
  9. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Actually, I wonder who does have that record?
     
  10. Irländsk

    Irländsk Boxing Addict banned

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    Of course not, it is an embarrassment that he is getting another SHOT.
     
  11. TanstA

    TanstA Legendary Full Member

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    Too much pride, Too many kids and baby mamas.
     
  12. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Perhaps if he had kept his dick in his pants he wouldn't need to fight on.

    When was the last time he beat someone decent, because I was probably still at school.
     
  13. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    No.

    But...

    He is Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield after all.
     
  14. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If we're talking someone with a top ten ranking, it would be Rahman in 2002.
     
  15. Tricks77

    Tricks77 Sergio By God Martinez Full Member

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    Ha. In the heavyweights, Golota, maybe. Lost a WBC title match to Lewis after being DQ'd twice against Bowe. Then lost a WBC eliminator against Michael Grant. Then drew against Byrd for the IBF title, lost a WBA title match against Ruiz, and directly after that, lost a WBO title match against Brewster in his very next fight.


    Rahman in the early 2000s must be close, too. Back-to-back he lost the title rematch to Lewis, lost an eliminator to Holyfield, drew an IBF eliminator with Tua, then lost an interim WBA title match with Ruiz. He then, somehow, won an IBF/WBA/WBC eliminator against Kali Meehan(???) only to drop another title shot to Maskaev. Now he somehow gets a shot at Klischko because he quit in the match against Toney and beat Zuri Lawrence, who carries the astonishingly mediocre record of 24-12, and must have pillows lined with satin and stuffed with marshmallow for fists.