Just wanna be clear - I wasn’t trying to start a “conspiracy theories” thread. At all. Just wanted somewhere to catalogue this kind of discourse...
Thanks for posting. Yeah, that was interesting - he actually articulated a few of the things I have been getting at in this thread. Good stuff.
Thanks for the support. I just wanted a thread to specifically ruminate on those elements - didn’t want to keep rehashing the fight. The inring...
Fascinating. Never even considered that either. Probably unlikely that he was concussed pre fight - but it’s interesting that your partner noticed...
It was a legitimately tight fight, nip n tuck rounds. I had Ruiz winning by one round. But VERY close fight.
- some of these are interesting points. And exactly the dialogue I was trying to encourage. Maybe it was to psych Andy out? Never thought of that....
Never heard the groin guard story - that’s interesting to me, and useful knowledge for the thread. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the input. Yeah, I actually forgot all about that massage stuff - geniuinely unusual - If nothing else, it gives off the impression of...
Very interesting points. In the past, he always SEEMED very cool on long stadium length ring walks, with all the pyros and stuff and just looked...
It’s merely a part of the narrative. It was an upset loss. I wondered if the psychological element got to the former champion. Mental toughness is...
Hey - yeah, I don’t doubt that at all. He was beaten fair and square. The way he was pawing the jab out there and Ruiz was hitting it away was...
Thanks for the response - yeah the pre fight stuff is the thing that intrigues me. The in corner stuff I’m sure was just as a result of him being...
I don’t care about where the narrative goes - I was just hoping for considered discussion about it without having to trawl the myriad other...
Yeah, I just didn’t feel like sitting through all those threads with all the bickering and infighting, so decided to start a receptacle here. Was...
Thanks for the constructive reply. Could well be something to do with it. His nerve did not seem strong pre fight for sure.
