As I was typing up in a different thread I wrote something that got me thinking.... the exact quote goes "the sport is about competition, being the best, beating the best, and fighting who is better than you to prove you are better than them....." As fans of sport we obviously expect certain guys to go up against certain opponents but the reality of the situation is different. I could name a 1000 fights that the majority of us in one way or another would like to see, but fighters have different mind sets about what they should do. Now what I would like to ask you is What Would You Do As A Fighter Vs What You Want To See As A Fan. The High Caliber Fighters only fighting guys better than them vs The High caliber Fighters fighting lesser fighters seeing high caliber fighters fight opponents better than Fighter "A" vs seeing high caliber fighter fight any & every body
boxing is about the best vs best......and the fans keep the sport alive imo...... thats why assholes like calzaghe will never get my respect......
Well Its hard to give you an example because I cant exactly be inside the mind of any particular fighter..... but basically like if I was Floyd mayweather Jr per say In his mind... he might think he is better than everyone in boxing around his weight class... so fighting lesser fighters would be a waste of time in his mind... so the only time he would be enticed to fight is when someone steps up to the plate and completely proves themselve vs A fighter who doesnt really care about all that and will just knock who ever is called up out at any given time ... This is kind of different but at my school we play video games VERY VERY VERY intensely and i was the best player in nba 2k9.... and i was so far ahead of my friends that I would never play one of my friends unless they were on a hot streak and I had to come off my throne and put them in their place.... even when a new nba 2k player came into my circle of more or less 10 friends and started talking **** saying they could take me off the throne I probably wouldnt play them... i would make them play my friends and then if they get past my friends then i would play them... once & a while if they talked MASSIVE ****... i would step down and just beat someone up by 40 but not too often.... i know its obviously not "Boxing" but the pride we play that damn video game with is so intense that I couldnt afford to lose because I didnt want to hear people talk **** about me... people at my school have cried, fought, broke multiple controllers & other objects, and much more ****.... so thats my comparison/example lol... calzaghe did what he could..... i dont love him but i dont hate him either ha ha ... maybe youll get your wish soon.. keep watching him too find out :hey LMAO ! NEVER!