Botha-Williams and History

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by MagnaNasakki, Feb 9, 2013.


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  1. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    I figured this was the reason. If people knew it would change the entire dynamic. You've done it right by sharing the information about certain fighters in sparring without letting people know who you are. It's good that way too because you're such a sensible, even-keeled poster around here. When you started I had no knowledge of you being a fighter and I would've never necessarily sensed it because you seem so unemotionally attached. I mean honest and objective and not charged with prejudices and biases about this guy or this era/fighter the way you might expect a fighter to naturally think. For example, when Hasim Rahman sort of blurts out that him and Marciano would be a good match and that he could beat him. Now, I'm not saying he couldn't or wouldn't (Well, I don't think he would), but just making a point about fighters and their viewpoints toward their own era. I never noticed that with you. (By the way, if you happen to be Hasim Rahman I am sorry). :lol:

    Proper perspective. Cheers to that.

    Sort of interesting question that got sparked with this. Honestly, most fighters don't seem to be necessarily hardcore fans of the history of the sport. I mean many do appreciate it but most have been put into boxing and participating at a really young age. I know Ward went to an event that honored Johnson-Jeffries and Tyson was obviously a student of the game. But a lot of active fighters don't seem to be quite as nerdy about boxing past their own generations when growing up. Is this an accurate observation or am I way off? Maybe this is only true for some of the elite of the sport, but not necessarily for the warriors that occupy all that time in boxing gyms without really being all to known...
     
    PetethePrince, Feb 11, 2013
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  2. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hasim is a hoot, but he's a bit of a blowhard, and always has been.

    I wouldn't say I'm emotionally unattached, just satisfied. Not to be a total sappy idiot, but if you've seen the Kevin Costner movie, The love of the game? I'm the pitcher in that movie. I've done and seen a whole lot, lived a full life. I grew up beyond the phase of life that turns a kid into a smartass or a thug, and I experienced enough in boxing to have proper perspective on it all without needing to overestimate my place in it. I had my "perfect game", and can die a happy man. I don't need to feel like I'm better than Muhammad Ali, and I don't need to beat my chest saying I can beat Marciano. My loved ones think no less of me that I didn't go 49-0; They are so proud of me for getting off the street doing something. I appreciate that yall think I'm even keeled; I put a bit of a persona on in public, I'm sure most think I'm a blowhard too. :lol: You make more money that way.

    A lot of young guys coming up view boxing as a hustle. It's an outlet, and a way to utilize their talent and poverty bred intensity. They aren't in it because they love boxing; They are in it because they are good at it, and want it to make them a buck or two. Boxing saved me. Boxing gave me a father and a family. I fell in love with boxing years before I was good at in. When I start winning, and winning a lot, I was a massive boxing fan, who had lived and trained off of a couple years of some big dreams. I damn near wet myself picturing Felix Savon in a ring, when my buddies in the gym didn't know who the Cuban was.

    I wouldn't trade my boxing nerd status for the world. Knowing about what I was a part of gave me perspective as to just how meaningful whoever I was fighting or sparring was.

    Enough on me, though. PM me, I'm trying to get an education on fight fixing :lol:
     
    MagnaNasakki, Feb 11, 2013
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