"Duran vs. Kirkland Laing" from '82...

I despise Mayweather, Jr..... I liked Uncle Roger instead......

NO! Myself, like many before me, have gone into a sorta' slump and depression after my main guys all retired / vanished from the scene....
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I'm also preparing for the new "Voices" of boxing as well......... It is already in the works.... The networks are slowly but surely ****-canning all the legendary old fart announcers....... Guys like" Clancy, Tim Ryan, Alex Wallau, Ferdie Pacheco & Steve Albert" have already stepped down.... Larry Merchant is on his way out the door......... And Al Albert and Sean O'Grady have drifted off to Palookaville....... I am concerned about the boxing future........
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EXACTLY!!! I dealt with the WBC and WBA..... I even dealt with the addition of the IBF in '84........

But this **** like the WAA, IBC, IBO WBU, WBF, WBO, is just too much.....

I also am no longer thrilled about 12 rds. being the limit..... I support the comeback of 15 rounders in MAJOR title fights........

Boxing is NOT a dying sport..... It'll never die....... People love action / violence........ Boxing will survive........... However, it has dipped the last 10 yrs or so......... I clearly see it..........

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I just broke-out my disc copy of "Duran-Benitez" from '82..... No, it is not an action-packed bout; its tactical......... Lotsa' posing and feinting went on during the 15 rds.... The heated action was NEVER sustained for any length of time.......

This was Benitez' LAST real great performance....... Duran looked good for the photographers at 152 pounds, but his zip and spryness was non-existant in this fight..... Again, after 6 rds., Duran was sapped but still game..... Peace.....
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Note:

Duran at 152 pounds in 1982 for Benitez looked a lot better than he did at 156 for Nino Gonzalez in the summer of '81......... Duran was bloated / fleshy for Gonzalez....

BUT! I thought Duran looked in good shape for Luigi Minchillo on TV in Sept. of '81 out in Vegas........

Reports from Panama claim that Duran ballooned up to 180 pounds after Duran beat Minchillo...... Duran had to lose weight to fight Benitez..... The hell was Team Duran thinking there???

 

I disagree back......... Boxing is currently being raped harder and deeper than ever before............ Too much horse**** is going to Cable / PPV these days.............. Boxing has ALWAYS been more so a BIDNESS rather than a SPORT! I know that............ But these promoters' today are merly spitting at us in the face and laughing their tails off to the bank........... Myself, I finally put my foot down in 2007 and decided to be much more selective of my PPV's.....

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I am age 42......... I was a High Schooler in the early 80s.... Back in dem days, boxing was on CBS, NBC & ABC every goddamn week.... World class events...... Then by the late 80s, Cable began to take control, but boxing was still available on regular net TV..... Come the 1990s, Network TV was getting screwed and it was becoming all Cable / PPV..... Here in the 21st. century, it is all Cable................ trust me, the quality of fights have slipped / dipped over the last decade.............. BUT! The prices have gone up..........
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Back in 1982, a "Hatton-Pacquiao" title fight at 140 pounds would've been fought on ABC Wide World Of Sports with Howard Cosell & Chris Schenkel calling the action......... That is NO ****!
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Them days are over.............. EXCEPT! For this current ESPN Friday Night Horse**** that airs on a semi-weekly basis.............. ESPN sucks ****....... Just a typical buncha' bums and stiffs fighting for chump change............... ESPN sucks ****...........
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I'll accept nothing....... I am happily MISSING tonight's card on ESPN..... I did watch last weeks card with "King****" Johnson in the main event.... That was rare........ OH! The fight with Devin Vargas sucked ****, too...... Still?

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The hell do you live----Out in the woods???????? Are your folks Jews and too tight to pay for Cable?????

I worked with this insane religious fanatic who believes cable TV is evil, so he will not subscribe........ The fool.......... He still plays with rabbit ears on top of the set....... Myself, I just laugh at him............... He's so full of **** his eyes are brown...........

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