Fear Confuses-Fear Paralyzes-Fear Inhibits ....And Floyd Is Being Consumed By It.

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You're right, you don't need to be a genius to figure out you're a nuthugger.

 

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Steamroller v Krusher in a phone booth - who R U pickin?

 

in a phone booth?!?!

come on

id probably say as of now Sergey beats him in the ring

but in a phone booth Beterbiev .....

 

“Boxing is a sport of self-control. You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you’re hungry, give you light when you are in the dark, and produce energy. Let it go out of control and it can hurt you, even kill you….Fear is a friend of exceptional people.”- Cus

 

Read "Fire and Fear," the book about Mike Tyson.

Cus D'Amato would have told you something like:

Fear is like fire. Controlled, it can cook your food, keep you warm at night. Out of control, it can burn your house down.

Fear is the friend of every good and reasonable athlete. In every fight, in every athletic competition, athletes on both sides are afraid. They are afraid to lose. In boxing, they are afraid of getting hurt. They are afraid of failing or that their best is not good enough. It happens in other areas of public performance -- actors sometimes get "stage struck" and forget their lines. It's all a form of anxiety.

The athlete who controls that fear, who uses it properly, has an edge (atlhough enough physical advantage can overcome most of these things unless the fear is so overwhelming that it consumes the athlete).

These are two very good and reasonable athletes. They've been through high-profile fights before. They've faced top-level opponents. They know how to deal with these things.

So that's a nice dissertation by the OP, but to presume that only one of the combatants is experiencing anxiety is utterly ridiculous; to presume that you're inside Floyd Mayweather's head and know how he's going to react is absolutely ludicrous.

EDIT: Didn't read the thread beyond the first post or two, and I see others have brought in the Cus philosophy.

I will add that fear, boiled down to its purest form, is awareness. When you are afraid, you are more wary and aware of what is around you. You are more focused because there is a perceived danger. Animals live in a state of fear. And fear is what keeps you from stepping in front of a moving bus, or in the case of a boxer it's what cautions one against taking a stupid chance, of dropping his gloves and sticking his chin out while in range of his opponent.

 

Seems like fear paralyzed Pac tonight. :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Fear got to Pacquiao tonight.

 

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