Fight Club BBC1

Yeah I really enjoyed it.

 

whats it about?

 

I dont really like these type of things tbh. I find white collar boxing quite demeaning for the sport. Its like almost a freak thing where a load of rich guys get to beat each other up for fun not really learning what boxing is all about and its only allowed because they have the money to pay for it. Focuses purely on the bloody side of having a scrap with a workmate or something and having all your mates watch on for some kind of perverted pleasure. These arent people going to boxing matches. They learn little about the history,dignity and skill of the sport

 

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Why not show some real boxing instead of this nonsense

 

Sorry but that is not true, a lot of the competitors love boxing but have never tried it as kids and want to do it before they are too old. they soon learn that it is one of the toughest sports and you have to be so ****ing fit that the respect they have for the sport/boxers is phenominal after their every training session. It is very interesting watching, think of the first time you had your first fight/spar do you think you demeaned the sport...no of course you didn't so why would men/women of a ceratin age?

 

thats bull****

been a boxing fan all my life, grew up on a council estate but did well at school and got a decent pay in a white collar job, all of a sudden im a posh twat who knows nothing about the sport?

 

Well i admit i dont know too much about it but my impression is that these people are more interested in the fighting aspect of it. From watching does look like there are a few older guys who wish they had tried/people wanting to lose wieght. Calling it "fight club" its marginalising the sport into something its not. Not that i am a big MMA fan but its the same thing when they call its "cage fighting" it demeans it brings it down to a level its not. Just turning it into something brutal and bloody and animalistic and its not

 

Not calling anyone a posh twat i am sayin its promoting boxing as something it isnt

 

It's not like that anymore, white collar boxing is far removed from its roots. If you take the Real Fight Club here in London, it's very professional, to the point of which boxers such as Lennox Lewis, hold master class sessions now and then. Regular shows are the main feature and ANYONE can come, train and compete. You don't literally need to be from a white collar profession as far as I can tell. I am considering joining up myself, with the intention of fighting on one of their shows. It's well organised with rules, it's not a backyard brawl. There is emphasis on training, learning the art and getting down some good boxing skills.

 

I accept that they are from what i gather safe well run proffesional events and a fairly lucrative business. But the marketing for these things is all wrong fight club has connotations of tyler durden in a basement beating the **** out of some random because they can. Maybe im giving it and its getting a bad press but that reflects badly on boxing as a sport.

 

Look what I would say is do some research on it, if you can find the time, you'll see its not as bad as you think. Also, you said you like MMA, thats still beatng the **** out of people. I like MMA too, so you can't tell me otherwise. Fighting is fighting. This isn't tiddywinks! or a tickling contest, yes people get hurt, but thats the choice we make.

 

I am not a fan of White collar boxing...:-(

 

OMG just realised i said in a post i am a big MMA fan meant to say NOT a big MMA fan.

Point taken fighting people get hurt. But people then start to associate pro boxers with as people that just liek to get in a ring and scrap for the sake of it. For sme reason people think because i like boxing i am into any sort of violence people start showing me clips on youtube of people fighting in a backyard thinking because i like boxing i will like this. People started buying me dvds that are violent because i like boxing thinking boxing = violence. Obviously in some senses it ita very brutal sport like no other, but people miss the point. I dont like it becase its one of the few legal ways people can beat the **** out of each other as they might think. I enjoy the skill technique the brains and the artistry that composites the different style and matchups