GTFO, you've overstayed your welcome! (Most Ill-Advised Comeback Taking Place in the Next 2 Months?)

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by IntentionalButt, May 21, 2018.


Who needs to SERIOUSLY quit while they are behind already?

Poll closed May 26, 2018.

  1. Giovani "Aztec Warrior" Segura, 36 years old, returning May 26th @ bantamweight

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%

  2. Badi "The Prince" Ajamu, 46 years old, returning June 1st @ cruiserweight

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%

  3. Antonio Deon "The Magic Man" Tarver, 49 years old, returning June 10th @ heavyweight

    7 vote(s)
    63.6%

  4. Wilfredo "Papito" Vázquez Jr., 33 years old, returning June 16th @ lightweight

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Suriyan "Kompayak Porpramook" Satorn, 36 years old, returning June 23rd @ flyweight

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  6. Walter "2 Guns" Wright, 37 years old, returning June 23rd at super welterweight

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. Beibut Amirhanoviç "No Limits" Shumenov, 34 years old, returning July 7th @ cruiser

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. Ivan "Vicious" Vivian Harris, 39 years old (40 come fight night), returning July 21st @ light welter

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%

  9. Lisa "Bad News" Brown, 48 years old , returning July 29th @ featherweight

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  10. Other (Chevelle Hallback, Chauncy Welliver, Sefer Seferi, Dominick Guinn, Jean Pascal, etc.) - state

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%
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  1. SuzieQ1949

    SuzieQ1949 New Member Full Member

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    Tarver being almost 50, blows my mind:confused:
     
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  2. Southpawswitch

    Southpawswitch Active Member Full Member

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    Tarver by far. Good god, man, you're making Roy Jones look sane by comparison.
     
    Southpawswitch, May 21, 2018
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  3. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Welliver's only 35? Feels like one of those guys that's been around forever.
     
    Cafe, May 21, 2018
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  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Right? That surprised me as well, nearly as much as realizing that Kiko Martínez is only 32.
     
    IntentionalButt, May 21, 2018
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  5. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Enormous Giovani Segura fan. Surprising he never took off with popularity at his peak. That first Calderon fight I've repped since it happened.

    But bantamweight? Still going at 36? I didn't even know he had fought in 2016 and at featherweight?! Dear lord.

    (and his best weight was 108, not flyweight, where he found no success comparably)
     
    Nonito Smoak, May 21, 2018
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  6. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Most cumulative obscure boxing information I've seen compiled in one place since the last time I tried to make an equally comprehensive post over on Classic. I'm clapping for you, Butt. :eek:
     
    Russell, May 21, 2018
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  7. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Shumenov has to be viewed as pretty darn bad based on his reason for retiring (ala Kessler). It's like... was there a magical healing? Did he get treated by Holyfield's pastor or what?

    Without the eye issue, his "comeback" or continuing to fight would be totally normal and retiring might seem a bit random.
     
    Nonito Smoak, May 21, 2018
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  8. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    They all have something in common.



















    Great nicknames.
     
    FrankinDallas, May 21, 2018
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  9. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    IB...

    I friendly request a "Walked away too soon..." thread, fighters that retired too soon in the last half decade or so. I'm the type that likes a fighter calling it early in their career, but for the sake of potential significant legacy boosters, still rounding into form, leaving a giant one on the table, etc.
     
    Nonito Smoak, May 21, 2018
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  10. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Free country. Do what you want.
     
    OvidsExile, May 21, 2018
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  11. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Oh, like Alexander Frenkel or Kazuto Ioka? Hell yeah!
     
    IntentionalButt, May 21, 2018
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  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Nobody is saying "there ought to be a law", so chillax and smoothe down those militant Libertarian hackles. :sisi1

    We're expressing concern at their judgment, as is our right. :thumbsup:
     
    IntentionalButt, May 21, 2018
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  13. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    If Justin Beiber gets to sing, Tony Tarver gets to fight. I don't have to watch either. 'Sides it makes them happy. These men are warriors until the day they die. They'd be sparring in the gym for free anyway. This way, they can make a little money. It's commendable, noble in a way. I like the spirit.

    Weren't you just making a comeback in your thirties? That's good. Follow your dreams and do what you love.
     
    OvidsExile, May 21, 2018
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  14. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Damn, son, go get some ice cream and chillax.
     
    FrankinDallas, May 21, 2018
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  15. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Bieber isn't risking CTE by singing.

    Neither would I be risking CTE (at least not as much as somebody like Tarver with decades worth of accumulated blows to his dome), starting to fight at my age if testing out the waters at first using careful progression of matchmaking and only after jumping the requisite fitness hurdles to be medically cleared and convince a commission to license me.
     
    IntentionalButt, May 21, 2018
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