Hard work and dedication....I don't get it.

You know I have always loved boxing and other sports and appreciate what athletes do to get themselves in shape and everything. But I don't get the recent circle jerk threads that pop up now showing pictures of some fighters and guys drooling over them and talking about how dedicated some guys are.

First of all, the big time fighters make more in one fight then many hard working average Americans will make in a lifetime. These men are paid to fight and stay in shape. To me, it takes much more dedication for a family man or woman to put in 8 or more hours a day at a job and then still make time to hit the gym up and raise a family with the money concerns and job concerns most Americans have now. I mean, if I was getting paid 40 million for one fight, I would definitely be in the gym everyday. Hell, I'm almost 30 and have kept myself in shape and only way about 20 more pounds then I did when I was 18 and it's just muscle gain. Would anyone look at pics of me and say "hard work and dedication?" Not likely. But I stay in shape between working swing shifts, long hours, and the other countless day to day problems people that aren't filthy rich have to face.

It's actually sad how some fighters show up on fight night. Imo, your getting paid an insane amount of money and if you show up fat and overweight then it is a slap in the face to every fan that pays or watches your fight. I respect and appreciate the physicality of the sport and the risks these men face to go to war but I just don't get the drooling people do over filthy rich men who are paid insane amounts of money and have all the time in the world to get in shape. Maybe it's just me.

 

This is where is disagree. Fighters like Mayweather, Jones Jr, Bhop, Pacquiao, Marquez, Tyson, Wlad, Vitaly, and many others are born to fight. You could take any number of people and put them in a gym for years and years traing but they won't have that natural instinct that these men have in the ring. They got that natural ability that can be fine tuned with hard work. Mayweather as a scientist....no.

 

Again, I still don't get why people worship these men for their bodies? Hard work and dedication? There are average joes who don't have millions of dollars and get paid to stay in shape but have just as good a body. I love the craft and their brilliance in the ring. That's a given. But I'm not going to worship their abs when there is no reason they shouldn't be in shape.

 

I appreciate and respect what they do in the ring, don't get me wrong. They risk their lives and that is to be respected. However, these people that drool over pics of their fighters is absurd. Showing a picture of Floyd on a scale and saying hard work and dedication while jacking off over his shoulders is strange. You don't truly see the hard work and dedication till fight night when they are in the rind displaying their skills. And for anyone that thinks Floyd is the best just because of hard work and dedication, you don't know ****. He has a natural gift. If you think that he is the only boxer that gives it 110% then your wrong. Their are other fighters that work just as hard or harder but will never have the natural ability of someone like Jones Jr, Floyd, or many others. Again, I love the in ring ability. But drooling over a mans body when he is making millions to stay in the gym is crazy

 

Good lord. I admire a boxers skills, as I've said numerous times. I just find it ammusing people jack off too pics of half naked men and say that's what hard work and dedication get you. Nevermind the fact that plenty of people look like that and don't get paid millions of dollars or were born with the natural ability to get paid millions of dollars to stay in shape.