MATT GODFREY: "I fought for a world title and came up short so in order to get back to that level you have to beat someone who is one step away from that as well. So this is big for me. "Styles are so much different in Europe. They don't appreciate boxing. Here you box around a guy for three rounds and the crowd goes crazy. Over there, they're all straight-up fighters. They don't appreciate guys just going out and boxing. "I think Lateef's team is a little bit crazy because they think they have more than what they have. For me this is perfect. They've been on SHOWTIME a couple times, he has a great record and he has a good punch and that makes for good TV and what the fans want to see, but experience wise I'm just light years ahead. It's going to be great for me to exploit that on this network, a great network. "They're going by the result of my last fight but I fought the best guy in the division (Marco Huck). They're thinking they will be able to duplicate what he was able to do but he's just not at that level and it's just not going to happen. "They're thinking they are going to capitalize on that loss and that I'm bringing that last fight into this one and they're dead wrong. "I've hit the mitts with Freddie (Roach) before but that was a long time ago. He's so busy that I don't' think he'd even remember it. "If I win tomorrow night I might just end up in Europe again. "I'm not insulted that (Kayode) picked me to fight. It's a business for him. They have to get a return on their investment. They have to fight the best to get to where they want to be."
So ermmm... saying that Euros don't know **** and, him being KTFO by a Euro and admitting it, well what does that make from him??
Europeans are taking over boxing it seems, But Slavs are the ones donating the HW Div currently. 4 out of the top 5 HW's are Slavs.
Shyeah, it's like amazing. Here I totally outslick Shawn Hawk and people are like "oo, he good" but nobody appreciates how I slickly caved in against Marco Huck over in the Europe. NOBODY GETS WHAT I'M DOING! :fire
that's funny since the Euro's former Soviet Bloc immigrants are dominating Boxing and will continue to do so... sure... throw in some Polish Adamek's, UK's Carl Froch & Calzaghe, Serbia's Marco Huck, and look at the Top 50 Heavyweight's in the World!! Most are not American now... and a huge chunk of them are based in Germany :yep
btw, it was amusing watching Solis dominate Ray Austin (American) in the Heavyweight Eliminator only to lose in 1 round to the (stand-up) fighter Vitali Klitschko... to the Horrors of hundreds of ESB posters that predicted a Solis Victory!! atsch
Did the crowd boo him in Europe? Sounds like he's making excuses for being boring. I've seen American crowds heckle boring fighters loads of times so I don't known what he's on about, German crowds particularily are generally quiet but respectful of all but the worst fights.
