slured speech top 10

This thread at first made me think it was not the right thing to do. However, after more thougt, and reading the links, this is a valid issue to be addressed in this venue.

It's a very difficult subject, you have guys like Lamotta who seem to have faired pretty well in this respect, and he took some serious blows over the years, and then others, who have not taken nearly as much punishment who are ruined.

However, the guys mentioned, who are still allowed to fight, make me speculate more about the lack of integrety in the sport.

 

oh my God dude then don't read it.

 

The thing about james Toney hes hardly gotten hit solid in his career he roles with most of the punches hes getting hit with aside from the fight with jirov that would be his toughest fight to date plus look at his speech in 91 compared to now not much difference i think thats just his ghetto way of talking

 

You sound serious about solving the issue.

 

I havent heard Pernell in a while, is he that bad?

 

:huh He always talked like a ******.

 

whitaker speech imo is more the result of all the coke he did than the punches he took, or a a combination of both factors.

 

Roger?! Have you guys heard Floyd Sr? I don't know what the Hell Floyd's saying? I think he spoke in code on purpose so no one would understand him when he was giving Hoya instructions in the corner.:desk

 

"now look, look, looky hear mayn, nock dis sum ***** owt!"

this is the only sentence of clarity i have heard from floyd sr.

 

There's nothing wrong with discussing this tragic topic, but the headline comes across as a bit flippant. Top 10 makes it sound like comedy material, and it ain't.

I wish everyone -- fighters, promoters, trainers and TV -- would be required to dish out some sort of payroll tax toward a pension. I believe this was part of John McCain's plan for the National Boxing Commission, but of course that got shot down in Congress.

 

I think his intentions are good. He probably could have worded it different. "Top ten" sounds like youre picking out your favorite punch drunk fighters, like you enjoy it or something.

It could be better worded as "what are the ten former fighters in the worst conditon" or something like that, but I dont think anyone is laughing or taking enjoyment in the fact that these fighters were hurt.



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damn it, i hate it when you reply to a comment on the first page without reading the end, only to find out after you posted the guy just above said the same thing.

 

Could such aftereffects be a factor in the vehicle crashes that seem common among boxers? Chico Corrales, Sal Sanchez, Masao Ohba, many others whose names escape me now.

Randomly occurring disorientation? Perhaps neurological checkups should also be required by boxing commissions in the course of a fighter's training, what do you think?

 

This just made me wonder about the longterm affects of boxing vs mma. Mma gets a real bad rap sometimes from being too brutal, human cockfighting, barbaric etc etc..... is this brain damage issue the "skeleton in the closet" of boxing?

There is nothing "sweet" or "scientific" about a sport where a large percentage of top level participants are literally brain damaged to the point that they can't speak.

Food for thought.

(and yes I am aware this is a boxing forum not mma and I am quite sure I will be lambasted for bringing it up)