Takes from the first face off #AJParker

Face offs are gay.

 

I don't blame boxers for looking away after a while. Unless you're a raging homo it must be unpleasant (or boring) standing so close to another man, staring at his face.

Nothing against raging homos, but I'm guessing Parker isn't one.

 

You must have some serious unresolved issues if you think looking at a bloke is uncomfortable.

Seek help.

 

Not at all. I didn't say "looking at a bloke".
Most people feel uncomfortable standing so close to another person that they can feel their breath etc. Unless it's someone very close to you, related intimately, or someone you're very attracted to.
That's why people talk about "invading my personal space". It's normal to stand a little bit away from other people.

People who put their faces in other people's faces are considered weird and usually disliked.
That's a heads up for you, in case you've been doing it to everyone you encounter.
No one wants to smell your breath.

 

Fortunately I don't have to do this sort of thing as I'm not a professional boxer.

If I was I'd probably not be bothered at all about doing something that has been part of the sport for years and is designed to increase my bank balance.

I certainly wouldn't be a little biatch about having to look into a man's eyes if I was meant to be tough fighting sort of person.

 

I think it's the weirdest, creepiest, and most homoerotic thing when their foreheads come together and they stare into each other's eyes...

 

Says more about you to be honest

 

Show me your balls, bro.

 

Well, it's quite a recent thing for them to have an obligatory close-quarters "face off" as part of the press conference formula. When I started following boxing you didn't really see much of it.

The fact that "face offs" might in fact add to the monetary value appeal of a fight, as you imply, just goes to show what a freakshow circus boxing has become. It's pure pantomime. It's become like WWE wrestling.

I didn't suggest that fighters should be a little biatch about it. But I don't blame them when they look away after a significant while has passed. It doesn't prove anything. It's a child's game really. Fighting and staring are completely different pursuits.

This is all just my opinion though. I don't have a massive issue with the face offs but your comments have made me explain myself further.
Personally I think face offs are silly, that's all. They are best when when one (or both) of the fighters doesn't even pretend to take it seriously.

 

Yeah, I remember the Calzaghe-Hopkins one was like that.
They fought like a couple of girls too.

 

Please tell me your not older than 21? Please......

 

Please tell me why AJ wore a hat and stilts to try to appear taller than he is?

Is AJ feeling a bit intimidated?
Is he overcompensating for his lack of self belief?

 

Only thing I got from it was that the size difference appears to be not near as much as I thought. It's more than likely Joshua has been starched in sparring, not that it matters at all.