The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by bman100, Oct 20, 2010.


  1. KOKid

    KOKid Member Full Member

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    I thought it was a good read which made many interesting points.
    Some of the guys in the book made fair and balanced opinions of boxing and fighters of yesteryear vs. fighters of today.
    Those guys were mainly Freddie Roach and Emmanuel Steward.

    But a couple of the other ones just came off as miserable old men with chips on their shoulders.
    I think one of them (forget whom) even says something like there haven't been any good fighters for the last 20 years, then a few paragraphs later he says something like he stopped watching boxing years ago :patsch
    And of course he knew exactly how to beat fighters like Pernell Whitaker and Hagler. That would be easy to do.
    Things like that make you just shake your head.
     
  2. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Sounds like ragingbull