After the disastrous brain injury Oscar Diaz suffered last week, I thought about the inherent dangers of prized fighting. The boxing public (including myself) has an insatiable appetite for fearless pugilists who offense is their defense. Conversely great fighters like Mayweather Jr and Winky Wright are criticized for not being exciting and afraid to take chances. Could it be that Mayweather and Wright know the dangers of boxing and understand that boxing is a sweet science which can be deadly if not mastered. While I enjoyed the trilogies of Gatti/Ward and Vazques/Marques as much as anyone, I understand these guys will not last long. Greatness in prize fighting is not defined by how many punches you can take, but rather how many punches you can land without getting hit.
everyone has an opinion, I would never pay to see a chess match between fighters thats just not my thing. But I deffinitely admire technicality just not the whole hit and run technique alot of boring fighters use. This is why these fighters get paid as much as they do and they entered this sport knowing this danger.
People get life threatning injuries in all kinds of sports, I used to be really into skiing and in one year two guys who were freeskiers like myself died. It's all part of pushing your own limits, granted boxing is probably the most damaging sport in the world and I respect people who do it any form (except clinchers).
Fighters like Gatti, Ward, Vazquez, and Marquez know the extreme risks of fighting the way they do, and yet they still go in there and please the fans with thrilling fight after thrilling fight. That's why I respect fighters like that more than others who are more defensive minded.
:roll: A guy like Vazquez isn't "limited" because he's not as speedy as others. He simply plays to his strengths which are strength and power, and coming forward and busting up guys is what he does best.. and guys like Gatti and Rafa Marquez clearly have shown the ability to move and box around the ring, but instead of running around the ring and staying out of harm's way, they show the balls that others don't and they take the fight to their man. Same goes with a fighter like JMM who has all the tools to run and completely outclass the majority of his opponents, yet he also elects to mix it up and take the fight to his opponents.
???enough money for your brain,buddy? or for your eyes? Most guys who are getting injured seriously they not getting much money. Oscar Diaz probably got 14.000$ and he still have to pay his corner. So you think thats getting paid so much?? Living in lalaland?
i completely agree with you man. did you see Feliciano-Tsurkan? it was just redeeeculaaaas. atlas and joe.T were ashamed by it all.jesse doesnt have any skills as we know of, unless being able to remain concious after several right hands is regarded as a skill.
Always like the gore and violence in the Ring (who isn't? one has to look at tv and movies, most everybody does). :heyThe KO for me is the pinnacle of boxing entertainment. The tragedy however, as in O.Diaz, is not so much with the fighters but often with the refs, the corners, the promoters, and the ring physicians--people who were paid and should be there to protect these brave warriors. I said, screw 'em money-hungry SOBs. I also like a tactical display of boxing--a certain level of chess--but going for a stalemate instead of a checkmate when opportunity presents itself, is outright disgusting: play chess if you may, but f'n play the mating line instead of the run-around. Play not just to win, but convincingly! I don't want statistic, i want entertainment. Go for the glory, the KO if it can be gotten. What greatly turns me off from the non-KO is the way the judges are presented with the greater opportunity to screw it--and there is a near epidemic of screw-jobs of late...:fire
Boxing is a dangerous sport, but so is Football. Just as many if not more Football players are crippled because of playing in the NFL than boxers are crippled because of boxing.
