Who of these would you find most intimidating?

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  1. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    Just talking about the mental aspect.


    Option A:
    A loud, charismatic **** talker who embarrasses you and is the crowd favorite. Think Muhammad Ali. Like it or not, because he's a big crowd favorite, you might be on the end of a bad decision with everyone cheering for a jab he misses, and meeting a flush left hook/right uppercut you land with silence.

    Option B:
    An aggressive guy with a psycho personality. Think Roberto Duran or Mike Tyson. The classical bully.

    Option C:
    A fighter who appears cold and emotionless, and will do whatever it takes to win. A fighting machine with only one goal: to knock you out. Think Joe Louis or Carlos Monzon.
     
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  2. TommyV

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    Option A is the type of guy that would fire my up more, I'd be more determined to knock him out and it wouldn't imtimidate me, it would frustrate me but not intimidate.

    Option B is someone that would probably imtimidate me, however I picked Option C. A guy like Miguel Cotto for example. He's never seen smiling, he doesn't speak much but appears entirely focused when he does, and you know he works extremely hard, he's 100% focused and a beast in the ring. That's the type of guy that would imtimidate me.

    Option C, closely followed by Option B. Option A isn't someone who would intimidate me.

    Good thread btw.
     
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  3. Muchmoore

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    Option A doesn't really intimidate anyone in the sense it makes them scared to enter the ring. Most guys fought the fight of their lives against Ali because he was such a **** talker (Frazier, Norton, even Young and Shavers)
     
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  4. TommyV

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    I agree. But like Chris said if the crowd are behind him cheering for every jab that misses then sometimes that can intimidate a fighter.
     
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  5. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    C is my answer. Those guys freak me out. Even in non-combativie situations they give me the fear a wee bit.
     
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  6. Loewe

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    Option A would make me angry and motivate me even more. A guy like option B I met already, they are scary but if you stand up against them you have a good chance of putting a bit of insecureness into his heart. Option C is completly scary, these guys are like machines but they are also predictable. It would be between option B and C ant it would be like between AIDS and cancer.
     
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  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I'd MUCH rather have cancer than AIDS. That isn't hard at all. Lots of cancer's are cureable and if you beat it your are a hero. AIDS isn't curable, and if you have it your are seen as a scumbag.

    I am SURE having cancer would get you laid, as a man, if spun right. Now, imagine trying to get laid with AIDS?
     
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  8. Loewe

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    :lol: never seen it that way. Good point.
     
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  9. McGrain

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    Yeah, baby, i got AIDS, it's a slog, I have to fight real hard. Want to come back to mine and listen to some Guns and Roses? No?
     
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  10. janitor

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    I would tend to say option C personaly.

    Option A would not bother me because I am myself a glib speaker and would give as good as I got.

    With option B I might find some crumb of comfort from the idea that this person was putting up a mask that could hide some inner insecurities.

    With option C there is no positive.
     
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  11. TommyV

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    :lol: Good point.
     
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  12. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    ........ When i pressed "submit", i just KNEW there was going to be some ******* saying this.

    You didn't let me down though, McGrain. :good How is summer in Scotland?
     
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  13. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    That's true, but let's not forget that Liston, one of the most intimidating fighters ever, was in fact intimidated by Ali and stated that he didn't want to fight a psycho like him. Similarly, Foreman was "lured" into punching himself out and developed into a likeable, crowd-favorite figure during his comeback because he experienced how hard it is when an entire country is rooting against you.

    The **** Terrel and Patterson had to go through isn't something i'd wish on anybody, either. Although you could argue that was more about the dark side of Ali than a specific character trade of "Fighter A".
     
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  14. MagnificentMatt

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    A and B both are people I would just smile at, just how I am, especially if B is purposely using their psycho rep to try and intimidate me...

    But someone that doesnt show anything(C), they could make me a little nervous..
     
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  15. janitor

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    A is going to be more intimidating to a person who cant deal with that sort of thing in day to day life.

    Liston day to day would have relied on his physical strength to overcome that sort of thing.

    When it came from a physical equal he was a lost little boy.
     
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