why didnt frazier punch ali out in press conference's

haha......glad you liked it. But what I wrote is true. I know Donald didn't press charges, but there was talks of that happening. What Bowe did was blatant and out of the blue. It wasn't like they were both engaging in a physical confrontation...Donald was talking and Bowe approached him and bam!!!!bam!!!!!

 

***** this, coward that? I rarely have to use force but i'm not a coward, either. Fighting over useless tidbits like that only gets you in trouble and living a **** life without accomplishing much.

Should a guy be allowed to run his mouth nonstop? No, but you can force respect without using your fists. Of course, there are trouble seekers, but those are a whole different category.

I'm not from North America, by the way.

 

I think People forget that Boxing is a sport. Yes, it is not for the faint at heart. I think fighters should repect one another and there is a set of rules to go by. I remember Ibragimov and Whitaker and when Goofi jumped in Ibragimovs face punches started. I remember the fight Bummy Davis punching Fritzie Zivic in the balls and I remember Tyson biting off Holyfields ear. Sometimes it is the act of a coward, who is looking for a way out because he can not win by the rules. And then there was the time Holmes jumped in Cooneys face for a race issue that Gerry had nothing to do with. Cooney should have blasted him.( but he did not have it in him) As far as Ali he may have gotten too carried away with Frazier but Ali was a promoter and did it as joke most of the time. Frazier did not want to be the one to throw the first punch and Ali did not expect him to. He was building up the gate. It was remarks that Ali said after the fight calling Frazier an uncle- tom, which was far from the truth. Was Frazier suposed to lose because Ali was the fans choice.

When Hopkins classlessly jumped in Calzages face, and said I will never lose a whiteboy. Joe just stood his ground and looked Bernard in the eyes and said I am going to beat you and color has nothing to do with it.

Some fighters have class and some do not but there is a point when you can lose your cool and rightfully so but nothing good comes from it.

In the older days it would be hard to see someone talking to Jack Dempsey Jeffries,Joe Louis, Sam langford, Harry Greb, Mickey Walker or Carlos Monzon that way without them taking it as a disrespect but fighter did have more of a code and respect for a fellow fighter and human being back then. The oldtimers were also a serious bunch and we have some modern fighters like Evander H. who is respectfull but no one to **** on.

 

I agree with Chris who appears to have a wise mindset about all this.

Ali's behavior toward Frazier was classless, mean spirited and far beyond promotion. It was ulgy and he was lucky Frazier did not hurt him. Ali got away easy in the ABC studio in 74. For most of the time Joe rolled with it but the wounds were obviously deep. Makes you realize Ali was not the saint he has been made out to be since his reinvention at the 96 Olympics ...