Would Type of Career would you rather have?

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  1. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Preferably one that didn't involve me being punched in the skull.

    So trainer or promoter for me.
     
  3. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mayweather easily hes richest prize fighter ever ? undefeated never really took much punishment in his career, and still has his health and faculties.

    But to be completely honest I'd never want to get hit for a living so neither in all honesty.
     
  4. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    You have a bit of a point there.

    I met Tommy, and he was a wee bit difficult to understand.
    Cognitively sound, but I think Marvin (and others) have rattled the part of his brain that runs the speech function.

    I think Tommy is more respected by the fans overall.




    ps
    I think he would have destroyed Li'l Floyd h2h.
     
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  5. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Leaving aside how their respective financial positions ended up, how would your day to day life be improved more by a few hundred million , than it would by a few tens of million s ?


    Carefully managed.

    Avoided the big challenges.

    And probably lost one.


    I think Tommy can look himself in the mirror more comfortably than Floyd.

    Now that makes a lot of sense !
     
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  6. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Definitely. But to Tommy's credit, those 2 are legitimate elite ATGs.
     
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  7. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Mayweather of course best boxer of his era took little damage made the most money in boxing history and retired undefeated. It's a no brainer.
     
  8. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Just got my kronk hat in the mail today! To be honest I would want to duplicate none other than James toney Career! Tons of burger king. From flyweight to ya momma's weight (he would say) amongst other words such as: this is my world y'all are just living in it. And if he was laying the snack down in sparring he would say "your tampons out"!

    Man a stud at the middleweights before I was even a fan, the only KD being from a sucker move done stole from a game **** Roy would say! Then he quits boxing for a while and has a jolly good time, that's nice to hear right? A fighter enjoying his life after fighting.

    Then he comes back like a boss at the heavier weights and we find out his still in his prime! A freaking heavyweight who won the title from all the way from middleweight! James was a surley young man, but the night he beat John Ruiz he was crying tears of joy! Good ole Roy could feel nothing but happiness for big James.

    He used to neglect running or punching bag like a weight lifter skips leg days lol, and goes beast mode in sparring hard sparring, gym wars, have you shouting "play don't kill each other." Also decapitated the snakehead that slits the snake tongue by knocking out Evander Holyfield!!! One flash KD against Sam Peter, but all the biggest balls.

    To this day there is a video out on YouTube that is called don't feed em, they let the beast out!. Just like Sampson was to long hair, James was to food. He gained strength from it lol. Dude even has a vintage UFC shirt in his names sake..."next!?!".

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  9. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Floyd's, he cashed out with a greater amount than anyone with relatively no damage

    Disclaimer: Hearns is one of my top 10 favorite fighters ever
     
  10. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Mayweather. He’s richer and he’s ranked higher.

    Hell I’d rather be Hatton truthfully. Dude has hella money with such a mediocre career.
     
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  11. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    for guys like me, the respect for a warrior, a guy with no quit, actively seeking to prove it to anybody that wants to find out in the ring, is everything. that puts you in a very small and select group. the special of the special. after all, this is simulated combat. heart matters.
    i dont fault anybody for doing it different, we aint like those men...thats why their special...to certain type of men.
     
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