Would you rather your favourite fighter...

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  1. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    ...precisely! B is for fanboys; A is for boxing fans.:good
     
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  2. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    B hands down.
     
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  3. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    - typical Chad Dawson fan!;)
     
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  4. MancMexican

    MancMexican Blood & Guts Forever Full Member

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    ah, i like it, a bit of psychometric testing for boxing followers to weed out the fanboys. now if only there was a way of culling them once theyve been found out...
     
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  5. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    It's called the "ignore list";)
     
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  6. MancMexican

    MancMexican Blood & Guts Forever Full Member

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    well based on the numbers so far that would be half of eastside ignored
     
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  7. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    not really fair.
    my favorite fighter is ricky hatton, a local lad who i've followed since the start. him losing to mayweather pissed me off for weeks. i hate losing ,whether its my football team, a bet ,anything.much rather the lad wins than goes down as a valiant loser, a la frank bruno.thats the british way isn't it.
    if that makes me a fanboy so be it.
     
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  8. RealIzm

    RealIzm Boxing Junkie banned

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    A. without question....good points about Hearns, Ottke, and Erdei
    Hearns was great despite losing in great fights, while Ottke and Erdei are bums that fight cabdrivers
     
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  9. MancMexican

    MancMexican Blood & Guts Forever Full Member

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    well obviously the point of a boxing match is for someone to win, but i dont support any fighters. there are fighters who have styles i like and those i dislike but what i want to see is a good fight, regardless of who wins.

    going into their fight i preferred watching cotto fight but i felt margo was just too big for him, but I enjoyed the fight nonetheless and maragrito made a good impression on me, but i won't lose sleep if he loses

    similarly, ricky hatton probably got me into boxing and even though in recent years id stopped enjoying his fights i would have preferred him to win than mayweather, but i placed a bet that he would get sparked out as I felt he was out of his league. when he did lose i was glad id won the bet and hatton losing didnt effect me. i thought he put on a poor show and floyd deserved to win. the fight itself wasnt particularly good, even if the occasion was massive
     
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  10. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    There's no shame in giving your all and best and losing to a top fighter at his best ; however, there is shame in asking people to pay $50 to watch you beat up a bum in an indifferent display. IMO.
     
    Decebal, Sep 23, 2008
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  11. smiffy

    smiffy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    you never said bum at the start though did you ?
     
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  12. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    ...rhetorical flourish. The question stands as it is.
     
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  13. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    The proof of the pudding is this:

    If your favourite fighter had only been involved in A-type fights, he'd be an ATG; he performed at A-/A level throughout his career and was only beaten by A/A+ fighters performing at an A/A+ level....he's your favourite fighter because he's bloody good, always fought the very best and gave his all.

    If your favourite fighter was only been involved in B-tyoe fights, he'd be a nobody; he performed at a B/B+ level throughout his career and only beat B-/B level fighters performing at a B-/B level. ...so, why, in that case is he your favourite fighter? After all, he did dodge risky challenged just to keep that "0", and only prayed on the overrated and unproven. That's right...you're a fan because you like his haircut!
     
    Decebal, Sep 23, 2008
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  14. DatBo215

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    While you lose no respect for A, who wants to see their fav fighter take an L. Valiantly or not, an L is an L. And although there can be great victory in defeat, (i.e. see Paulie Malignaggi), in the boxing industry your -0- is unfortunately a very valuable commodity. Just ask Mayweather.
     
    DatBo215, Sep 23, 2008
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  15. TommyV

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    Nobody likes to see their favourite fighter lose.

    Option B.
     
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