Is boxing dead? I remember the first Ali-Frazier fight

[Mr. H.]

One of the sports channels replays some dandy classics.

 

[Trajan]

How are you ever going to top mike tyson biting off someones ear?

Mike Tyson was a thug and very bad for the sport

well, he wasn't always. his manger/mentor/father figure Cus d'Amata died and he went off the deep end. he never met anyone other than him, who really gave a hoot about him, after that and he ran wild. He needed guidance and a daddy.....

hes the type; the sum total of his life will be wind up as a 2 paragraph article in the Enquirer; Found dead of overdose or robbed and beaten to death in seedy motel, down to his last 20 bucks.....unreal.

 

[rightwinger]

How are you ever going to top mike tyson biting off someones ear?

Mike Tyson was a thug and very bad for the sport

well, he wasn't always. his manger/mentor/father figure Cus d'Amata died and he went off the deep end. he never met anyone other than him, who really gave a hoot about him, after that and he ran wild. He needed guidance and a daddy.....

hes the type; the sum total of his life will be wind up as a 2 paragraph article in the Enquirer; Found dead of overdose or robbed and beaten to death in seedy motel, down to his last 20 bucks.....unreal.

Tyson, in his early 20s was one of the most exciting fighters ever. He fought every six to eight weeks and was good for a quick KO. Cus Damato and Kevin Rooney kept him focused and out of trouble

Unfortunately, after the Douglas fight, he became a cartoon trying to regain his past success

 

[Mr. Shaman]

How are you ever going to top mike tyson biting off someones ear?

Mike Tyson was a thug and very bad for the sport

Mike Tyson did what he was paid to do.....no different than Sonny Liston.​

"Liston was born the son of a sharecropper in Morledge Plantation, Johnson Township, St. Francis County, Arkansas and is believed to have been the 12th of 13 children born to Tobe Liston and Helen Baskin. He endured frequent beatings - the scars were still visible decades later - and was forced to pull the plow when his father's mule died. To escape from his father's brutality, he hitchhiked to St. Louis and reunited with his mother and his cousins.

Liston was sentenced to prison as a teenager for taking part in the robbery of a gas station.

On the evening of February 25, 1964 in Miami, Florida he fought against Cassius Clay, whom odds-makers made a distant 7-1 underdog. Liston lost his title when he shockingly quit in his corner before the start of the seventh round, claiming he had hurt his shoulder."

HERE​

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[Mr. Shaman]

....But, there was NOBODY as relentless as....

ROBERTO!!!!!

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[rightwinger]

No Mas! ....with the Roberto crap

He is the Sarah Palin of Boxing

 

[Mr. H.]

When I was a kid, I remember some neighbor had a framed ticket stub from the Dempsey/Firpo fight of 1923.
That thing would fetch a tidy sum in itself.

 

[Skull Pilot]

I'd rather watch MMA any day.

 

[driveby]

How are you ever going to top mike tyson biting off someones ear?

Mike Tyson was a thug and very bad for the sport

yeah i know he was. But he had a punch that would knock your lights out.


He was Theater.

Indeed, he sold a lot of tickets even long after he was washed up........

 

[rightwinger]

It is sad what boxing has become..

No excitement, no stars and still corrupt as hell

 

[eots]

remember when ali fought that japanese guy ?

 

[eots]

 

[eots]

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[Mr. H.]

Back in high school, they brought a touring "professional wrestling" group to the gym.
I remember seeing Dick the Bruiser and Yukon Moose Cholak.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Mike Tyson was a thug and very bad for the sport

well, he wasn't always. his manger/mentor/father figure Cus d'Amata died and he went off the deep end. he never met anyone other than him, who really gave a hoot about him, after that and he ran wild. He needed guidance and a daddy.....

hes the type; the sum total of his life will be wind up as a 2 paragraph article in the Enquirer; Found dead of overdose or robbed and beaten to death in seedy motel, down to his last 20 bucks.....unreal.

Tyson, in his early 20s was one of the most exciting fighters ever. He fought every six to eight weeks and was good for a quick KO. Cus Damato and Kevin Rooney kept him focused and out of trouble

Unfortunately, after the Douglas fight, he became a cartoon trying to regain his past success

....Primarily because Douglas fought Tyson the only way you could beat Tyson....stayin'-outside, and keep blowin'-away any chance of Tyson creating any momentum (for himself), by Douglas keepin' his jab going.

Early in Tyson's career, Pinklon Thomas was one o' the FEW opponents who looked like he might-have-had an outside chance. Most people only lasted a couple rounds with Tyson.

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[Mr. Shaman]

No Mas! ....with the Roberto crap

He is the Sarah Palin of Boxing

In-other-words, you're too-young to remember him.

Got it.
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[Valerie]

Manny Pacquiao...He's a welterweight champ and a Filipino MEGA star.


Manny Pacquiao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Mr. Shaman]

I'd rather watch MMA any day.

What you're watching (now-days) is a homogenized spin-off o' the original:

UFC!!

In those days (early '90s), is was 90% BARE-KNUCKLE (very-few people wore any kind of hand-protection) & FIGHT-TO-THE-FINISH!!! There were no rounds....very-few rules....and, quite the bloody-mess. It kind o' surprised most people it was (actually) shown on T.V.​

 

[rightwinger]

Manny Pacquiao...He's a welterweight champ and a Filipino MEGA star.


Manny Pacquiao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He might be boxings only star. But what makes you a legend is who you beat. Packman has not had that big victory on his resume

 

[rightwinger]

No Mas! ....with the Roberto crap

He is the Sarah Palin of Boxing

In-other-words, you're too-young to remember him.

Got it.
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I saw Roberto Duran fight many times on Wide World of Sports. Hands of Stone was a great young fighter.

Unfortunately, I also paid to watch him quit against Sugar Ray Leonard. He was fat and out of shape. Sugar Ray was humiliating him in the ring and he outright quit.

No Mas will be his legacy