Datsue wrote:JamesH wrote:There are some fighters oft-discussed on this forum who would be totally slated for this. Bellew offered out cleverly and there was uproar. Frankie gavin memtions money, uproar. De gale calls groves ugly, uproar.
Chisora the woman beater takes a sneaky, unexpected, gutless cheap shot at a great champion and your moist.
Perhaps if vitali was British there would be less support for the classless hood rat. Sure, 'del boy' represents a part of Britain, but it's not a good part.
Yah, it's called personality & ain't it a bitch that some people's actions will provoke a "Awww" whilst exactly the same actions taken by others results in a burst of outrage.
Nigel Benn clocking someone whilst down = "Ferocious & brave warrior Nigel Benn etc"
Audley Harrison doing same = "Hang this cowardly reptile!"
I'm with Kevo. Fvck the old lady response the Klits bring out in some people, & fvck people for complaining about everyone not being held to the same standard when they are actually doing the same thing & excusing fighter A's behaviour yet getting on their high horse about fighter B.
PS: "Great champion" = admitted steroid cheat (sent home in disgrace from the Olympics, was it?) who has beaten precisely one foe of note (Mr Sanders) who was himself a semi-retired fat golfer & who has regularly indulged in "classless" bullying behaviour both inside & outside the ring.
See how easy it is to spin stuff based on getting huffy & appointing oneself a moral crusader? Or does Vit get a pass 'cos he wears a nice suit & knows what to say at a press conference?
I like fair fights and I don't like cheap shots when its not expected, if that an old womans view than it's one I share with old women. It's not even that there was any bad blood there, it's Chisora behaving like an imbecile and its being lauded by some as a masterstroke. I don't think it was. Imagine if Mayweather slapped Hatton at one of their pre fight blusters, the criticism he'd get on here would go through the roof. I'm no moral crusader, far from it, but I do have standards and that fell way below what I consider acceptable.
I'm ok with bullying in the ring, they know they are there to be hit when the bell goes. I'm really surprised at the backing Chisora is getting for it, even his coach Don Charles was clearly disappointed and found it "unacceptable". Must be an old woman too.
As for Vitali, he has beens a great champion and can take no blame for the fact that he (and his brother) have dominated the division to a point where nobody is considered a viable opponent for them.
