@matt___s wrote:kingfinn wrote:@matt___s wrote:
I noticed you side stepped the Mike Tyson issue

I'll address it now then. Rape conviction should have meant - off the gravy train. I'll admit to not having encyclopaedic knowledge of Tysons life, which I'm sure you'll pillory me for, but if it was up to me, from what I know of his childhood he should have had counselling of some kind, as an adult he should have not ended up as the tool of enrichment of men who didn't care what damage he did on the way. Because one flawed man produced fights we enjoyed watching, does not mean we should overlook what it did to the rest of society while we were not looking.
What im asking is do you think he should have been banned from boxing as you think haye and chisora should be. And by extension what do you think it would have done to the history of boxing and its current status if he had been banned and hadnt continued his career?
Yes, I would have done. Because, at some point, you have to say that a line has been crossed. The fame and notoriety of the sport would have been diminished, but, and this is my sincere opinion, I do not think that a fight between two competitive men needs semi-criminal drama to sell itself, nor does it need the almost casual acceptance of the criminality of its richest practioners, as opposed to the, as I say, pantomime antics that are in all fairness, and as you say, quite traditional. But theres a line to be drawn.
This isn't a criminal punishment, its simply morals vs money, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm not on the side of Haye or Chisoras bank balance. They are the ones who have to worry about that, and if there are enough people who disagree with me on that, then they will have nothing to worry about, will they?[/quote]
If Chisora can get away with just a fine then it will be a bit of double standards. Tyson vs Lewis got called off cause of the investigation of the shanningans of the New York press conference.... didn't Tyson get suspended also?
That was the richest fight in boxing at the time, if the authorities risked losing that - then something will be done to Chisora.