Wilder says he wants to kill an opponent in the ring

[Enlightened-One]

What I'm interpreting from some of the nutters defending Wilder's words, is that stupidly offensive things should continue to happen, simply because they occurred in the past.

They clearly feel that civilisation shouldn't be allowed to evolve and learn from mistakes, because their nostalgia compels them to believe that nothing in today's world is better than the “good old days”.

I wonder if their opinion is consistent and applicable to all stupidly offensive things that have occurred in the past or do they allow their bias to selectively pick-and-choose to defend the heinous actions of certain individuals, simply because they support those particular people.

Perhaps these people forget about the real dangers involved in the sport of boxing, without appreciating that fatalities and life-changing injuries are a reality, whereby such tragedies should be mourned rather than exploited for self-promotional purposes in order to hog media spotlight.

Boxing isn't the WWE.

There's a sizeable number of people who think that boxing is worse than the WWE.

Boxing is real. WWE isn't.

Pretending to threaten and harm someone in professional wrestling is just for show. No one means what they do or say.

But boxing is real life, and fighters genuinely intend to harm their opponents.

So if they're willing to pummel someone into unconsciousness until the opponent slumps to the canvas or the referee intervenes, why should anyone be offended or surprised by mere threatening words?

If you enjoy watching a man risk his life in the ring and absorbing a potentially fatal beating, then how can any fan pretend to be sanctimonious and decry Wilder's words?

Boxing is supposed to be a sport.

No man should be flippant about their willingness to commit manslaughter, regardless as to whether they're saying such absurd things for the sake of hype or not.

Don't pretend that fighter's try their upmost to kill their opponents, because they don't... and it's fûckîng stupid to pretend otherwise.

If you think that Rocky IV was a documentary and that all boxers were like Ivan Drago, then perhaps you need to try to learn a bit more about the sport.

[SenorPipino]

I wouldn't.

I'm not really sure if Ali refrained from hitting a falling Foreman strictly as an act of sportsmanship or because he was simply taking in the moment.

Did Ali ever comment on that?

There were plenty of times that Ali fought with a killer instinct. He savagely pummeled Frazier in the 13th and 14th rounds in Manila.

[SenorPipino]

What I'm interpreting from some of the nutters defending Wilder's words, is that stupidly offensive things should continue to happen, simply because they occurred in the past.

They clearly feel that civilisation shouldn't be allowed to evolve and learn from mistakes, because their nostalgia compels them to believe that nothing in today's world is better than the “good old days”.

I wonder if their opinion is consistent and applicable to all stupidly offensive things that have occurred in the past or do they allow their bias to selectively pick-and-choose to defend the heinous actions of certain individuals, simply because they support those particular people.

Perhaps these people forget about the real dangers involved in the sport of boxing, without appreciating that fatalities and life-changing injuries are a reality, whereby such tragedies should be mourned rather than exploited for self-promotional purposes in order to hog media spotlight.

Boxing isn't the WWE.

There's a sizeable number of people who think that boxing is worse than the WWE.

Boxing is real. WWE isn't.

Pretending to threaten and harm someone in professional wrestling is just for show. No one means what they do or say.

But boxing is real life, and fighters genuinely intend to harm their opponents.

So if they're willing to pummel someone into unconsciousness until the opponent slumps to the canvas or the referee intervenes, why should anyone be offended or surprised by mere threatening words?

If you enjoy watching a man risk his life in the ring and absorbing a potentially fatal beating, then how can any fan pretend to be sanctimonious and decry Wilder's words?

Boxing is supposed to be a sport.

No man should be flippant about their willingness to commit manslaughter, regardless as to whether they're saying such absurd things for the sake of hype or not.

Don't pretend that fighter's try their upmost to kill their opponents, because they don't... and it's fûckîng stupid to pretend otherwise.

If you think that Rocky IV was a documentary and that all boxers were like Ivan Drago, then perhaps you need to try to learn a bit more about the sport.

Boxing is a sport, but it's a sport wrapped in brutality.

In the heat of the moment, few fighters are concerned about their opponent's safety.

It's kill or be killed.

To pretend otherwise is to be disingenuous.

I'm sure you've heard the expression that "you don't play boxing."

Its brutality is it's appeal. Put headgear on fighters or prohibit punches to the head and see if the sport survives.

The spectre of tragedy had always lured fans to boxing.

Listen to the approving roars from the crowd during particularly savage toe to toe bouts.

Hear the boos and whistles when 2 fighters are adhering to a cautious, safety first performance.

Savagery and danger is what fans pay to see. Few care for a lackluster display of the so-called Sweet Science.

Wilder's words merely verbalize the thoughts of many.

[Heretic]

I have no problems watching people get knocked out in boxing. I have watched quite few compilations of KO. I am interested to see how the KO was set up and what kind of hit it took to do the trick.

That being said... Povetkin shutting Price down was hard to watch. Price was totally out of it before the last punch landed. That was full powered freebie

[oogiebe]

I have no problems watching people get knocked out in boxing. I have watched quite few compilations of KO. I am interested to see how the KO was set up and what kind of hit it took to do the trick.

That being said... Povetkin shutting Price down was hard to watch. Price was totally out of it before the last punch landed. That was full powered freebie

If he merely pushed Price down rather than that hook, the end would've been the same. Don't blame povetkin, but YIKES!

[tiny_acres]

I dont think anyone is condoning Wilders words.
I think everyone here has said it's a douchebag move on his part.
It's been said a million times by boxers and it will be said a million more.
No matter who says it it's classless tasteless and fukcking stupid.
This is boxing we are not dealing with alter boys

[oogiebe]

I dont think anyone is condoning Wilders words.
I think everyone here has said it's a douchebag move on his part.
It's been said a million times by boxers and it will be said a million more.
No matter who says it it's classless tasteless and fukcking stupid.
This is boxing we are not dealing with alter boys

Perfect...TY

[tiny_acres]

I dont think anyone is condoning Wilders words.
I think everyone here has said it's a douchebag move on his part.
It's been said a million times by boxers and it will be said a million more.
No matter who says it it's classless tasteless and fukcking stupid.
This is boxing we are not dealing with alter boys

Perfect...TY

It doesn't matter within the next few posts one of these douche bags will say I condone it.
Getting sick of fucktards who keep throwing speculation around as facts.
Sorry for the rant

[oogiebe]

I dont think anyone is condoning Wilders words.
I think everyone here has said it's a douchebag move on his part.
It's been said a million times by boxers and it will be said a million more.
No matter who says it it's classless tasteless and fukcking stupid.
This is boxing we are not dealing with alter boys

Perfect...TY

It doesn't matter within the next few posts one of these douche bags will say I condone it.
Getting sick of fucktards who keep throwing speculation around as facts.
Sorry for the rant

What rant...concise and rational. Who cares about f-tards!

[oogiebe]

How many of us have said to someone, "your're dead after school" "I'm going to kill yoy" C'mon folks.

[man]

Deontay Wilder - disgraceful comments during a radio interview on Friday morning.

He was asked about having sympathy for his opponents....

“Nah, no dice. Like, I don’t wanna kill somebody for a few seconds”
Wilder turned to the co-host Angela Yee and continued

“I want a body on my record. I want one. I want one. I really do.”

Boxing needs characters and controversy, but that’s crossing the line.

what bothers me is how carefully phrased
this sounds. not enraged or anything, seems
like a considered statement.

how interesting it comes from a person that
has become notoriously careful that he meets
people in the ring that hardly come close to be
a real threat to his own life. i think cowardice is
the right word here.

[oogiebe]

Deontay Wilder - disgraceful comments during a radio interview on Friday morning.

He was asked about having sympathy for his opponents....

“Nah, no dice. Like, I don’t wanna kill somebody for a few seconds”
Wilder turned to the co-host Angela Yee and continued

“I want a body on my record. I want one. I want one. I really do.”

Boxing needs characters and controversy, but that’s crossing the line.

what bothers me is how carefully phrased
this sounds. not enraged or anything, seems
like a considered statement.

how interesting it comes from a person that
has become notoriously careful that he meets
people in the ring that hardly come close to be
a real threat to his own life. i think cowardice is
the right word here.

With all due respect, that's nonsense. No one that steps into the squared circle is a coward.

[man]

How many of us have said to someone, "your're dead after school" "I'm going to kill yoy" C'mon folks.

that's not how this sounds. there is
no rage, not even a specific person
wilder addressed that to.

[oogiebe]

How many of us have said to someone, "your're dead after school" "I'm going to kill yoy" C'mon folks.

that's not how this sounds. there is
no rage, not even a specific person
wilder addressed that to.

I'm not condoning, I just don't see it as unique.

[Covfefe]

How many of us have said to someone, "your're dead after school" "I'm going to kill yoy" C'mon folks.

It wasn’t said in such a way, and the interviewers gave him every chance to clarify what he meant. It was a really stupid thing he said, but it is what it is. I’m not sure anything can be done to him regardless of the WBC's standards.

[oogiebe]

How many of us have said to someone, "your're dead after school" "I'm going to kill yoy" C'mon folks.

It wasn’t said in such a way, and the interviewers gave him every chance to clarify what he meant. It was a really stupid thing he said, but it is what it is. I’m not sure anything can be done to him regardless of the WBC's standards.

Nothing is going to happen to him. You can thank Tyson for that. He established the lowwwwwww bar.

[man]

Deontay Wilder - disgraceful comments during a radio interview on Friday morning.

He was asked about having sympathy for his opponents....



Boxing needs characters and controversy, but that’s crossing the line.

what bothers me is how carefully phrased
this sounds. not enraged or anything, seems
like a considered statement.

how interesting it comes from a person that
has become notoriously careful that he meets
people in the ring that hardly come close to be
a real threat to his own life. i think cowardice is
the right word here.

With all due respect, that's nonsense. No one that steps into the squared circle is a coward.

well, not for laymens standards, but if you say
the way ali, holyfield or wlad handled the choice
of their opponents is the same as mr wilder's, i
respectfully disagree.

stepping in the ring preferably with people who
very most likely do not even come close to hurting
you while you declare you wanna kill one of them,
well, bravery is not the word that comes to my mind.

people literally feared for ali's life in zaire. i doubt
mr wilder would even come close to that ring.

[man]

How many of us have said to someone, "your're dead after school" "I'm going to kill yoy" C'mon folks.

that's not how this sounds. there is
no rage, not even a specific person
wilder addressed that to.

I'm not condoning, I just don't see it as unique.

it certainly isn't.

[oogiebe]

what bothers me is how carefully phrased
this sounds. not enraged or anything, seems
like a considered statement.

how interesting it comes from a person that
has become notoriously careful that he meets
people in the ring that hardly come close to be
a real threat to his own life. i think cowardice is
the right word here.

With all due respect, that's nonsense. No one that steps into the squared circle is a coward.

well, not for laymens standards, but if you say
the way ali, holyfield or wlad handled the choice
of their opponents is the same as mr wilder's, i
respectfully disagree.

stepping in the ring preferably with people who
very most likely do not even come close to hurting
you while you declare you wanna kill one of them,
well, bravery is not the word that comes to my mind.

people literally feared for ali's life in zaire. i doubt
mr wilder would even come close to that ring.

Fair enough.

[Grailer]

We’ll hopefully he gets his wish in his next fight .

[Best Coast]

What I'm interpreting from some of the nutters defending Wilder's words, is that stupidly offensive things should continue to happen, simply because they occurred in the past.

They clearly feel that civilisation shouldn't be allowed to evolve and learn from mistakes, because their nostalgia compels them to believe that nothing in today's world is better than the “good old days”.

I wonder if their opinion is consistent and applicable to all stupidly offensive things that have occurred in the past or do they allow their bias to selectively pick-and-choose to defend the heinous actions of certain individuals, simply because they support those particular people.

Perhaps these people forget about the real dangers involved in the sport of boxing, without appreciating that fatalities and life-changing injuries are a reality, whereby such tragedies should be mourned rather than exploited for self-promotional purposes in order to hog media spotlight.

Boxing isn't the WWE.

We're not defending Wilder's trash-talk, just not taking it seriously like you sanctimonious snowflakes are. It's just TALK, whether it's intended to intimidate future opponents or sell tickets/PPVs. All the whining and sanctimonious hand-wringing from you drama queens make me wonder if you even followed the sport when psycho thugs like Tyson were doing far worse, not just talk but actions in the ring.

Were you even following boxing back then and if so were you similarly whining and hand-wringing over Tyson's insane antics as documented in this video?

* Threatening to kill specific fighters in the ring like Frans Botha and Razor Ruddock
* Threatening to tear out Lennox Lewis' heart and eat his children
* Screaming threats at a white reporter who offended him with a question that he would rape and kill the guy that he called a "little white faggot"
* Telling Razor Ruddock in a joint interview that he would rape AND kill him.
* Telling a reporter "I wish you had children so I could stomp on their testicles"
* Biting off Holyfield's ear in the middle of their fight
* A whole lot more that defies sanity



Many of us despised Tyson and rooted against him in every fight. But we never took his insanity seriously enough to resort to whining and hand-wringing like you sanctimonious snowflakes.

I'm just curious, what was your personal reaction to Tyson's antics back then, when he was actually doing this crap? Or were you still pooping your diapers back then?

[oogiebe]

OUCH! One of the greatest days of my life was Douglas kayoing Tyson! I went hoarse screaming so much!

[phillykid]

part of me thinks this is just Wilder's way of playing mind games with Joshua to try to instill fear in him.

[tiny_acres]

OUCH! One of the greatest days of my life was Douglas kayoing Tyson! I went hoarse screaming so much!

I actually got in a fight when Douglas won.
I jumped out of my seat knock8ng my chair over at a bar and grill. It hit the lady behind me I apologized and offered to pay for their meal. The bastard threw a punch at me and the fight was on

[oogiebe]

OUCH! One of the greatest days of my life was Douglas kayoing Tyson! I went hoarse screaming so much!

I actually got in a fight when Douglas won.
I jumped out of my seat knock8ng my chair over at a bar and grill. It hit the lady behind me I apologized and offered to pay for their meal. The bastard threw a punch at me and the fight was on

More memories! The good ole days are gone forever! (did ya mark the guy up?)