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kingfinn wrote:

Heiwa wrote:I'm just amazed so many people are ok with this whole sorry episode. Simply shameful :(

Great way to alienate boxing even more from the casual fan, and some so-called fans of the sport complain that boxing is in decline and mma is on the rise. No wonder - some of you really need to see the bigger picture, and not just look to gain short-term gratification from watching these two idiots do yet more damage.

Maybe its you with the problem rather than us

Livingstone Cole wrote:I really can't see the fuss.

Two blokes in a sport hardly known (no offence to any boxers or nothin') for intelligence of it's participants, indeed a sport where the aim is to give the opponent immediate (though hopefully not long-term) brain damage or debilitating bodily pain, get a bit carried away and act like a pair of arseholes. We're hardly dealing with the Paul Spadafora here, who carried on fighting after shooting his pregnant girlfriend.

I also don't recall too many people moaning that Tyson shouldn't be fighting, after the assaults, pre-fight brawls, threats to kill, allegations of spousal abuse, biting off ears and you know, that nasty rape business, well, not at least when Danny Williams was hammering him anyway.

They both should have been made to publicly apologise, given a fine and that's that.
Given the physically aggressive, competitive nature of the sport, it seems a logical conclusion that these two would want to fight.

Heiwa wrote:

kingfinn wrote:

Heiwa wrote:I'm just amazed so many people are ok with this whole sorry episode. Simply shameful :(

Great way to alienate boxing even more from the casual fan, and some so-called fans of the sport complain that boxing is in decline and mma is on the rise. No wonder - some of you really need to see the bigger picture, and not just look to gain short-term gratification from watching these two idiots do yet more damage.

Maybe its you with the problem rather than us

Maybe it's you who should have a problem with it. If you cared about the sport that is

kingfinn wrote:

Heiwa wrote:

kingfinn wrote:
Maybe its you with the problem rather than us

Maybe it's you who should have a problem with it. If you cared about the sport that is

Yeah what exactly is your affiliation with the sport to pass judgement on who is or isnt a proper boxing fan?

Heiwa wrote:

kingfinn wrote:

Heiwa wrote: Maybe it's you who should have a problem with it. If you cared about the sport that is

Yeah what exactly is your affiliation with the sport to pass judgement on who is or isnt a proper boxing fan?

I'd like to see boxing as popular as it used to be, not in the decline it has been in for a while, that is all. I'm not passing judgement, I'm stating my opinions. I honestly can't see how anyone who cares about the long term popularity and success of boxing can be ok with what is happening.

Nice to see you're being a little more mature today - the personal insults do not help your cause.

Livingstone Cole wrote:Heiwa.

So, you think they should have been given fines and served suspensions, then you'd be OK with them fighting? Is that your view? If so, then I see your point. Though in all honesty, as I outlined above, I think that people are getting/got to carried away over the incident, calling for life-time bans etc.