BoxRec

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 14:02

joshj909 wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 07:32 If this entire thread was supposed to be a dig at Joshua selling weed then it's pretty embarrassing. Selling or smoking weed as a teenager is very low on the criminal or immoral scale for most people. It wouldn't even put him in the worst 90% of boxers when you have legitimate drug cheats, domestic abusers, sex offenders, bullies, bigots, narcissists, murderers, and more all riddled throughout the sports history and even in the recent history. He managed to get up off the couch as a stoner to becoming a champ which should be commended, not really sure it's bad enough to try and vilify him about though.

It wasn’t just selling little ten pound bags to his mates though was it, he was caught with a sizeable amount of it.

The laws are there for a reason, if every slimeball waster decided to make a living selling drugs and not paying tax on earnings then the whole economy suffers and normal law abiding citizens are disincentivised to work or contribute positively to society.

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 14:02

joshj909 wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 07:32 If this entire thread was supposed to be a dig at Joshua selling weed then it's pretty embarrassing. Selling or smoking weed as a teenager is very low on the criminal or immoral scale for most people. It wouldn't even put him in the worst 90% of boxers when you have legitimate drug cheats, domestic abusers, sex offenders, bullies, bigots, narcissists, murderers, and more all riddled throughout the sports history and even in the recent history. He managed to get up off the couch as a stoner to becoming a champ which should be commended, not really sure it's bad enough to try and vilify him about though.

It wasn’t just selling little ten pound bags to his mates though was it, he was caught with a sizeable amount of it.

The laws are there for a reason, if every slimeball waster decided to make a living selling drugs and not paying tax on earnings then the whole economy suffers and normal law abiding citizens are disincentivised to work or contribute positively to society.

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 14:02
It wasn’t just selling little ten pound bags to his mates though was it, he was caught with a sizeable amount of it.

The laws are there for a reason, if every slimeball waster decided to make a living selling drugs and not paying tax on earnings then the whole economy suffers and normal law abiding citizens are disincentivised to work or contribute positively to society.

skanksta wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 13:26

Noxy wrote: ↑10 Nov 2023, 12:11 It reminds me of that Bob Marley song - easy skanking.

Kinda makes me cringe now, but that was me many years ago..

joshj909 wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 15:15
So is your issue that he's a tax avoider or that it was "larger" amounts of weed? Also, I really hate to break it to you but 200 grams is not that sizeable of an amount for such a low level drug as cannabis. I also hate to break it to you but most of these boxers will be paid into an off-shore account and will pay minimal tax.

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 18:03

joshj909 wrote: ↑11 Nov 2023, 15:15
So is your issue that he's a tax avoider or that it was "larger" amounts of weed? Also, I really hate to break it to you but 200 grams is not that sizeable of an amount for such a low level drug as cannabis. I also hate to break it to you but most of these boxers will be paid into an off-shore account and will pay minimal tax.

Both.

I believe he was caught with 8 oz so he had probably just picked up a 9 bar and offloaded one on the way home. Which means he's not exactly Dushane but nor is he just a cheeky little teenager buying half an ounce and bagging it up for his mates to smoke at a party that weekend. He's higher up the food chain than the little runners who'll be dropping the stuff off for him, he was having a negative effect on their lives as well as the people consuming his drugs.

"Most of these boxers" ....... You think for example that Bradley Davies who fought Fury last night employs an accountant to advise him of the benefits of off shore trusts ? I hate to break it to you but of the approximately 1100 active professional boxers in the UK only a tiny handful will be utilising tax loopholes.

I'm not sure what your argument is ..... is making a living by breaking the law and selling illegal drugs absolutely fine in your opinion ?

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