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Blodhemn wrote:Yet fights like Bika-Stevenson continue to happen. This is incredibly inventive. Why has no one thought of it before?

Blodhemn wrote:Yet fights like Bika-Stevenson continue to happen. This is incredibly inventive. Why has no one thought of it before?

Dennis wrote:

Blodhemn wrote:Yet fights like Bika-Stevenson continue to happen. This is incredibly inventive. Why has no one thought of it before?

Bika-Stevenson may not be your cup of tea but I think a lot of fans will tune in. We are talking about a fight on FREE TV featuring a current LHW champ and a former SMW champ who just lost his title. Sounds like a decent bout to me.

MachoTime wrote:

Dennis wrote:

Blodhemn wrote:Yet fights like Bika-Stevenson continue to happen. This is incredibly inventive. Why has no one thought of it before?

Bika-Stevenson may not be your cup of tea but I think a lot of fans will tune in. We are talking about a fight on FREE TV featuring a current LHW champ and a former SMW champ who just lost his title. Sounds like a decent bout to me.

It's not FREE. The Days of buying a T.V and hooking up a antenna are long gone.

ReggieDiggs wrote:

crusader wrote: I'm fairly sure that you do constantly post about Haymon (it's not that hard to track who has discussed what) and that you have started arguments defending Haymon from claims no one made about him (e.g. the thread I keep mentioning where you went off about Haymon not having obligations to be transparent when someone merely claimed that he's seen as relatively suspicious because of his low-profile).

That thread was RETARDED for anyone being reasonable & Al tends to make people unreasonable for whatever reason. People in positions such as Al virtually never do interviews. You will sometimes catch Cameron Dunkin, a higher profile manager, doing interviews every now & again, but he's about the most notable non-promoter/fighter/trainer talking to the media on camera. For the most part EVERYONE in non-promoter/fighter/trainer positions talk to the media on camera about as often as a Muslim eats pork regardless to fans opinion on their importance in the sport or the number of people they work for.

And sh!t like I said before this cat might have some sorta social anxiety kinda thing or something cuz its not just boxing where this guy keeps a low profile, its life. He's been doing business in the concert world forever & you won't find him doing random interviews there either so its not like he's a supervillain hiding in the dark or anything like people seem to wanna portray.

As for Bika-Stevenson and what it suggests about one's views towards Haymon, others have claimed that they're fine with the bout and I don't take it as each of them being part of the Haymon crew like yourself (though no doubt BI is), nor would I take your suggestion that the bout is solid as itself being an indication of your views toward Haymon. That is based on a much wider body of evidence, and I only brought up the point about certain people being cheerleaders because someone else mentioned a related issue.

You might be insane as well as a negative nancy. Saying a fight is "solid" is being a cheerleader? Thats a sh!tty ass cheerleader I mean as you said you got no problem with others saying its "fine". But you act like I said this is foty or something. I said what those other cats said with no mention of Al who you seem to hate & then when I come with a defense of your Al hate I'm considered a Al lover. I assure you I'm way more neutral on Al than you & your kind are.

As I mentioned before, I hardly see how this bout is 'solid' when Stevenson, an elite LHW, is facing a blown up SMW who's lost to every world class opponent he's faced, hasn't won in nearly two years, looked quite poor in widely losing his last fight, was hurt multiple times over his last two fights in addition to being dropped in his fight fight with Dirrell, and has a style that relies on physical strength-which will likely be significantly less effective against men who are bigger than the opponents he's faced throughout his career. I simply don't see what is solid about Bika facing an elite LHW champ who is bigger, much harder punching, and more skilled; he doesn't deserve the shot and I suspect he'll lose convincingly for the second time in a row.

I can definitely see your side & the two year non-win streak was something I mentioned previously once you brought it up. I hadn't considered that.

I don't think that I'm generally a negative poster and it could simply be that most of our conversations are about matters that I'm negative about, however you define that, and hence your perception is distorted. I do think it's rather hypocritical that people criticizing a fight that will be on free TV, although not for all of course, seems to be what triggered you to raise the negativity issue given that I know you've complained about bouts that were also on free TV.

I'm also glad that you're amused by my word choice

You seem ultra focused on the free tv joke I made for some reason. I said that was a goof off of BI's remark. And I've said over & over if you wanna sh!t on whatever thats your business & I know you enjoy sh!tting on things. I got no clue why you keep bringing it up as if its relevant to any stance I have. I do dig that we have fights on free tv coming up & I do find it comical guys are sh!tting on fights that won't require having HBO/Showtime/PPV or involve illegally streaming fights, but thats your business if you sh!t on them. You are misunderstanding me joking on you & people like you not your ability or desire to sh!t on free fights.

Funny that I hooked an antenna up to my digital tv at my cabin.It freaking works.
There is still free tv.It just has to have either a digital tv or a digital converter.

crusader wrote: 1. If you read my posts carefully you should've seen that I never claimed that thinking this fight is 'solid' or 'good' alone suggests that someone pro-Haymon. That is to be determined by a much larger body of evidence, one considering things like someone constantly defending him-even from criticism that was never made (e.g. his obligation to be transparent); directing virtually no criticism toward him; and lauding things related to him down to the use of an unoriginal camera angle.

2. Even though you claim you were simply joking about BI's remark, you immediately precede to claim that it's comical for people to criticize fights because they're on free TV, which is essentially what you did when you made the so-called joke. You quite obviously seem to think the fact that the bout is on CBS means that it's unreasonable to criticize it, which to me is absurd and shows that you weren't simply joking. I also think you've been self-centered in this matter, as CBS isn't free for everyone and you seem to have no problems criticizing fights that are free for people outside the US but not for those in the US; why were you being so negative Reggie?

caldo2025 wrote:Anyone that says that the Stevenson vs Bika fight is a good fight loses any credibility in my eyes. It's a horrible fight and another dodge job by Stevenson. Since he ran like a scared child from the Kovalev fight, look what he's done. He's nothing but a punk and I really can't wait until someone knocks the head off this former pimp and woman abuser. Canadians must be desperate for a hero when you would clap your hands for someone as despicable as Stevenson.

MachoTime wrote:

caldo2025 wrote:Anyone that says that the Stevenson vs Bika fight is a good fight loses any credibility in my eyes. It's a horrible fight and another dodge job by Stevenson. Since he ran like a scared child from the Kovalev fight, look what he's done. He's nothing but a punk and I really can't wait until someone knocks the head off this former pimp and woman abuser. Canadians must be desperate for a hero when you would clap your hands for someone as despicable as Stevenson.

My guess is after those two marvelous performances by Bika against Dirrell earned him the big shot at Stevenson

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:What do you call people who overly-vilify one person within a completely corrupt and dysfunctional system?

Biased?
Stupid?
Insane?

Dennis wrote:Bika is with Haymon too.

caldo2025 wrote:Anyone that says that the Stevenson vs Bika fight is a good fight loses any credibility in my eyes. It's a horrible fight and another dodge job by Stevenson. Since he ran like a scared child from the Kovalev fight, look what he's done. He's nothing but a punk and I really can't wait until someone knocks the head off this former pimp and woman abuser. Canadians must be desperate for a hero when you would clap your hands for someone as despicable as Stevenson.

tiny_acres wrote:

Dennis wrote:Bika is with Haymon too.

Dennis give it up.Your kid is with Haymon you will be seen as the enemy from some of these people.

Dennis wrote: So are about 150+ other boxers. I don't know what the final tally will be but my guess is well over 200.