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One thing is to talk about making sure you have two equally paired fighters and that you're not putting one fighter in danger.

The commission needs to bring the commission in for questioning cuz no one puts on more massacres than some of the bs state commissions sanction as "pro fights".

This needs to be addressed. Tools such as Mayweather Jnr should not be in charge of sparring sessions and most people who have been around boxing will agree, the gym wars contribute greatly to the decline of a fighter's health. Sometimes, even more so than their actual pro fights. I've seen amateur fighters who started slurring their words.

Jesus Christ, if the commission thinks that is bad they should have spent a week in the Kronk back in the heyday.

pugilisticprofessor wrote:Jesus Christ, if the commission thinks that is bad they should have spent a week in the Kronk back in the heyday.

I've been through stuff like that regularly and I never was close to high level.

You find stuff like that in almost any boxing gym catering to boxers with some kind of future ambitions.

The Commission is probably just posturing. They might catch heat if it didn't appear that they were at least somewhat concerned with All Access being so widely viewed.. That's my thinking anyway.

Unfortunately Floyd invites this shiit he believes as long as he's being talked about that its good for him just like the kardashians.

But at the end of the day he keeps on hurting his image and sooner than later that's all he will have left so he better start caring.

Boxing gyms are full of idiots who don't know shit about boxing, but they like it. So stupid shit like what Floyd was doing goes on in many places.

It's unsafe and unnecessary.

So.......they want to have a conversation with him. Sounds serious.

The commission needs to stay out of the business end of preparing for tough fights.

I will tell you, there are some fights in gyms that are superior to those on ppv's and network television.

Call it what you will, but I'd rather have tough times in the gym, than have soft sessions--- these things prepare you far more than anything else for an upcoming fight. The commission wants to argue that these are essentially "prizefights" and are a throwback to the early Queensbury days when there were no round limits, etc. and in today's world would be construded as illegal and/or assault.

But it's bullshit. It's professionals, working with other professionals, inside the confines of a gym. To me, the commission is just trying to expand their powers and have a say in what people can do in their gyms--- and if so be it, fine and penalize and even take percentages out of gyms and potential purses in the future for these 'mock fights'.

Toney vs. McClellan having a all out sparring session. It's a gem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rds2-iNML00

Looks like Floyd basically said it was all bs to hype the fight. The sparring had "3 or 4 breaks" in it. The fighters were 200lbs (Rahman Jr) & 185lbs (British guy, British guy said he was bout 165lbs iirc). And the weed smoking was fake weed. I believe the weed smoking was fake cuz Floyd would be silly to risk being fined millions surely for popping up dirty on a drug test from second hand chronic consumption. Idk about the rest of it. The NSAC was all like damn Floyd you are a genius, but if you do anything "fake" controversial in the future could you give us a heads up.