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. . . .have you paid for and watched his PPV fights anyway?. . . .especially versus Pacquiao and McGregor?

Nope.

Great fighter...bad guy...I watch Great Fighters...I'm not friends with bad guys...perspective. Separate issues.

oogiebe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:10 Great fighter...bad guy...I watch Great Fighters...I'm not friends with bad guys...perspective. Separate issues.

This^^^^^

If I only watched shows with people of perfect characteristics.
I'd have to throw my freaking tv away

tiny_acres wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:22

oogiebe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:10 Great fighter...bad guy...I watch Great Fighters...I'm not friends with bad guys...perspective. Separate issues.

This^^^^^

If I only watched shows with people of perfect characteristics.
I'd have to throw my freaking tv away

Exactly! I don't watch the guy because he's a dream...I watch him because he's a great fighter. That was my point. It came out a bit 'blocky." In retrospect, I should've stayed away from this one.

oogiebe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:25

tiny_acres wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:22

oogiebe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:10 Great fighter...bad guy...I watch Great Fighters...I'm not friends with bad guys...perspective. Separate issues.

This^^^^^

If I only watched shows with people of perfect characteristics.
I'd have to throw my freaking tv away

Exactly! I don't watch the guy because he's a dream...I watch him because he's a great fighter. That was my point. It came out a bit 'blocky." In retrospect, I should've stayed away from this one.

No sir. You stated the obvious.
I agree with your original post

tiny_acres wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:27

oogiebe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:25

tiny_acres wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:22

This^^^^^

If I only watched shows with people of perfect characteristics.
I'd have to throw my freaking tv away

Exactly! I don't watch the guy because he's a dream...I watch him because he's a great fighter. That was my point. It came out a bit 'blocky." In retrospect, I should've stayed away from this one.

No sir. You stated the obvious.
I agree with your original post

Thanks...appreciate it. People conflate this shit and it pisses me off.

ddnt fund the ppvs because found the guy boring and plenty of streams anyway

jamamb wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:37 ddnt fund the ppvs because found the guy boring and plenty of streams anyway

I stopped PPV's when Tyson went cannibal on Holyfield.

I've bought some of his PPV's.

Don't find his personal issues relevant. If people are honest with themselves they've probably already faced or will face similar situations in life.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:58 I've bought some of his PPV's.

Don't find his personal issues relevant. If people are honest with themselves they've probably already faced or will face similar situations in life.

Agreed. Not sure where you live, but here where I am, everything conflates with everything. It's a nitemare!

Boxing always has been,and always will be, littered with bad people. That’s the way it is. When you look beyond the belts and the publicity fighters are still Ricky, a carpet fitters son from Manchester, Zab one of 9 kidsfrom Brooklyn or Gennady from a little shithole in Khazakstan
If you stop watching fighters because of their out the ring behaviour you may as well stop watching the sport all together.
Where does it end?

Wales wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 22:55 Boxing always has been,and always will be, littered with bad people. That’s the way it is. When you look beyond the belts and the publicity fighters are still Ricky, a carpet fitters son from Manchester, Zab one of 9 kidsfrom Brooklyn or Gennady from a little shithole in Khazakstan
If you stop watching fighters because of their out the ring behaviour you may as well stop watching the sport all together.

Well put, but let me add EVERY sub group is littered (to some extent) with bad people. (perhaps none more than politics, eh?)

are there any notable boxers from legit high end social status family? and i dont mean middle class, or offspring of fighters who fought there way up to wealth

i see so many rough upbringing stories and there just so boring now

jamamb wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 22:58 are there any notable boxers from legit high end social status family? and i dont mean middle class, or offspring of fighters who fought there way up to wealth

i see so many rough upbringing stories and there just so boring now

"They fight their way out of the streets" will always beat, "I'm rich and just love to throw hands..." - IMO

not for me when ive heard the first story a billion times already

jamamb wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:03 not for me when ive heard the first story a billion times already

Maybe it helps by having so much "file film", it saves them $$'s when they make those fancy background shorts...lol! "OK BOYS, JUST SUPERIMPOSE THE FACE...THAT'S IT...GOOOOD"

Not nearly as many as there are from poor lower class families that’s for sure.

I think it was Tommy Hearns who said

“It’s hard to get up for your 4am run when you’re wearing silk pyjamas”

Wales wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:10 Not nearly as many as there are from poor lower class families that’s for sure.

I think it was Tommy Hearns who said

“It’s hard to get up for your 4am run when you’re wearing silk pyjamas”

Great quote! No matter the source! Excellent!

jamamb wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 22:58 are there any notable boxers from legit high end social status family? and i dont mean middle class, or offspring of fighters who fought there way up to wealth

i see so many rough upbringing stories and there just so boring now

I remember a Brit called James Hare who had a very affluent background. His nickname was James “Lord of the Manor” Hare due to the impressive pile of bricks his parents owned. He got to 28-0 then got bingod by cosme rivera. Rivera was subsequently wiped out in a round by Zab Judah

Wales wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:16

jamamb wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 22:58 are there any notable boxers from legit high end social status family? and i dont mean middle class, or offspring of fighters who fought there way up to wealth

i see so many rough upbringing stories and there just so boring now

I remember a Brit called James Hare who had a very affluent background. His nickname was James “Lord of the Manor” Hare due to the impressive pile of bricks his parents owned. He got to 28-0 then got bingod by cosme rivera. Rivera was subsequently wiped out in a round by Zab Judah

Great stuff! Seriously!

oogiebe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:11

Wales wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:10 Not nearly as many as there are from poor lower class families that’s for sure.

I think it was Tommy Hearns who said

“It’s hard to get up for your 4am run when you’re wearing silk pyjamas”

Great quote! No matter the source! Excellent!

Just checked , it was Haggler and the quote was

“It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 am when you've been sleeping in silk pyjamas”

Wasn’t far off

Wales wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:18

oogiebe wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:11

Wales wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 23:10 Not nearly as many as there are from poor lower class families that’s for sure.

I think it was Tommy Hearns who said

“It’s hard to get up for your 4am run when you’re wearing silk pyjamas”

Great quote! No matter the source! Excellent!

Just checked , it was Haggler and the quote was

“It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 am when you've been sleeping in silk pyjamas”

Wasn’t far off

Close enough for rock n roll! Really great quote! lol! So true!

gilgamesh wrote: ↑19 Mar 2018, 20:58 I've bought some of his PPV's.

Don't find his personal issues relevant. If people are honest with themselves they've probably already faced or will face similar situations in life.

Mayweather makes millions hitting people. . . .with the same hands he gets satisfaction by hitting women for free.. . . I will not contribute. . . .I went to a mechanic who worked on my car a few times. Once I saw him slap around his wife. I never went back.. . . .The only way I can make a statement about Mayweather's abusive ways is by denying him my little PPV fees.

I never bought any PPV and watched all the recent fights I wanted to see.

There are even a few more I'd like to have seen, but couldn't find a broadcaster.

Either way, he's a dwarf/midget and I don't like to look at liliputterfights.