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Controversial wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 04:09 I think a sub-forum for mythical matchups is a good idea.

sweetsci wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 10:17

Controversial wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 04:09 I think a sub-forum for mythical matchups is a good idea.

Me too. I rarely read the 'mythical matchup' threads. I'll read and sometimes contribute If they involve fights that could've been made without transporting a fighter into another time.

There was a recent thread on a Cooney-Bugner matchup either here or on another forum. I thought it was a "What if the scheduled for late-1981 Cooney-Bugner fight hadn't been cancelled?" thread. I was totally baffled at some of the posts. Finally, a day or two later, I realized it was a time-machine fantasy fight thread. It was like, "Why did I waste my time and energy on this?"

While I wouldn't want to keep other people from enjoying them, I get a little frustrated that, seemingly, a good 3/4 of a given page are time-machine fantasy fights. I suppose there are some elements of actual history discussed, but there's really not much to learn from these threads. I come here to read discussions on boxing history, not boxing fantasy.

We see so many of these that people obviously like them. But they're not boxing history any more than any other speculative fiction is actual history. I'm glad chrisjs1985 spoke up and wrote what I've been thinking. Let's, again, put them in a sub-forum.

Controversial wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 04:09 I think a sub-forum for mythical matchups is a good idea.

John wrote: ↑08 Jul 2019, 12:44

prewarboxing wrote: ↑10 Jul 2019, 00:38 I wholeheartedly support this idea. I have virtually given up on the boxing history pages because of these mythical matchups. I don't deny that others find them interesting, that's fine. I don't though, and I want to read about, and post about, actual history.

John, give the mythicals their own sub-forum please!!

Miles Templeton

prewarboxing wrote: ↑10 Jul 2019, 09:25 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=231159

Have a look at this thread for instance. Apart from the obvious "who cares anyway?", if one were to delve into it to see what could be learnt about each fighter, or indeed, just some genuine historical information, then what would one find? Utter twaddle from start to finish.

Miles Templeton.

prewarboxing wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 09:55 You could take the p*ss out of most of mythical debates all day if you wanted to. I just picked this one at random.

Controversial wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 10:22

prewarboxing wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 09:55 You could take the p*ss out of most of mythical debates all day if you wanted to. I just picked this one at random.

I agree. At least most of them are between real fighters, not a bunch of actors in a movie.

prewarboxing wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 11:18

Controversial wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 10:22

I agree. At least most of them are between real fighters, not a bunch of actors in a movie.

Do you think this guy would have had a chance in a mythical matchup against Stan Laurel, or Buster Keaton?

I think he needs to work a little on his ring skills.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ch ... &FORM=VIRE

Miles Templeton

chrisjs1985 wrote: ↑07 Jul 2019, 16:06 Of the 44 threads that I saw under the pinned one's here I see exactly a whopping 22 mythical match-up's proposed. That's a bit much, no? I get it that some folks like to participate in what is basically a pointless discussion so maybe can we have a sub-forum for mythical matches or one master sticky thread? I know a number of posters who stay away because of the sheer volume of these matches.

It's not part of "Boxing history", is it?

APerno wrote: ↑16 Jul 2019, 00:05 I have a concern, how will this affect the Bruce Lee - Wilt Chamberlain match-up? This issue is still not settled.