Now you can add another young kid to the ignorant list... Josiah Judah, Zabs little brother, a 4 round kid who is on the internet today in a video interview... in a profanity laced piece...... Is there any way a Judah (Zab, Daniel, and now this little punk) can get through an interview without talking big trash and cursing and making themselves look like ignorant little punks? I met their father a few weeks ago and despite the fact that he can talk a little trash too here and there he seemed like a prety realistic, kowledgable type of guy and I wonder sometimes why he doesnt sit down and have a talk wit his sons and explain to them what fools they make of themselves when they do these interviews??? I mean, dont they realize that the average fan that will or will NOT pay to watch them fight someday doesn't want to hear the same old bullspit nonsense???? Can they just once get on camera and act like halfway intelligent, decent , knowledgable guys with some class and respect for themselves?
SANDMAN, u are right and I know this. I spend plenty of time in the hood here with the kids I train etc , my friends, and it is something that needs to be pointed out. You get guys like Floyd complaining about Oscar making so mcuh money and they dont and it amazes me STILL that they really dont get it.
You right man, they should be prepared to speak intelligently, especially in front of a camara. I was just answering your post with what I feel is the main reason for them speaking how they do.
Listen I know PLENTY of guys from the hood' that know how to talk and to market themselves properrly and are IONTELLIGENT, Don't maker it seem like everybody from the hood' is stupid... and if asomeone is in fact that stupid they certainly have someone on their management or promotional teeam that has some sense. EDUCATION into professional sports is sorely needed by 99 percent of these clowns
It has alot to do with our backgrounds. Growing up on the streets is no easy task. Shit, I'm from Brooklyn too, and even the old ladies be out there hollaring all types of profanities. I'm not saying it's right, but it is what it is. You grow up a certain way and it sticks with you. Like the old saying goes "You can take me out the hood, but you can't take the hood out of me"
there are sites dedicated to classic tyson quotes.
dont make me rehash the whole baby eating, rapist admitting quotes
i know wat he said and that didnt increase his paycheck, Ali was one who trash talked to increase his paycheck. not tyson. one more thing, stop trash talking tyson
People like to see the trash talker, sure, BUT people that dont know the kid will watch that interview and never take to him, will never approach himfor an autograph, he will NEVER be a major star no matter how good he is. Coca-Cola and Pepsi (Madison Ave) want spokes people that can put a sentence together
Ice, man, you're so old school you won't ever understand the no school hip hop gen. These punks are just marketing the trash they grew up listening to. As long as they can buy the bling-bling, the $200 Nikes, and the ho's, they're on top of their world and you're just another loser. Tyson and Tupuc is their hero, their god.
Solution? Go discover and train "Little Big George," thump the Bible and knock their blocks off and send em all scurrying back to their 'hoods.
No YOU are not making any sense... Tyson was a SUPERSTAR only because of his meanness and his great power.... to become a star in boxing, a cross over, bona-fide money maker, you have to appeal to all people -woman, men, kids, white, black and red- and giving interviews like that (especially when you are a 4 round child) will RUIN any chance of that... Zab is a star to you and to die hard boxing fans... but by comparison, compare his "popularity" and his recognizability factor to that of Sugar Ray Leonard when Ray was a welterweight champion.. Ray was doing 7-UP commericals... Zab will N-E-V-E-R get a commerical. There is NO comparison between them two and a guy like Zab seems to have no idea why. You think too small.
People like to see the trash talker, sure, BUT people that dont know the kid will watch that interview and never take to him, will never approach himfor an autograph, he will NEVER be a major star no matter how good he is. Coca-Cola and Pepsi (Madison Ave) want spokes people that can put a sentence together