I said it about Brian Kenny, and I'll say it about RA The Rugged Man, who isn't even on Kenny's level (!)- and thats saying something. RA The Rugged Man is a non-entity. Even if he was PRO-Floyd, he is a non-enity, you get what I'm saying?
This is a guy who has no boxing experience, no boxing knowledge, he basically has a (very limited) platform on which to share his OPINION. We give him too much credit just by talking about him. Hes not worth thinking about, or dedicating threads to. I don't care if hes been a boxing fan since he was a fetus, he has no cred in the boxing world, no rep in the boxing world, and he only got attention by anti-floyd people when he made anti-floyd statements. So, it doesn't matter if he loves Floyd or hates Floyd, he simply does not count. At least Larry Merchant has an educated opinion, even if you don't agree with it, and has put the time in to learn and discuss the sport of boxing. RA The Rugged Man is a poseur, and even his own crew knows it. Then again, thats just my opinion... right?
A mediocre fighter who happens to get a title (lineal). Just like Buster Douglas....he is ready for the taking on his first real fight. In fairness.......he is to Floyd as Diaz is to Pac.
did diaz ever hold a linear title? he was a paper champ with a abc title...baldomir had wins over clottey, judah and gatti, who did diaz have wins over?
RA the Rugged Man said he was a huge Floyd fan but that he lost respect when Floyd ducked some fighters he said nothing that alot of boxing fans werent saying im sure he will give Floyd his credit after the Mosley win
Ra the Rugged man is a bum, and i bet he feels stupid now. How can you call out a boxing champ, undefeated at that and criticize him?? Ra doesnt know anything about the politics of boxing or what it takes to make it.
If you saw that interview you knew RA was a johnny come lately boxing fan who knew very little about history. He spouted off like a fan and not a journalist. Floyd did to him just what he did to merchant and others. Whipped Shanes a$$ and went home!
I'm no fan of the dude, but he knows his shit. I've heard him talk multiple times, and he's been a boxing fan since he was a kid, and I can tell.
Why dont people get it? Fight the likes of Baldomir and Marquez at welterweight, you will rightly get criticised. Fight people like Mosley and dominate and you'll get credit.
cosign....
who is ra the rAgged man, he doesnt even have any success orfollowing in his own job field. maybe the pactards buy his albums, they buy mannys
LOL
But really he should do a radio show on this, id be curious to hear what he says now, and if he brings all the pactardian excuses
well RA insisted that paul williams would beat floyd. he can still claim that.
but i honestly think that floyd deserves full credit for last night's win. he beat shane mosley, thoroughly, convincingly, bravely, easily.
"You scared of Sugar Shane brotha."
Now what? He should give his props to Floyd now.
If you saw that interview you knew RA was a johnny come lately boxing fan who knew very little about history. He spouted off like a fan and not a journalist. Floyd did to him just what he did to merchant and others. Whipped Shanes a$$ and went home!
Why dont people get it? Fight the likes of Baldomir and Marquez at welterweight, you will rightly get criticised. Fight people like Mosley and dominate and you'll get credit.
what I don't get is that he was so quick to disrespect but isn't even a fraction as fast to give an equal amount of credit, a f*cking Tweet on his good for nothing page doesn't even out with the lack of respect he showed him, he should do a radio segment dedicated to Floyd, not a whole show but at least a segment man because he really disrespected him and that wasn't right, if not on some fan to Boxer shit than on some man to man shit that wasn't right