For Everyone Booing...

And my boxing evening ended with that satisfying sentence from one of the least likely people I EVER thought I would hear say that. Fort Worth showed out tonight at the Ortiz v Hooker fights. For those unaware, do your homework on Fort Worth and you'll see from 1980-2000 it was (IMO) the second deepest boxing city behind Detroit in the US. I used to bide my time between Gorman's (RIP), (in the Funk) and that Peacock in East London before it become world renoknowed. During my days at Goremans we put out FIVE world Champions, two of them having a short stint as #1 P4P (the kiss of death around here.) Regarding tonight, well I been watching Hooker since his armature days, and while I cannot say I know him well, as someone I've been around for many years now, I obviously have a bit of a soft spot for him. Kid is a real family man....he got like 8-9 kids, and got no dirt on his name. This is why I was really disappointed at these no-boxing knowing, "let's go to the fight because weI jumping no the bandwagon regarding dude our boxing friends told us about, disrespecting the 10 count for Hagler and a local coaching legend, and then steady embarrassing themselves by booing Hooker after he showed out like 100% of us who know what he do....did. . This is no knock on Vergil, whom I fully support--have been, I got hella satisfaction when Mo laid his sh*t down on th mic post-fight. That is waaaaaay out of his character, but he just had enough (here's a hint...respect the game). I mean it's cool to boo pre-fight (even though you know nothing abiout the person you are booing)...but post-fight after he showed out? Just move on to the next trendy thing. Come correct, else boxing don't need or want ya. That's all I got but it was great night. Mo will be back. In ring he as fan-friendly as it gets. i'm not even on the fact Ortiz got lumped up...I seen Errol get lumped up (ringside) when he fought Barrera...in fact I cannot think of any champion I been around who didn't get lumped up once they faced that A level chin. Trust me, there are plenty of 47 cats who will eat his sh*t and dog walk him so he better know.

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If he didn’t want people to boo him, he shouldn’t have quit.

5y ago

kushking

And my boxing evening ended with that satisfying sentence from one of the least likely people I EVER thought I would hear say that. Fort Worth showed out tonight at the Ortiz v Hooker fights. For those unaware, do your homework on Fort Worth and you'll see from 1980-2000 it was (IMO) the second deepest boxing city behind Detroit in the US. I used to bide my time between Gorman's (RIP), (in the Funk) and that Pea**** in East London before it become world renoknowed. During my days at Goremans we put out FIVE world Champions, two of them having a short stint as #1 P4P (the kiss of death around here.) Regarding tonight, well I been watching Hooker since his armature days, and while I cannot say I know him well, as someone I've been around for many years now, I obviously have a bit of a soft spot for him. Kid is a real family man....he got like 8-9 kids, and got no dirt on his name. This is why I was really disappointed at these no-boxing knowing, "let's go to the fight because weI jumping no the bandwagon regarding dude our boxing friends told us about, disrespecting the 10 count for Hagler and a local coaching legend, and then steady embarrassing themselves by booing Hooker after he showed out like 100% of us who know what he do....did. . This is no knock on Vergil, whom I fully support--have been, I got hella satisfaction when Mo laid his **** down on th mic post-fight. That is waaaaaay out of his character, but he just had enough (here's a hint...respect the game). I mean it's cool to boo pre-fight (even though you know nothing abiout the person you are booing)...but post-fight after he showed out? Just move on to the next trendy thing. Come correct, else boxing don't need or want ya. That's all I got but it was great night. Mo will be back. In ring he as fan-friendly as it gets. i'm not even on the fact Ortiz got lumped up...I seen Errol get lumped up (ringside) when he fought Barrera...in fact I cannot think of any champion I been around who didn't get lumped up once they faced that A level chin. Trust me, there are plenty of 47 cats who will eat his **** and dog walk him so he better know. Yes its disgusting,but its a waste of time trying to change it(Texas has some ghetto fans that have done this before,its because citys in Texas are grimey af imho) (even though I wish I could move to Texas) Hooker is a skilled fighter that just doesn't have a chin,but if he ever developed punch resistance he'd be a top 10 imho.(hes miles better than Mikey,Brook,& Khan imo) I think Hooker just has taken on 2 elite opponents too soon back to back,& both are his kryptonite,he needs to season more imo & strengthen that body.

5y ago