Merchant does saw some dumb sh1t but every now and then he pulls off a good line(the six heads comment was classic). Like someone mentioned earlier his fearlessness and ballz to ask whatevers on his mind make him a must for boxing right now.
I'm a Toney fan and i truly believe if Toney actually got in shape and as fight ready as possible he can be great but the hieght and weight of Vitali will be just too much for him.
Wlad has been the most dissapointing.He had all the tools to be a true HW champ then we realized he had no chin. It was a sad day in boxing seeing him get exposed by Sanders.
ok boys and girls let me school you on this.... pro sports do not pay as much as people would think, GOLF!!!!! i seen that a few people mentioned golf well if you did and think that your a complete moron! if you win lets say the us open you win 2.5 mill, minus taxes fees managers, caddies etc.. u get 1 cash, now where ALL pro athletes make all there money is ENDORSMENTS!!!!!! not actually playing there respected sport but from ENDORSMENTS!! so it doesnt matter which pro sport pays the most its the person playing the sport, personality, stats, charisma many things come into play in order to make a multi million dollar enforsment deal. Lebron James made around 2 mill playing for the cavs this year he got 105 millin from nike and 10 mill from sprite thats where he made his $. Now soccer on the other hand thats a per goal payment plan for instance david beckam or however you spell it makes over 25 mill a year 2 mill per goal and insentives.now the MOST paid athlete believe it or not is schumaker he races formula one cars he makes around 750 mill a year reason.... he is sponsored by ferrari and endorsed by over 50 companys thats how the race car drivers make there money with all those little stickers on there cars, so people please! remmember!!!! its not the sport that pays these athletes all this money its the major corporations that shell out millions upon millions so an all-star caliber athlete would endorse there product! thank you and i wish i taught some of you fools something! BYE!
idiot. Only thing you can school other people on is how to be a dumbass.
This would be my #1 dream match up right now. I respect both fighter for their boxing abilty but dislike there attitudes. Either way one of them will get humbled if they fight.
It probably will never happen since there always on each others nuts though.
Roy was on the top of boxing for a long long time and he was a very cocky/arrogant guy at times. Since he was undefeated and never really tested people couldn't hate on him since they had no back up. So when he finally became mortal and lost twice in a row by KO. All that hate that was held in and came out.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The downfall of the heavyweight division could be attributed to the NFL and NBA. All of the better athletes have chosen other avenues than boxing. You could also make a case that the lack of network coverage is a contributor. To try to blame Roy Jones for moving up and winning a heavyweight title belt is nothing short of ignorant. Jones haters tend to have a problem with letting their hatred for Roy get in the way of reality.
Nice post.
Roy Jones is da man!
no actually he didnt
hmmm when I look at Tito's record I only see 2 loses. Bernard Hopkins and WInky Wright. Unless DLH goes by one of those 2 names he didn't beat Tito.
I think the sport, and the HW devision especially would still be in taters even if Jones had continued campaigning as a HW. So I think Blaming Jones for the current state of the devision is a little unfair.
I think the person who ironically suffered the most frmo Jones' bitchery, was the man himself.
Take a look at how Jones is viewed by so many people know. A bum who avoided any good fighters that could expose him for years. Only to get KTFO when he finally fought someone good. Now I don't personally agree with that. But I believe that if Roy had just defended his crown. Right now, his detractor would have to be eating some serious humble pie & Jones would be considered one of the true all time greats.
I agree with Goat that Jones could have & should have beat Chris Bryd. Giving him a major claim to being the best HW is the world. And setting up a fight with Lewis.
Obviously I beleive Lewis would be far too much for Jones to handle & he would have been KTFO as soon as Lennox layed a glove on him. But if that had happend, know one could be making the argument that Jones had no chin. And being KO'ed by Lennox Lewis wouldn't damage Jones' legacy at all. Infact, the very fact that he would take that fight would have to enhance his legacy a great deal & silence allot of critics.
IMO though, we still would of had to face the same situation we do now with Lewis' retirement. So I don't believe we can Blame Jones for it. But he played his part, that is for sure.
I agree. Lennox would have been way too much for Roy with such a huge disadvantage in hieght and weight. But if Roy actaully gave an effort to unify the HW div. it would have put him on a whole different level.
When Gatti's corner threw in the towel we had a close up view of Gatti refusing to take his mouthpiece out. KT quit with only 3min to go in the fight. thats why people say KT quit and Gatti's a warrior.
The article title is something along the lines of Mayweather has to beat Cotto and Hatton to be great, but he is already more highly respected by the boxing community than the other two.
In reality, it is Hatton and Cotto who need to beat Mayweather for them to be legit.
exactly Hatton and Cotto are the ones that need to prove to us there the real deal. We all know Floyd is great and Hatton and Cotto should be chasing him trying to make a name by beating Floyd. Imagine if one of the two beat Floyd in the near future?