Shut the hell up about running please.

[Rockin']

If you believe boxing is a sport, that's fine. I believe it to be a style of fighting, a form of combat like none other.

Boxing is the essence of sport all rolled into one. And it is combat like none other.....................Rockin'

[deuce_drop]

there is a big difference in a boxer and a runner. first off a runner runs and hits and keeps on running. a boxer moves and throws, creates angles for his attack and lets his hands go, and then moves again to avoid getting hit, aka not being there after you throw. a runner keeps on moving, not trying to trade, not trying to create any openings, he just tries to keep a distance to avoid any conflict and pot shots.

like andre dirrell, this last weekend he was a runner, a complete runner, with his size and skill he should've stood and threw more and tried to get stevens out of there, but he didn't he was trying to make it to the end bell without any conflict. that my friends is a runner.

taking someone who has been a runner who turned into a boxer was paulie malignaggi, he used to run, but this last fight of his, he boxed, he worked off the jab, threw over hand rights, threw combo's, he created angles, and he got out of dodge when he was done throwing punches, that is a boxer.

what dirrell did was a disgrace and basically a rip off to anyone who paid to see that fight. plus i feel ripped off because i pay my cable bill and i pay to have the service, and in doing so i tune into the fights to see fights not someone run....................dirrell is crap to watch, you would have to pay me to watch his fights and even then i'd still not like it, until he stands and fights.................

[robjr]

yea yall can ***** about running all day.. but if it wins the fight, its what matters, might not be entertianing, but your there to win..

[BmoreBrawler]

yea yall can ***** about running all day.. but if it wins the fight, its what matters, might not be entertianing, but your there to win..

The thing is though, Boxing is still more prize fighting than an offical sport(as is seen by purses and multiple sanctioning bodies). Therefore, how you perform in a fight is directly proportional to the money you earn for the next prize fight, a fight put on for the entertainment for the fans. How much you wanna bet the buyrate would have been much lower if PBF had said "I'm going to half-ass it and to the bare minimum for a split decision" instead if "Im gonna knock Oscar out wtf niggz 4 life"?

[siablo14]

standing in the trenches and just trading blows is not boxing. Boxing is the art of hitting and not being hit. Its not about hitting, standing there waiting to be hit and then hitting back. Itrs an art. Those who have never studied it will never understand the damage that is incurred during a fight.

Sure, the common fan likes to see wars. I like to see wars sometimes. But I do understand what will happen to a fighter who just stands in for wars all of the time. Arturo Gatti had to be the most exciting fighter I have seen in the last 10 years, he was a war dog. But now in his older years he has resorted back to the "boxing" skills, with movement and a good shade of defense.

A fighter who ****s all through his career will pay the price. Sure there are those who have come out of all of the carnage with little signs of brain damage, but there are many more who have stepped away many fights too late and the damage is irreversible.

What you guys have to understand is that these boxers are indeed human beings. They sweat, they bleed(and you love it) and they except damage to the mind body and soul.

Boxing is an art. Brawling I guess you could say is an abstract form of the art. So as an artist would you rather paint in a formulated and structured fashion or would you rather your opponent just take your paint and splash it all over the canvas. If my paint is my mind I would choose the structured fight.

Granted, boxing is about fighting. But boxing is not a one page book. YOu have to have defense or you most likely will not survive. You will definately need some offense. You will need conditioning and stamina and you will need balls. God gave each boxer two legs, I dont see a problem in using them.

Maybe instead of yelling at the mover maybe you should rip into the stalker. Tell him to cut the ring, tell him to go in rolling under and to keep moving forward with punches. Maybe you will tell him to throiw caution to the wind and to just get in there and chase him down. If he is unable to do these things then it could only be said that he was purely out boxed. Out boxed, get it?.........................Rockin'

i agree the stalker should have some blame in not being able to force the fight either.

[Verstyle]

What I didnt like is how he was running at times,like a little school girl with his hands up like he waas jogging making fun of Stevens. Talking **** and all of that,like he was actually doing something.

[siablo14]

What I didnt like is how he was running at times,like a little school girl with his hands up like he waas jogging making fun of Stevens. Talking **** and all of that,like he was actually doing something.

yes he was winning the fight and teasing stevens about not being anle to hit him so he was doing something, stevens should of been ablet to catch him and land damaging blows, stevens could not do that so it was obvious direll was a level above stevens.

[Verstyle]

yes he was winning the fight and teasing stevens about not being anle to hit him so he was doing something, stevens should of been ablet to catch him and land damaging blows, stevens could not do that so it was obvious direll was a level above stevens.

Steven's looked like a lost amateur fighter in that fight.

[siablo14]

yes if we are going to blame anyone, it is going to be him, he could not even force the fight, Stevens.

[Del Coqui]

standing in the trenches and just trading blows is not boxing. Boxing is the art of hitting and not being hit. Its not about hitting, standing there waiting to be hit and then hitting back. Itrs an art. Those who have never studied it will never understand the damage that is incurred during a fight.

Sure, the common fan likes to see wars. I like to see wars sometimes. But I do understand what will happen to a fighter who just stands in for wars all of the time. Arturo Gatti had to be the most exciting fighter I have seen in the last 10 years, he was a war dog. But now in his older years he has resorted back to the "boxing" skills, with movement and a good shade of defense.

A fighter who ****s all through his career will pay the price. Sure there are those who have come out of all of the carnage with little signs of brain damage, but there are many more who have stepped away many fights too late and the damage is irreversible.

What you guys have to understand is that these boxers are indeed human beings. They sweat, they bleed(and you love it) and they except damage to the mind body and soul.

Boxing is an art. Brawling I guess you could say is an abstract form of the art. So as an artist would you rather paint in a formulated and structured fashion or would you rather your opponent just take your paint and splash it all over the canvas. If my paint is my mind I would choose the structured fight.

Granted, boxing is about fighting. But boxing is not a one page book. YOu have to have defense or you most likely will not survive. You will definately need some offense. You will need conditioning and stamina and you will need balls. God gave each boxer two legs, I dont see a problem in using them.

Maybe instead of yelling at the mover maybe you should rip into the stalker. Tell him to cut the ring, tell him to go in rolling under and to keep moving forward with punches. Maybe you will tell him to throiw caution to the wind and to just get in there and chase him down. If he is unable to do these things then it could only be said that he was purely out boxed. Out boxed, get it?.........................Rockin'

That was beautiful... But when was the last time a runner packed up MSG with 20k ppl? PBF performance over DLH was a good one, but why was everyone disappointed on this fight? There's a difference between good deffense and running away and avoiding contact, Pernell, Benitez and many greats could slip and duck and also use their legs to get away without running. People pay to watch those kind of fighters NOT runners.