Eveyone has their own opinion even vs washed up fighters
In no other sport do you see such respect brought towards a fighter who is obviously past his prime. I just watched the complete destruction of Arturo "Thunder" Gatti and as much as i love gatti, ( yes i am one of the Gatti lovers) he completly needs to quit but i am still one of the *******s that would love to see him fight again against his own health.......
But Roy Jones JR won me over with the age slows you and makes you weak theory..... Roy showed me he still has what it takes, obviously not what he used be........but he showed he can take out a young up and comer and make them look silly even scoring a late 11th round knockdown...... I love Roy for all he stands for and i love him for the sport of boxing.
I love that i see boxing fans still rallying during current threads over the fights tonight. Tonight saying such things like "Gomez will fade, he is getting tired" and stuff like "Margarito still has to that punch" this is the reason i love boxing fans, not even a dominating proformance from the opposition gets them stired, its always a win or look good winning situation (if its someone they are routing for) its never a my god you suck you should retire. I might be wrong maybe some boxing fans feel this way and hell i am probably one of them watching gomez destory one of my idols in gatti......
But if something is to be said i will always remember Gatti in the way he was, not the way he retired...
Just like i remember his trainer in Ward... Thank god for ward in Gattis last fight not pulling any punches and god knows most of those in wards career came back with repricusions(spelling).. But seriously this was simply the dawning of a career of a punch drunk fighter.
In no other sport do you see such respect brought towards a fighter who is obviously past his prime. I just watched the complete destruction of Arturo "Thunder" Gatti and as much as i love gatti, ( yes i am one of the Gatti lovers) he completly needs to quit but i am still one of the *******s that would love to see him fight again against his own health.......
But Roy Jones JR won me over with the age slows you and makes you weak theory..... Roy showed me he still has what it takes, obviously not what he used be........but he showed he can take out a young up and comer and make them look silly even scoring a late 11th round knockdown...... I love Roy for all he stands for and i love him for the sport of boxing.
I love that i see boxing fans still rallying during current threads over the fights tonight. Tonight saying such things like "Gomez will fade, he is getting tired" and stuff like "Margarito still has to that punch" this is the reason i love boxing fans, not even a dominating proformance from the opposition gets them stired, its always a win or look good winning situation (if its someone they are routing for) its never a my god you suck you should retire. I might be wrong maybe some boxing fans feel this way and hell i am probably one of them watching gomez destory one of my idols in gatti......
But if something is to be said i will always remember Gatti in the way he was, not the way he retired...
Just like i remember his trainer in Ward... Thank god for ward in Gattis last fight not pulling any punches and god knows most of those in wards career came back with repricusions(spelling).. But seriously this was simply the dawning of a career of a punch drunk fighter.
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