Tough and Popular or Defensive and Unpopular?

[Live Dog]

kind of a wack thread. it feels like your making it seem like the only way you can be exciting is by not being very skilled and not having any defense at all.

That's not it. There have been plenty of extremely skilled/exciting fighters in the sport's history. But, since Gatti isn't one of them I chose him for the purposes of this thread.

I'm saying if you had to choose between the two careers which way would you go?

[deevel79]

infact this comparison isn't even fair... not same skill level.Now if you said Marvin Hagler vs. Bernard Hopkins I would chose Marvin Hagler without thinking about it.

Exactly!

Why not compare Spinks to somebody like Pac, THEN ask the same question!

[2501 v2.0]

That's not it. There have been plenty of extremely skilled/exciting fighters in the sport's history. But, since Gatti isn't one of them I chose him for the purposes of this thread.

I'm saying if you had to choose between the two careers which way would you go?

of course i would choose bhop. his career is what dreams are made of.

[Live Dog]

Exactly!

Why not compare Spinks to somebody like Pac, THEN ask the same question!

over your head as well.

[Pullcounter]

Let's say you had to make a choice between having the career of Arturo Gatti or Bernard Hopkins.

Gatti, although nowhere near Bhop in talent, is universally loved for his ability to take punishment and keep coming. He picked himself up off the canvas so many times in his career that he was able to become a millionare on basically guts alone. But, he got hit and he got hit alot and there's no telling what lies ahead for the man health wise.

or

Bhop is not even close to being as exciting as Gatti and as such is nowhere near as popular. He has accomplished much more in his career, but even when he was defending his belt 20 some times the public never really knew who he was. But, he has never taken a beating and he has a better chance to live a relatively healthy life than that of Gatti.

So, which career would you rather have? Beloved by all but in multiple wars or hated by most without having ever sustained a beating.

I pick Hopkins, but I wish he'd have stayed retired after the win over Tarver.

[deevel79]

over your head as well.

This was your closing question right?

"So, which career would you rather have? Beloved by all but in multiple wars or hated by most without having ever sustained a beating"

In that case, i'd rather be Pac (loved and involved in many wars), rather than Spinks (boring, loved by knowbody, and never really sustaining any beatings)

[Scott9945]

I'm sure I'd rather be Hopkins than Gatti at 50 or 60 years old.

[rizkybizness]

I'm sure I'd rather be Hopkins than Gatti at 50 or 60 years old.

Even now,man. Gatti is a stenographer's nightmare.

[Live Dog]

This was your closing question right?

"So, which career would you rather have? Beloved by all but in multiple wars or hated by most without having ever sustained a beating"

In that case, i'd rather be Pac (loved and involved in many wars), rather than Spinks (boring, loved by knowbody, and never really sustaining any beatings)

Which is why I chose Gatti and Bhop. Spinks and Pac is not even a question.

[KnockoutTheFat]

B-Hop. He had the ability to bounce on his toes and move around the ring fleet-footed like Muhammad Ali.