Real men don't watch LITTLE MEN fight

[kayjay]

My GF made me take off sigs/avys because of too many ****ographic shorties.

Lol. I had sigs and avys disabled for a long time, but I always keep a pic of Joe Frazier in there.

[kayjay]

I congratulate Russia for it's heavyweight domination but let's face it, the consensus American doesn't know who the champs are and the rest flat out don't care. The highest ranked American heavyweight is John Ruiz, I repeat, John Ruiz.

Ring Magazine hasn't given the FOTY award to a heavyweight fight since 1996. I'm fairly positive that they don't have a featherweight bias.

Heavyweights have their appeal, which is dimmed in America because of the lack of Americans in the rankings. But to deny the appeal of the smaller fighters is just not plausible.

Ring magazine does have a bias for smaller fighters. I don't pay any mind to their rankings.

The lack of big-name Americans is a problem in all weight classes, as far as boxing's popularity in this country are concerned.

And most big PPV fights have been from 147-175. The fights below those weights appeal mainly to certain ethnic groups.

[Check]

Ah hell KJ, I can't agree with you. Anything under 118 I would probably agree but lightweight and batam are pretty exciting.

[Guest]

Years ago, I used to think the midgets weren't exciting but there are some great fighters there.
Think about those Vasquez-Marquez fights, JuanMa's spectacular Ko's, Nonito Donaire's destruction of Darchinyan, Somsak's battle with Monshippur, that's just in the last couple of years.

All these recent fights made me go back to youtube to watch some historical affairs that were brutal wars.

God bless the midgets for entertaining me.

[Mr. Ryan]

Ring magazine does have a bias for smaller fighters. I don't pay any mind to their rankings.

The lack of big-name Americans is a problem in all weight classes, as far as boxing's popularity in this country are concerned.

And most big PPV fights have been from 147-175. The fights below those weights appeal mainly to certain ethnic groups.

Not even Ring's most ardent critics have picked up any hint of anti-heavyweight bias. They give credit where credit is due to the heavyweights, which hasn't been often in recent years. But trust when Bowe/Holyfield/Tyson were running the show that they found themselves the centers of attention.

True, but that only shows that the statement "The bigger the fighter, the better the fight" is flawed because wouldn't the heavyweight fights surpass the ones in the 147-147.

I'm Filipino/Italian/American yet I can appreciate the Mexican/Puerto Rican warriors of the lighter divisions. I have no ethnic tie to the hispanic community yet I find their fights to be the most exciting in the sport.

[Mr. Ryan]

OK Kaykay, let me level with you. Go through Ring Magazine's picks of Fight of the Year and show me where heavyweights in recent years have been unfairly denied the distinction.

[neils7147933]

A rematch is in discussions and might be happening sooner than you think.

You hearing this could land in Indianapolis? I know Conseco Fieldhouse has been courting Lamon...

Tell me what you're hearing

[Guest]

You hearing this could land in Indianapolis? I know Conseco Fieldhouse has been courting Lamon...

Tell me what you're hearing

Ah, Brewster is from Indianapolis. That makes sense.
Is there a boxing scene down there?

[Mr. Ryan]

Ah, Brewster is from Indianapolis. That makes sense.
Is there a boxing scene down there?

There is only one guy in Indianapolis of any worth right now, and that is Franklin Lawrence. He's being very much mismanaged. Other than that, the town doesn't have many other noteworthy young fighters.

Other than the occassional club show at the Pepsi Coliseum, nothing much going on over there.

[MikeBrew328]

Real men don't watch any boxing matches below welterweight. We won't watch midgets fight, because they're too small to count as real athletes.

And there's no more "skillz" there than in the higher weights. What you little boys mistake for skill is just off-balance arm punching.

What Pacquiao and Marquez do is flat-out gay, and they're the good ones. Bigger men need to be cautious because their opponents can knock them out with one punch. Slapping midgets LOOK more active because the punches don't do any damage. Those same strategies would get a cruiserweight or heavyweight killed every time. Why? Because they're facing genetically normal, grown men.

A man who weighs less than 135 pounds is not genetically normal, let alone potentially athletic.

I totally agree! Peter-Klitschko fight of the year!