Comments Thread For: Sorry, Macho Men: Team Saunders Made The Right Call

[Sosay]

Actually just no. If he doesn't fight again his legacy would be that of a skilled world class boxer with a grating personality who got retired by the P4P #1 boxer/puncher.

Naw, he'd be remembered as the guy that talked crazy to everyone, then quit in the ring. No great wins so he'll be forgotten asap outside of his country.

[Timur78]

You watch boxing with your wife?

Who is this gem of a woman ; )

[aboutfkntime]

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the writer is correct, of course

only shlthead casual-fans are crying about it







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[JTfloyd]

You’d be singing a different tune had Malinaggi died in the ring which is a HUGE possibility with this injury should one continue.

"What if" isn't an argument, you sanctimonious twat. I'm talking about what actually TRANSPIRED, which is Malignaggi got his eye socket broken by a harder puncher p4p than Canelo, in his very FIRST title fight (iirc), earlier in the fight than Saunders sustained his injury, and proceeded to ADAPT, win a few rounds after the fact, go all 12, and have a respectable career afterward. If all you bring to the table is hypothetical fear-mongering and emotional "arguments", then keep that nonsense to yourself, because that means nothing to me or any other rational person.

Fact of the matter is, when faced with virtually identical scenarios, Paulie showed championship level toughness against a prime Cotto, and Saunders (who previously talked all sorts of nonsense about doing blah blah rather than quitting) QUIT. No amount of rationalization by yourself or any other "I bet you couldn't do it!" "Do you even box, bro?" "Insert emotional feminist argument here"-type males will change that fact.

[Itaizo]

This article is a poor piece of journalism and the writer misses the point. He conflates internet trolls with genuine fight fans who call a spade a spade, and creates a straw man argument about 'wannabe tough guys'. The tone of the piece pretty much gives a free pass to Saunders for his past conduct and tries to make him out to be something he is not: a proud, brave man who had no choice but to pull out of the fight. He had a choice, regardless of the possible effect it would have on his future health, just as he had a choice not be an a****** when he acted disgracefully in the past.

Let me remind anybody who isn't aware of why Saunders is a POS. He tormented a female drug addict on the street and encouraged her to assault an innocent passerby, all for his own sick kicks. He made a video during lockdown encouraging men to punch their female partners and 'hit her on the chin'; this was totally reckless and put women's lives at risk at a time when domestic abusers were already having a field day because of the pandemic. He publicly abused an innocent gay man by surreptitiously taking his picture at his place of work and then posted it on his Twitter feed, revealing the man's location and encouraging more abuse and potentially putting the man in harm's way; when will people realize actions have consequences?

These are just a few of the things Saunders felt were ok to do in public, he's done others, so who knows what else he has considered 'banter' when there were no cameras around. The bottom line is that Saunders is a POS, but the writer conveniently tries to sweep it under the carpet by describing Saunders' hypocritical statements on Dubois as an 'ironic inconvenience'; absolute nonsense, it's the heart of the matter. His line about having 'the gall to criticize athletes with guts to attempt things' is just astonishing.

At the end of the piece, he describes Saunders as 'the fighter, and the man', yet Saunders gives men everywhere a bad name. Saunders is a bully, plain and simple, and a particularly nasty one at that. The writer should be more honest with his readers and not pretend otherwise by making out he knows how tough the fight game is, so therefore you can't criticize Saunders for quitting.

You live by the sword, die by the sword. Karma is a b****. What goes around, comes around. Take your pick, but until Saunders comes out and publicly states that he has been a fool, unfair, cruel, and makes an apology to Dubois and others, he's fair game for anybody that wants to criticize him. 'Operation yesterday all went well. You win some and lose some' said Saunders, not much in the way of humility there, as you'd expect from somebody like him. It would not be a bad thing if he never fights again and he somehow reaches an epiphany that turns him into a decent person rather than the nasty piece of work he currently is. I won't hold my breath.