Comments Thread For: Frank Gore, Future Hall Of Fame Running Back, Training For "High Profile" Boxing Fight

[Hands of Stone]

Yeah most of the biggest boxing fights of the year so far, the biggest of last year and the biggest of the last 5 years all not involving actual active boxers definitely underscores boxings relevance lol.

We got a MMA guy here languishing on a site that is geared towards covering dying sport. The irony in that is laughable.

[MeanestNiceGuy]

Another one that has blown his career earnings and looking to boxing for a stimulus check. Yet I keep hearing boxing is dead and MMA is flourishing but yet everyone and their mama including current and faded MMA fighters begging for boxing paydays.

Stop speaking facts, you're making a fool of yourself. Lol

[KTFOKING]

Frank was Willie Nelson's manager at one point and was always doing boxing training in the offseason. He often talked about his love for boxing so this is probably something he has had in the back of his mind for some time.

Wishing him all the luck in the world! One of my all time favorite athletes and I know he will put his hands on whoever he fights!!

[KTFOKING]

Another one that has blown his career earnings and looking to boxing for a stimulus check. Yet I keep hearing boxing is dead and MMA is flourishing but yet everyone and their mama including current and faded MMA fighters begging for boxing paydays.

Blew his earnings? Highly doubt that. Frank is just a competitive person and was still wanting to play football at the age of 38, which is unheard of for a RB. He loves to compete and like I mentioned earlier, always has been a big fan of the sport. He just wants to give it a go at his second favorite sport, that's all.

Look at all the different years of the videos. He's been doing this for a while.

[TMLT87]

We got a MMA guy here languishing on a site that is geared towards covering dying sport. The irony in that is laughable.

I'm a fan of both. You're just saying dumb **** lol. Boxing is not dead or dying (and is actually about to have a strong couple of months) but its just reality that 4 of the 5 most high profile boxing matches of 2021 so far dont involve current boxers, and 3 had MMA fighters in the main event for ****s sake. The biggest boxing match of last year was an exhibition fight between two men in their 50s. The biggest boxing match in the 6+ years since Floyd/Pac involved an MMA fighter too. And even with all these circus fights helping to prop up boxings PPV numbers, the UFC is STILL doing much better. As an MMA fan, if the biggest UFC cards this year was **** like SRL vs Pewdiepie, Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie in an exhibition, Lennox Lewis vs Tank Abbott, Shaquille O Neil vs Ray Lewis etc etc while the legit MMA cards were doing like a quarter of the buys and boxing PPVs were doing better numbers than everything, I definitely wouldnt be going "oh yeah MMA is doing great cause all these guys are coming here for a payday"

[Hands of Stone]

I'm a fan of both. You're just saying dumb **** lol. Boxing is not dead or dying (and is actually about to have a strong couple of months) but its just reality that 4 of the 5 most high profile boxing matches of 2021 so far dont involve current boxers, and 3 had MMA fighters in the main event for ****s sake. The biggest boxing match of last year was an exhibition fight between two men in their 50s. The biggest boxing match in the 6+ years since Floyd/Pac involved an MMA fighter too. And even with all these circus fights helping to prop up boxings PPV numbers, the UFC is STILL doing much better. As an MMA fan, if the biggest UFC cards this year was **** like SRL vs Pewdiepie, Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie in an exhibition, Lennox Lewis vs Tank Abbott, Shaquille O Neil vs Ray Lewis etc etc while the legit MMA cards were doing like a quarter of the buys and boxing PPVs were doing better numbers than everything, I definitely wouldnt be going "oh yeah MMA is doing great cause all these guys are coming here for a payday"

Stop the Cap..you are a MMA guy. Its quite obvious. All the rubbish you typed up have one commonality, which is BOXING, whether faded characters, 50 year old characters, UFC characters, youtube characters, boxing is the platform and they make money. I know those facts are hard to comprehend. UFC may do better than boxing on a per fight basis and we don't even know that 'cos Daddy Dana White hide the numbers so he can strong arm his fighters into taking peanuts but when we average it out, it outperforms regardless of the actors, it is alive and it is kicking. You were the first one to try to crap on my post trying to denigrate boxing. If only you can go to a MMA site to spew your rhetoric, you may find some agreement. We love boxing over here, iots just going through a downturn like everything else in today's world.

[TMLT87]

Stop the Cap..you are a MMA guy. Its quite obvious. All the rubbish you typed up have one commonality, which is BOXING, whether faded characters, 50 year old characters, UFC characters, youtube characters, boxing is the platform and they make money. I know those facts are hard to comprehend. UFC may do better than boxing on a per fight basis and we don't even know that 'cos Daddy Dana White hide the numbers so he can strong arm his fighters into taking peanuts but when we average it out, it outperforms regardless of the actors, it is alive and it is kicking. You were the first one to try to crap on my post trying to denigrate boxing. If only you can go to a MMA site to spew your rhetoric, you may find some agreement. We love boxing over here, iots just going through a downturn like everything else in today's world.

Lol you were the one that introduced MMA into the discussion, by dis*****g the idea that its flourishing in comparison to boxing.

The platform is irrelevant, these fights dont draw because its boxing, they draw because its Mike Tyson, Floyd, the Paul bros or some MMA guys to attract the MMA fanbase. That is not some "win" for boxing when actual current boxers like Spence, Tank, Crawford, the Charlos etc do piss poor numbers.

[Hands of Stone]

Lol you were the one that introduced MMA into the discussion, by dis*****g the idea that its flourishing in comparison to boxing.

The platform is irrelevant, these fights dont draw because its boxing, they draw because its Mike Tyson, Floyd, the Paul bros or some MMA guys to attract the MMA fanbase. That is not some "win" for boxing when actual current boxers like Spence, Tank, Crawford, the Charlos etc do piss poor numbers.

Ok MMA guy. I hear you. Now leave the me the hell alone lol..

[Hands of Stone]

Stop speaking facts, you're making a fool of yourself. Lol

I know right lol