Comments Thread For: Chisora On Critics Calling For His Retirement: Go F--- Yourselves; Don't Watch My Next Fight

[1Eriugenus]

Considering all the big issues, notably the sheer number of punches he's taken, it isn't a big cause for concern that Derek seems unaware that Blackburn haven't been in the P/L for, like, 10 years. It does, however, reinforce my feeling that he is in a world of his own.

[1Eriugenus]

The difference is, Derek, that you don't get permanent, irreversible brain damage from losing football matches. I've heard interviews with OGS & he isn't slurring his words.

[Tatabanya]

That way of thinking shouldn't be encouraged and it isn't just about him. I'm sure he has loved ones who wouldn't be able to move on from his death or if he crippled in the ring.

Of course I agree in principle with what you wrote. But then we should extend the question to all categories of people who choose to do a dangerous job out of passion, or who deeply enjoy a risky sporting activity.

A motorbike racer, a fireman or an army volunteer will probably not stop doing that job just because their loved ones might suffer from their loss, or from the consequences of an accident involving them. On the contrary, they're likely to support that choice if they see that it brings satisfaction, not to mention money, to their relative. Let's face it, there is no family that is unhappy to see one of their members earning millions (as in Chisora's case).

A skydiver will hardly stop jumping just because he is afraid his wife will suffer if he gets hurt or dies. The same goes for a mountaineer: he will never stop climbing.

In life we have to make autonomous choices, sooner or later. If this does not happen, the price you pay mentally in later years is very high. Observing the reality around us is enough to realise how many unhappy people exist because, at the decisive moment of their youth, they followed the advice - more or less forced - of their parents, or of so-called common sense, instead of the instinct that would have led them along the path they would have chosen independently.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Chisora - Arreola next please.

[champion4ever]

Why should he retire now when he is earning millions at his age and at this stage of his career to fight? If he could still do it then why quit? He knows that he'll never be champion again anyhow. He's fighting solely for the money at this point. It's a gift.

[champion4ever]

Why should he retire now when he is earning millions at his age and at this stage of his career to fight? If he could still do it then why quit? He knows that he'll never be champion again anyhow. He's fighting solely for the money at this point. It's a gift for him to still be making money with twelve losses on his record and being several years past his prime.

[billeau2]

A human life is maybe 80 years. If we are fortunate we get a chance to do something we have a talent for. For the first part of our lives we learn how to walk... then we are children, then we have a prime and smooth sailing (if we are lucky) til old age. Old age might be ten, at most twenty years. So the question becomes: what part of your life do you want to emphasize? Do you want to be one of those people who would never risk a thing, and live a basic boring existence into old age? Do you want to "Sid and Nancy" it? Jim Morrison style, dead before 30? A boxer faces certain realities regarding old age, but old age itself is what it is.

Chisora wants to fight as long as he can because that is how he chooses to balance his life. No one has the right to tell him, or anyone else what he should do with his life. Even with horrible injuries, once a fighter starts to show those injuries, if he is hitting 60, well the average life span is around 70 years. Age takes its toll anyway...

[1Eriugenus]

'Chisora wants to fight as long as he can because that is how he chooses to balance his life. No one has the right to tell him, or anyone else what he should do with his life. Even with horrible injuries, once a fighter starts to show those injuries, if he is hitting 60, well the average life span is around 70 years. Age takes its toll anyway...'

Brain damage doesn't necessarily mean slurring your words. It can mean bizarre, sometimes dangerous behaviour. People on here were first to say Michael Dokes was a scumbag, but Dokes, all the time I remember him, was a gallant gentleman who tossed roses to ladies in the crowd. Likewise, Rid**** Bowe & his kidnapping. People here been quick to slaughter JuanMa for alleged spousal abuse. I don't want boxing banned (actually I don't know, sometimes I believe it should be banned) but people have got to understand that suffering brain trauma is no good thing & a guy like Chisora gets concussive brain trauma the way some people get a tube card.

[MMegatron]

He should fight for Ortiz if he beats Martin

[hugh grant]

Chisora got best resume in world let him fight bums. There's no reason why all the best fight chisora