Comments Thread For: Jermall Charlo on Working with Roy Jones: He's Mentoring Me Every Step of the Way; Feeling Stronger

[Doubledagger]

One of PBC's very privileged guys, holding a title without defending it. This guy's main problem is fear of losing. Nothing else.

I'm just glad the fake mental issues didn't come up in this article. Because it is fake perpetuated by "enablers," and I say that with a very strong dislike of the word and people who think they're helping when in fact they're destroying them.

I agree he is privileged and should have been stripped, but the mental issue just exposes how much of a clown you are.

You don't need a medical degree or a psychology degree to see that this guy is clearly not right mentally.

You literally just need to watch any, and I mean any interview of his over the last two years and it's clear as daylight this guy is not his normal self.

Also, this guy just had a bad divorce with his childhood girlfriend turned wife turned mother of his five kids.

Do you realize how bad that is for someone mentally?

Think back to how you felt when you broke up with your first love?

It was horrible right?

Well, but you got through it, probably eventually fell in love again, broke up again, and realized while it was still very bad mentally and emotionally, you were able to deal with it a little better.

You dated a few girls until your mind and your heart became nigh invincible to break ups.

Well, this dude NEVER went through any of those emotional and mental development phases, and at this point, marriage and five kids later, he doesn't have the experience that normal people who went through break ups have by that point.

That's why he went on a downward spiral because he lost someone who was a part of his life since before he even pursued boxing as a profession.

You failure to understand this very simple concept just reveals how much of a mental and emotional midget you are.

The good thing is that he is finally doing something about it.

Admitting you have a problem is the hardest part. His admittal was the first part to getting the help and healing his needs.

The second phase is actually getting the help, which is what he is doing by going to a veteran who has done it all and undersands the life of a boxer.

But I digress, it's not like an immature guy like you has the depth to understand any of this.

[alexjust]

Before Fury in 2016, was there ever this much bluster about mental health issues scuppering fighters in the prime of their careers? It's getting to be a trend now – Ryan, Teofimo, Jermall...

Not dismissing them or anything – I'm as barmey as they come, and only getting worse – but these are meant to be the manliest, baddest athletes out there who talk such ungodly amounts of shit but then disappear under a rock when their headspaces aren't right. I don't remember any of this even a decade ago.

Being "manly" has nothing to do with one's ability to resolve mental health issues. It's like saying: "why do you have cancer/flu/diabetes? Be a man, tough it out." We should not apply different standards to mental health and physical health. It just became more acceptable to openly speak about it. Before, it wasn't and a dude would rather put a bullet into his temple than go to a shrink or openly say that he's struggling. This idiotic, macho stigma of "weakness" wrt mental health is slowly going away. Rightly so. I'd say, if anything, punches to the head might make you more susceptible to mental issues, not immune from them.

[sidefx996]

Everyone's entitled to their opinions on mental health. I'm wondering why it's anyone else's (or in this case the entire sport's) problem? So everyone else out there with "mental health" issues gets to stay home from work for 2 years and they'll still have a job (or in this case their World Championship) when they "get better?" It's ridiculous.

[sidefx996]

We should not apply different standards to mental health and physical health.

Exactly. If he had injured himself physically would anyone be waiting around for 2 years for him to get better and still keeping the belt warm for him. So which is it?

[alexjust]

Exactly. If he had injured himself physically would anyone be waiting around for 2 years for him to get better and still keeping the belt warm for him. So which is it?

You are moving to a different subject. But I have no problem with a governing body stripping the champion of his/her belt after a period of inactivity regardless of the reason. If the reason is like injury, I equally have no problem with the stripped champ getting a shot at the then current champion by jumping the queue. What's your point and how does it address what I said?

[sidefx996]

You are moving to a different subject. But I have no problem with a governing body stripping the champion of his/her belt after a period of inactivity regardless of the reason. If the reason is like injury, I equally have no problem with the stripped champ getting a shot at the then current champion by jumping the queue. What's your point and how does it address what I said?

Maybe I misunderstood you then.