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  • The Big Dunn
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    #31
    You gotta love NSB.

    Shakur gets crapped on for being too defensive and thus boring.

    Boots get crapped on for being not defensive enough which makes all his fights entertaining.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Carpe Diem
      He’s trying to be too flashy and that will be his downfall when he fights tougher competition.
      I think Boots gets the assignment. You will not see some of the antics in with a Stanionis or other top 5 WW.

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      • kiaba360
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        #33
        Originally posted by The Big Dunn
        You gotta love NSB.

        Shakur gets crapped on for being too defensive and thus boring.

        Boots get crapped on for being not defensive enough which makes all his fights entertaining.
        I think we can get caught up in trying to predict match-ups, and we start overanalyzing instead of appreciating whatever it is a particular fighter is trying to accomplish in the ring. Shakur and Ennis are different in their approach/mindset, yet we nitpick them for not meeting whatever standard of perfection they're being measured against. Shakur is perceived as prissy and weak because he's too defensive, while Ennis is seen as lacking skill or intelligence for being too offensive-minded. Sometimes we need to remember that boxers are getting punched for a living, and all of them have their methods of dealing with that occupational hazard. Some fighters are capable of walking through fire to impose their own offense, and others have to rely more on defense and finesse. But, even the "weak" fighters are tougher than we may realize. Sunny Edwards is a prime example of an out-boxer who hated getting hit, yet he went in there with Jesse Rodriguez and absorbed more punishment than many thought he was capable of. Just because a boxer shows an aversion to taking punishment...doesn't mean they can't bite down on their gumshield and rise to the occasion.
        Last edited by kiaba360; 07-14-2024, 09:42 AM.

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          #34
          Originally posted by The Big Dunn
          You gotta love NSB.

          Shakur gets crapped on for being too defensive and thus boring.

          Boots get crapped on for being not defensive enough which makes all his fights entertaining.
          In which situation are those criticisms wrong?

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          • MulaKO
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            #35
            Originally posted by The Big Dunn
            You gotta love NSB.

            Shakur gets crapped on for being too defensive and thus boring.

            Boots get crapped on for being not defensive enough which makes all his fights entertaining.
            C’mon Dunn , you are reaching
            From one extreme to another

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              #36
              Originally posted by kiaba360

              I think we can get caught up in trying to predict match-ups, and we start overanalyzing instead of appreciating whatever it is a particular fighter is trying to accomplish in the ring. Shakur and Ennis are different in their approach/mindset, yet we nitpick them for not meeting whatever standard of perfection they're being measured against. Shakur is perceived as prissy and weak because he's too defensive, while Ennis is seen as lacking skill or intelligence for being too offensive-minded. Sometimes we need to remember that boxers are getting punched for a living, and all of them have their methods of dealing with that occupational hazard. Some fighters are capable of walking through fire to impose their own offense, and others have to rely more on defense and finesse. But, even the "weak" fighters are tougher than we may realize. Sunny Edwards is a prime example of an out-boxer who hated getting hit, yet he went in there with Jesse Rodriguez and absorbed more punishment than many thought he was capable of. Just because a boxer shows an aversion to taking punishment...doesn't mean they can't bite down on their gumshield and rise to the occasion.
              You don’t gamble
              much do you ???

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              • kiaba360
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                #37
                Originally posted by MulaKO

                You don’t gamble
                much do you ???
                Not at all, sounds stressful lol


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                • MulaKO
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                  #38
                  Originally posted by kiaba360

                  Not at all, sounds stressful lol

                  Lmfao
                  But think of the HiGh

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                    #39
                    Bud beats him easy which is why the fight won't happen ever.

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                    • MulaKO
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                      #40
                      Originally posted by HandsofIron
                      Bud beats him easy which is why the fight won't happen ever.
                      Funny enough , coincidentally or not but no Boots fans out here screaming for the Bud fight
                      Well well well
                      How the table has turned lol

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