Comments Thread For: Daily Bread Mailbag: Remembering George Foreman, active fighters who have elements of the greats, matchmaking, and being left in the wilderness

[Rockybigblower]

I would never begrudge a person for liking and/or seeing something in a fighter the way Bread looks at Boots, but man... I just don't see it, and the way he explains it by bobbing and weaving around actual great and tested fighters is... I don't know. He has to owe Boots a favor. Has to.

Saying he sees in Boots a mix of Roy Jones and Terrence Crawford says it all really.

[NC Uppercut]

I still get excited when I see myself in the mailbag. Truth of the matter is Breadman is usually spot on!

[buge]

Saying he sees in Boots a mix of Roy Jones and Terrence Crawford says it all really.

maybe he's got the handspeed of Crawford and the chin of RJJ

[Oregonian]

But he pushes him on us nonstop

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How? He is ONLY responding to questions about Boots. What is he supposed to say when people specifically ask about Boots?

[Oregonian]

I have a different theory. I think Breadman has some pride in "discovering" Boots. Let me explain. A few years ago, I remember reading this forum (and I wasn't posting at the time) and suddenly I was reading about this Boots guy that I never heard of. Breadman was signing his praises and comparing him to the best fighters at the time. I was surprised there was a fighter that I never saw fight, that never beat anyone of note and he was being compared to the p4p greats by a respected boxing trainer and analyst. I was shocked. Breadman introduced Boots to the boxing world and made everyone sit up and take notice. In a way he is a like a proud father who has a smart and talented kid telling the whole world about him

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Same here, I had never heard of Boots until I started reading his mailbag. That said, Boots passes the eyeball test AND pretty much everything Bread says about him.
In less than two weeks, we are going to find out how good Boots really is. Or not. It’s that simple.

[Joseph]

Yes, to be clear, I like Boots and think he's a talented kid, but he's susceptible to getting hit to give one back and he cannot cut off the ring. And I know the "cutting off the ring" argument is fraught with negative connotations (easier said than done), but if he's sniffing around the elite level, it matters.

Hoping Stanionis really tests him and vice versa. I want to see a glimmer of hope come back to 147.

[ShoulderRoll]

All the praise of Boots’ greatness is based just on the eye test and on sparring stories.

That is what bothers people I think, the fact that his actual in-ring career hasn’t earned these accolades. Yet.

[PRvazquez]

I gotta push back on this. He only answers questions people submit to the mailbag. People love bringing up Boots, so he answers them. And we're all fortunate to finally get to see what Boots has, starting with his next fight against Stanionis. And if he wins impressively the next couple of years should show a lot.

Wishful thoughts but he’s biased towards him the same way you are. You’re just a fan and are blinded by the fact he hasn’t done anything in boxing as of yet. You want him to it feels good. But Karen was up his ******** and the skills show there

[MulaKO]

The first guy who was truly a great poster and boxing aficionado who brought Boots to the board was Eff Panda
He was the first praising Boots from what I recall and recall him saying that he saw him at tournaments when he was an amateur

[Poopdick]

Lord, sounds like Bread's been talking with Bill Haney , This crying on behalf of Black American boxers is pitiful. Please stop whining like spoiled children. It is not a good look at all. Only people with the same mentality are going to agree with you. Like,losers.

even going as far to say ppl are racist for not liking boots smh. pathetic