Comments Thread For: “Fighting Words” – Upon Further Review… Think Again

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

by David P. Greisman - Remember back when people thought before they spoke?

Remember those days when opinions were developed from within instead of just spouted out?

Now we get talking heads with knee-jerk reactions under the pretense of analysis, filling airtime the moment after momentous occasions. Their existence is in response to the desires of a 24-hour news cycle, a society in which attention spans have gone the way of quick-cut music videos, and the only thing that can keep anyone from changing the channel is the drama of a police chase.

U.S. senators were given six-year terms to allow them to deliberate, to take their time on matters of opinion and policy, time not allotted for those serving two-year terms in the House of Representatives.

There is plenty to gain in “thinking on it.”

And so I have thought on it, on boxing news items ranging from the downfall of Roy Jones Jr. to HBO’s indictment of Antonio Margarito, from the pending suspension of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to the recent stoppage of Tyrone Brunson. [Click Here To Read More]

[NWO4Life]

If Bernard Hopkins says Australia is in Europe, then Australia is in Europe...end of story, brother.

[jubzzz]

If Bernard Hopkins says Australia is in Europe, then Australia is in Europe...end of story, brother.

bwahahahaha....exactly.

[the mesiah]

what ever happened to James Toney? I wonder if he stills has the iba strap , him vs Cris arreola would be interesting, just to see if Toney still can give a better Post fight interview than arreola.I mite be the only one but ive always liked James.

[MARKBNLV]

good post enjoyed the article.

[ShermanKlump]

Margarita is a lying cheating scumbag...this article did not make me feel simpathy for that coward! No matter how sad you try to make his story or case HES FINISHED!

[Nota Loka PR]

Fallen Down Three Times....lol Good Article but i do agree with Sherman... He's a cheating bastard and should never be allowed in the ring again, i dont care if he only did it once.

[Boxing Scene]

Seriously this writer doesn't know what the **** he's talking about with Margarito and if he's defending him, he should never be allowed to write about boxing again.

[Mr. David]

Did you even read the article, Brad? There was no defending of Margarito going on, especially not from a writer who, earlier in the year, called for Margarito to receive a lifetime ban.

If you read the article, you saw that I called into question the circumstantial evidence HBO presented, during the Cotto-Pacquiao pay-per-view, of a pink stain on Margarito's hand wrap after the Cotto fight. I did this by referring to a similar stain on Diego Corrales' hand wrap after the first Jose Luis Castillo fight.

I said that while it is clear that Margarito tried to use tampered hand wraps before the Mosley fight, and while it is possible, even probable, that Margarito used tampered wraps in other fights, we will ever really know about whether he did (in other fights) without witness testimony.

Read the article. And if you read it before, read it again.

[PRacrePerAcre1]

What a dumb article in so many ways. I wish I didn't have to study for finals, so I could explain myself.