EPISODE(7) GET UR FACTS STRAIGHT RADIO .12-18-09. LIVE 10:00 P.M. Hosted By: Burner!

[El Castigador]

Talk about the Klits again. That stuff was so damn funny, HTown had me rolling

Yeah Im going to talk some Klitschkos........

Hopefully Carnivore and Wlad Owns man up and call in.

[Doctor_Tenma]

I don't even like the Klitschko's, but that was straight hatred.

I couldn't stop laughing man. I couldn't breathe, I thought I was gonna die

[CrackYourJaw]

I couldn't stop laughing man. I couldn't breathe, I thought I was gonna die

T'was quite funny, though.

He really hates them.



"Bums, robots!"

[larry x]

yea imm a call in 2nite

[El Castigador]

yea imm a call in 2nite

Fosho...I got a nice Mayweather topic set up....

Im going to talk about Lampleys quote

"When Mayweather potshots it isnt a fair fight and hes impossobile to beat"

[Idgas]

i can't catch your shows live but i always download them and put the new ones in my mp3 player to listen during my commute. keep doing the show. it's great.

[Njord777]

Fosho...I got a nice Mayweather topic set up....

Im going to talk about Lampleys quote

"When Mayweather potshots it isnt a fair fight and hes impossobile to beat"

Probably can't call in, but if I could- and you can quote me on this- I'd say:

"Increasingly I've noticed the HBO announcing team show their bias and most boxing fans I've talked to feel the same. They'll ride a fighter the entire night, highlighting mostly his best moments, generally if its an HBO stable fighter.

Even when not being biased, the HBO team is a group of commentators. They don't do the fighting. When I heard Jim Lampley recently comment on how Mayweather's pot-shotting is unfair and he's impossible to beat, it was in the context of how entertaining it is for boxers to mix it up.

Lampley is coming from a blood-sport mentality. That it's always more fun to watch two men brawl, to battle and bleed, than to use pure boxing skills in a finesse fight. Casual fans don't like the Winky Wrights and Pauli Malinaggis of the world. They like the guys who will trade, ****, etc.

When Jim Lampley said Floyd Mayweather's pot-shotting is unfair and that he's impossible to beat when he does he might have easily just said : Floyd Mayweather is so fast and quick on his feet, when he moves and boxes rather than trading or going for maximum damage, he's too quick to beat and it makes a one-sided fight that we can't sell as well as a war or close battle.

So Floyd should be worried that he dominates a fight to an unfair degree using a tactic some fans don't like? It's boxing. It's a sport. Some quarterbacks are long-bomb throwers, some are pocket passers; the key is getting the job done. Winning a game. Some basketball players are finesse shooters while others get into the paint.

Floyd Mayweather is a pure boxer who relies on speed. He's a lightweight fighter who has moved up late in his career so he doesn't have much pop, and therefore knows he can't afford to trade much- instead sticking and moving, getting in and out, using speed and reflexes to win rounds and win fights. You don't like his style? I get that, but it works.

[El Castigador]

Probably can't call in, but if I could- and you can quote me on this- I'd say:

"Increasingly I've noticed the HBO announcing team show their bias and most boxing fans I've talked to feel the same. They'll ride a fighter the entire night, highlighting mostly his best moments, generally if its an HBO stable fighter.

Even when not being biased, the HBO team is a group of commentators. They don't do the fighting. When I heard Jim Lampley recently comment on how Mayweather's pot-shotting is unfair and he's impossible to beat, it was in the context of how entertaining it is for boxers to mix it up.

Lampley is coming from a blood-sport mentality. That it's always more fun to watch two men brawl, to battle and bleed, than to use pure boxing skills in a finesse fight. Casual fans don't like the Winky Wrights and Pauli Malinaggis of the world. They like the guys who will trade, ****, etc.

When Jim Lampley said Floyd Mayweather's pot-shotting is unfair and that he's impossible to beat when he does he might have easily just said : Floyd Mayweather is so fast and quick on his feet, when he moves and boxes rather than trading or going for maximum damage, he's too quick to beat and it makes a one-sided fight that we can't sell as well as a war or close battle.

So Floyd should be worried that he dominates a fight to an unfair degree using a tactic some fans don't like? It's boxing. It's a sport. Some quarterbacks are long-bomb throwers, some are pocket passers; the key is getting the job done. Winning a game. Some basketball players are finesse shooters while others get into the paint.

Floyd Mayweather is a pure boxer who relies on speed. He's a lightweight fighter who has moved up late in his career so he doesn't have much pop, and therefore knows he can't afford to trade much- instead sticking and moving, getting in and out, using speed and reflexes to win rounds and win fights. You don't like his style? I get that, but it works.

Dam great post man...Im going to read this during the show....since you cant call in.

My stance is "Its not Floyds job to get hit".

[Njord777]

Dam great post man...Im going to read this during the show....since you cant call in.

My stance is "Its not Floyds job to get hit".

On the flip side, because I always try and see the whole angle, Floyd's 'Money May' personality of the last few years, the only side of him some recent fans have ever seen, is like going to the bars of a lion cage with meat, teasing them with it, and then wondering why they want to eat you if you jump in.

Floyd has decided, taking a page from wrestling, to play the money-obsessed jack-ass to sell more. People pay to watch him lose, to hope he gets his big mouth busted up and knocked out. He's acknowledged that in interviews. The guy is aware of it.

If Floyd says he is the best ever- better than any man to ply the trade, to dabble in the sweet science since the dawn of the sport, well; that's a bold claim to make. It might get him extra money when people buy his pay-per-views, but it also means anything short of a lengendary performance is a dissapointment to some.

If Floyd has a good night; that's not good enough. If he looks very sharp- that's not the sharpest. Strong isn't the strongest to throw a punch, right? So he's built himself up to fail the casual fan; and we have to accept that.

Floyd Mayweather put a dominant performance together against a very good, though smaller, technical boxer in Juan Manuel Marquez. The best ever- this mythical boxer- he'd have knocked him out, though. He would have played the game so much better he decimated the other guy. Broken his nose, orbital bone, cracked his ribs- taken the domination to another level.

In truth, I'm a fan of Floyd's but I'm not arguing he's the best ever. I'm arguing he does things I haven't seen anyone else able to do, in terms of ability, in my short boxing life; and that I'm interested to see what he can do next.

He'll always fail unless he puts a Gatti on every man he faces, though. That's where Money May put himself with his mouth, I guess.

[El Castigador]

On the flip side, because I always try and see the whole angle, Floyd's 'Money May' personality of the last few years, the only side of him some recent fans have ever seen, is like going to the bars of a lion cage with meat, teasing them with it, and then wondering why they want to eat you if you jump in.

Floyd has decided, taking a page from wrestling, to play the money-obsessed jack-ass to sell more. People pay to watch him lose, to hope he gets his big mouth busted up and knocked out. He's acknowledged that in interviews. The guy is aware of it.

If Floyd says he is the best ever- better than any man to ply the trade, to dabble in the sweet science since the dawn of the sport, well; that's a bold claim to make. It might get him extra money when people buy his pay-per-views, but it also means anything short of a lengendary performance is a dissapointment to some.

If Floyd has a good night; that's not good enough. If he looks very sharp- that's not the sharpest. Strong isn't the strongest to throw a punch, right? So he's built himself up to fail the casual fan; and we have to accept that.

Floyd Mayweather put a dominant performance together against a very good, though smaller, technical boxer in Juan Manuel Marquez. The best ever- this mythical boxer- he'd have knocked him out, though. He would have played the game so much better he decimated the other guy. Broken his nose, orbital bone, cracked his ribs- taken the domination to another level.

In truth, I'm a fan of Floyd's but I'm not arguing he's the best ever. I'm arguing he does things I haven't seen anyone else able to do, in terms of ability, in my short boxing life; and that I'm interested to see what he can do next.

He'll always fail unless he puts a Gatti on every man he faces, though.

Again good post....

Floyd has said this himself..He just cant get up for anybody...And I dont blame him..No one is even close to him talent wise...

I have a feeling Hes going to put on a performance aginst Pac...I dont think he likes him...I think hes jealous of Pacs attention..Floyd will finish him...Hes never wanted a fight this bad.