I'm getting sick of these no personality fighters.

[rochemback]

I enjoy a heated build-up if there's really bad blood in the air, like Vargas - Mayorga or De La Hoya for example.
But trying to be bad-ass just for the sake of it is just as ****** as hiding behind the promoter all the time. Sorry for singleing out Darchinyan, but he's the first that comes to my mind. Cheap build up talk with crossing the line several times and then "sorry, but you know, it was just business", screw that.
I'd rather see two fighters showing honest respect for each other.
And as long as they are fighting the best out there aka Cotto, I don't think anyone should really complain.

[Silencers]

I actually just seen that clip recently. That kind of stuff is what made boxing crazy fun imo. Classic stuff right there man.

Yeah, Toney's the man when it comes to this stuff.

[Check]

I enjoy a heated build-up if there's really bad blood in the air, like Vargas - Mayorga or De La Hoya for example.
But trying to be bad-ass just for the sake of it is just as ****** as hiding behind the promoter all the time. Sorry for singleing out Darchinyan, but he's the first that comes to my mind. Cheap build up talk with crossing the line several times and then "sorry, but you know, it was just business", screw that.
I'd rather see two fighters showing honest respect for each other.
And as long as they are fighting the best out there aka Cotto, I don't think anyone should really complain.

I agree with a lot of that post and I wouldn't want all fighters to do it. Besides, not all of them can do it. It takes a brash talker and a guy with swagger to pull it off and not look fake but if they got it, they need to do it. We aren't in a sport that usually the good guy gets paid. We are in a sport of entertainment, so entertain me. Chad Dawson for example is a great fighter but he doesn't say ANYTHING and he wonders why he fights infront of 4000 people crowds. Sure a guy like Pac gets paid but he also backs it up with an in your face type of style. He is a rare exception.

[rochemback]

Well, not everyone has the personality for that and if you can't back it up it makes you look incredibly ******.

[Eric Holder]

I don't really care about their personalities as long as they're entertaining in the ring..... nothing irks me more than a boxer that sounds like a pitbull during press conferences and then fights like a poodle in the ring

[rochemback]

Yeah, Kevin Johnson before the Vitali Klitschko-fight for example, all that delusional trash talk when everybody knew there's next to no chance for him. And the he even "tops" those low expectations by giving one of the most uninsprired performances of boxing in 2009. Ridiculous. I'd rather see him waste his energy in the ring opposed to before trying to hype the fight...

[Smokin'J]

This thread made me remember Tyrone Trice's challenge to James Toney after one of his fights, said he would bet Toney that he would knock Toney out before the 10th round, Toney was sitting ringside. Toney being Toney went into the ring, grabbed the mic and said they could fight right then and there. Trice's people had to take him back to the corner. Good times.

He made a 50k bet and the ref actually brought him back

[ANDROID_DOES]

yea check you are right! Boxing is taking a ****! boxers are ***en ******* now! everyone is protected, everyone is scared to lose, everyone wants easy fights in hopes of one big payday. it's bull****. I remember the james tony's, i remember bhop and roy jones, talking **** to eachother in hopes of a rematch, I remember Bowe interrupting a hollyfield interview to talk **** to him. i remember tyson tellling lewis he wants to eat his kids during a post fight interview, i remember floyd calling out EVERYONE when he was on FNF. **** now is a joke.

[oc9979]

This thread made me remember Tyrone Trice's challenge to James Toney after one of his fights, said he would bet Toney that he would knock Toney out before the 10th round, Toney was sitting ringside. Toney being Toney went into the ring, grabbed the mic and said they could fight right then and there. Trice's people had to take him back to the corner. Good times.

when toney dropped the mic. it sounded like wrestling for a moment.

[ANDROID_DOES]

Right away you can tell who hasn't been watching boxing for too long. I remember this! These were the glory days of boxing! This is when people would talk about boxing all day every day!