is the presence of death what makes Boxing exciting?

[IIG]

I always make sure that I watch the live feed of a fight as opposed to a delayed taping on HBO 2 or something, because if some truly crazy or gruesome **** happens, I don't want it to be edited out. Still, I don't want to see anyone die in the ring. That Oscar Diaz collapse was especially horrible, because it was after the fight was over. You would think if someone was going to get hurt it would be in the heat of combat.

[eli porter]

humans are savage, we want to see knock outs. most of us don't want to see death though.

Can you take your gif away? i find it quite unsettling.

nothing personal, I just thinks it's in bad taste.

[Daim]

I've thought about this long and hard, and am convinced that people freak out and get that buzz on those big fight nights, or get buzzed about fights in general because of the ominous presence that lurks. You can't tell me when they made Castillo vs Corrales I, that if you knew anything about boxing you didn't automatically know someone was going to get carried out that night. Sometimes you just know the knockout or pain will come when you see a particular matchup of two styles that are just horrible for each other. It's like a subconscious thing...

When you see these insane matchups it makes us happy. The purists will tell us this makes them happy so they can see the sweet science. The bloodthirsty millions will say they want to see a knockout. The truth of the matter is that the respect given to people who box on the world level is because of the risky nature of the venture. We're talking about taking a risk where you won't get old 'properly mentally' and that's in the very least. So champions are given more respect by the public than say, someone like the president or a dictator of a country. Well deserved respect I can say, but the question remains, is it the presence of death that makes combat sports attractive to the general public? I got C's in Psychology in college, but from what I've studied about psychology, it looks like a big maybe

I've been following this sport for 15 years and have to admit I've never been attracted to boxing or any other combat sport because someone might die, obviously sometimes you want your least favorite boxer to get whooped for talking crap or some **** but I never would want a boxer to die in the ring because of a fight.

Last time I wanted for someone to get KTFO so bad and got it was Hatton against Pac for all the **** he was talking before the fight, and to be honest I felt really bad when I saw Hatton out cold with his eyes rolling to back of his head.

[Golden Boi 360]

Can you take your gif away? i find it quite unsettling.

nothing personal, I just thinks it's in bad taste.

your two sigs are in bad taste, might upset any ****sexuals on the board. please take them away.

[Tiozzo]

humans are savage, we want to see knock outs. most of us don't want to see death though.

your gif is pretty disgusting to me

why do you promote men violence towards women ?

[Frighteous]

I always make sure that I watch the live feed of a fight as opposed to a delayed taping on HBO 2 or something, because if some truly crazy or gruesome **** happens, I don't want it to be edited out. Still, I don't want to see anyone die in the ring. That Oscar Diaz collapse was especially horrible, because it was after the fight was over. You would think if someone was going to get hurt it would be in the heat of combat.

yes you do

but it's ok, lol.

[Daim]

your two sigs are in bad taste, might upset any ****sexuals on the board. please take them away.

Not to be a lil ***** about it, but yeah it is pretty disturbing to seem them cowards slap the **** out of a girl who was just minding her own business then gets kicked afterwards, I guess that's one of the reasons you idolized Valero so much...

[eli porter]

your two sigs are in bad taste, might upset any ****sexuals on the board. please take them away.

why would it upset ****sexuals? because ****sexuals don't like seeing one man kiss another?

nice logic there fool...

Also, you might have noticed there's no casual violence against women in my sig. I doubt anyone would really find my sig more obnoxious.

[Tiozzo]

in a certain way, today's boxers are modern gladiators, and just as SRR said, there is something barbaric about putting 2 men in a ring and watching them fight until one collapses

I think we may have a taste for blood, or a taste for watching 2 human beings beat each other up

I guess it's an ethnological thing

but I'm not sure about the death thing
most people would be disgusted if they witnessed a death in the ring (I think)

personnaly, it is the possibility of the drama that turns me on, not the possibility of something dangerous happening

[oaklandstephen]

I've thought about this long and hard, and am convinced that people freak out and get that buzz on those big fight nights, or get buzzed about fights in general because of the ominous presence that lurks. You can't tell me when they made Castillo vs Corrales I, that if you knew anything about boxing you didn't automatically know someone was going to get carried out that night. Sometimes you just know the knockout or pain will come when you see a particular matchup of two styles that are just horrible for each other. It's like a subconscious thing...

When you see these insane matchups it makes us happy. The purists will tell us this makes them happy so they can see the sweet science. The bloodthirsty millions will say they want to see a knockout. The truth of the matter is that the respect given to people who box on the world level is because of the risky nature of the venture. We're talking about taking a risk where you won't get old 'properly mentally' and that's in the very least. So champions are given more respect by the public than say, someone like the president or a dictator of a country. Well deserved respect I can say, but the question remains, is it the presence of death that makes combat sports attractive to the general public? I got C's in Psychology in college, but from what I've studied about psychology, it looks like a big maybe

i just like watching 2 great fighters test there skills against each other and see whos r greater.