Comments Thread For: Fighting Words: I Will Not Fight: Complaints, Demands

[jbpanama]

I have never seen anywhere that Manny P. DEMANDED that Oscar weigh in at 143 with very limited rehydration. That would never happen yhese days. It happened in the old days, as I recall reading a similiar account about a Joe Gans fight. The poor guy not only had to starve and almost ide of thirst, but it also cost him both his title and perhaps his life as he died not too long afterwards of "galloping consumption" which is today knoown as T.B.

Oscar was a 8-5 fav at the BOOKs, just like STEALING!!!

[rambov]

The point here is that they are all the same.

[ShoguNinja]

Their are good points in this article but the reality is... Boxing is Prize-fighting. Take it or Leave for another sport. If the moronic boxing fans in this forum and the arm-chair experts(journalist, bloggers and wannabe experts) wants to do something to change it for the better. They should put on boxing gloves and boxing shoes and called HBO or Showtime and you tell them that you will fight each other for "free" of talent fees but on PPV and the proceeds will go to the Teddy Atlas Foundation?!

[SamuraiSam]

by David P. Greisman - I want to be world champion. I want to be seen as the best in boxing. And I want fortune to go with my fame.

I am the fighter. I leave the rest to my team, to my manager and promoter and trainer. You hear me say this after every victory. They line ‘em up and I knock ‘em out.

Except it’s never truly that simple.

I want everything to be perfect. I want everything to go my way, for every promotion to cater to me. I have a list of demands longer than a rock band’s list of contract riders.

I want everything but a six-pack of water, chilled, and a bowl of nothing but green M&M’s.

I want the ring to be small when I face someone with much less power than me.

I want the ring to be large when I face someone with far more power than me.

I want 12 rounds for a non-title fight, not 10 rounds, and I want 10-ounce gloves, not eight ounces, and I want the gloves for both me and my opponent to be Winning Gloves, not Reyes.

I won’t take a fight with George Foreman III unless I can get a free George Foreman Grill. Oh, and also an autographed picture of the man himself.

I will not fight without a rematch clause. Or maybe I will not fight unless there is a rematch clause.

I will not fight if there are contractual options. Or maybe I will not fight unless my opponent gives up contractual options. [Click Here To Read More]

Danny "Swift Gift" Garcia: "I WILL NOT FIGHT ... a legitimate defense of my lineal title ... THANKS TO AL HAYMON."

[MrTambourineMan]

so true boxers should be paid less in my opinion it would make them be more old schooll..they have become divas instead of warriors

Has gone on to rigorously defend every Diva demand made by Floyd since.

[SamuraiSam]

Has gone on to rigorously defend every Diva demand made by Floyd since.

I laughed when I saw the irony when I started reading through this thread. I didn't want to embarrass the boy, and I counted on other readers to step up and do the honors. Thanks for being the first to step up and call him out on it.

Anyway, it's thanks to an article by Tim Starks on "50 Ways To Kill A Boxing Match" (http://bloguin.com/queensberryrules/...ing-match.html) that bumped this thread and the article from three years ago. It was fun & interesting to see how things haven't changed over the years, and the new things in the game that have changed.

[Dean_Razorback]

so true boxers should be paid less in my opinion it would make them be more old schooll..they have become divas instead of warriors

all athletes should be paid a lot less, not just boxers.

[ElMeroChingon]

Floyd id the biggest Diva of them all. Fool cries if he doesn't get his way.

Theres an interview where one of Floyds care takers was asked what she remembered about FLoyd as a kid?

she said: "He was reallu spoiled as a kid".

enough said.

[SamuraiSam]

Floyd id the biggest Diva of them all. Fool cries if he doesn't get his way.

Theres an interview where one of Floyds care takers was asked what she remembered about FLoyd as a kid?

she said: "He was reallu spoiled as a kid".

enough said.

Wow, makes sense and explains a lot. "Spare the rod, spoil the child." That's what makes young punks grow up with a sense of entitlement & the formation of a diva mentality.