New Age Boxing "fans" are so disrespectful...

[talip bin osman]

to be fair, if there was any internet forum back in the day, nuthugging and hating would've been prevalent too which i think are the root causes of the "disrespect" you are talking about...

[S IP U IR S xII]

mostly its just people disrespecting boxers achievements to win arguments with eachother.

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[Canelo Phresh]

This should be fun.

[#1Assassin]

I'm only 21 but I have trained and study the sport's history and is basically an expert on it.

New Generation "fans" have no respect, proper perspective or knowledge for or of the past accomplisments, pioneers, innovators, champs, great legends, and warriors of the past.


Heres some of the bullshi iv'e heard or been told through the years......

"Oh Manny Pacquiao is the modern day Henry Armstrong!"

"Floyd Mayweather invented the pullcounter technique!"

"Joe Frazier was a one handed Boxer!"

"Sugar Ray Robinson was not as skilled as Floyd Mayweather!"

"Jake Lomatta, Gene Fullmer, and Rocky Graziano were nothing brawling bums!"

etc....


I can go on and on....


Roger Mayweather sounds like a genius man when he says "Most people don't know **** about Boxing!"

good post and you are right. most "fans" know nothing about boxing, they cant comprehend what really goes on in there from a technical standpoint, how it is to be in a fighters shoes and dont know **** about history.

they talk out of their ass and make fools out of themselves and dissrespect the sport in the process. problem is the ppl who realize that are a minority since most fans are ignorant.

the worst part for me isnt the lack of historical knowledge but how they diminish how all fighters are tough as nails compared to the common man. they talk about boxing like its something anybody could do but they have no idea what its like. ppl call world champions *****es and ******* behind a laptop with no achievments of their own, what would that make them by comparison? its pathetic.

[Rapid Counter]

Most of them fans you are talking about have not only never boxed a day in their life but have never even been in a single fight in their life, not even a school yard brawl. Most of them are still living with mummy and spend all their time in front of the pc because they are too scared to go outside.

[Furn]

I is a expert too.

[-jose-]

Most of them fans you are talking about have not only never boxed a day in their life but have never even been in a single fight in their life, not even a school yard brawl. Most of them are still living with mummy and spend all their time in front of the pc because they are too scared to go outside.

What He Said...

[nomadman]

I'm only 21 but I have trained and study the sport's history and is basically an expert on it.

You is basically an expert on teh sport's history, eh? Excellent. I look forward to many fine and insightful posts from you in the classics section.

[Future Trunks]

You should go back in time and warn the older fans instead of attacking freezer and his dad!

But in all seriousness I do agree with you in general! That being said I see it more so with mma fans then I do see it with boxing fans.

Boxing fans are more respectful towards old school boxers!

Also in todays day and age ppl are just full of chit and there bunch of know it all, they think wikipidea/internet is be all end all and they dont really follow a boxers career and therefore its all about highlight reel on internet thus they fail to educate themselves on past fighters history and the various forms of boxing they used to get to the top!

Yeah I'm a MMA fan and trust me there are alot of moronic "I trane UFC!" fans who don't know **** about MMA and have any history on it.

If there are no more boxing fans in the world, it would be the end of all of us! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

LOL! I like the Trunks/DBZ reference.

[Bushbaby]

Well it is hard to understand & realize the history of the sport when fans have to constantly make excuses for the fighters they support now. SRL & Hearns would have been nailed to a cross if both sat at 147 & refused to fight.

But now we got Floyd & Pacman both staking out 1 corner of the once prestigious 147 & fighting guys they're supposed to beat & having their fans defend them. While they give it to em dry & are loved for it.