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

[illwill112]

I can't help but agree. Nowhere is the general lack of insight, perspective, and history more apparent than here in NSB. I hate to be "that guy", but when I first joined up here back in June of 2006 there was much more appreciation for previous eras, more knowledge than personal opinion in users' posts, and a healthy portion of the userbase was well versed in boxing history.

Then then De La Hoya/Mayweather "superfight" happened, along with a succession of other "superfights", and the influx of new fans to the sport and the drop off of overall intellect here in NSB pretty much coincide with each other.

Hit it on the nail. I been following this site for years never posted just liked to read go insightful postings and learn more. This site used to offer good knowledge but last or years it has been PAC stans va Floyd stans.

[AlwaysOnTop]

Does Cotto say whether he told Arum he thinks it might be a good deal to fight Mayweather?? The fighters and their managers chose who to fight, the Promoters tell them who's available and how good a business deal it might be, and then boost up the fight.

You clucks seem to think that Arum is a Svengali, and has complete control. Their contracts don't give promoters complete control, except over the event itself. If they did it wouldn't stand up in a court. So get real.

You get real cluck...

Cotto chose not to speak-up for himself...Whenever he was asked about Floyd he gave the Top Rank company response:

"I jus doink my yob..talk to my plomoter"

Evidently Arum is a Svengali..

Soon as Cotto left he gets Mayweather...and his biggest Payday..

[AlwaysOnTop]

You are exactly the type of fans the op is talking about. You can end this thread now because you just validated all he had to say.

To the op well said. It true but it won't ever change. To many keyboard warriors, espcially here on NSB.

Lillwill

The OP is not talking about me in the least bit..

[Future Trunks]

That to me is disrespectful. Claiming to be a boxing expert at 21 is disrespectful to real boxing heads and your sentence is disrespectful to the english language.

How is that?when iv'e been watching Boxing and studying the history of Boxing and train myself for the past 2 years and and have been studying the sport for the last 13 yrs?

[T-97]

How is that?when iv'e been watching Boxing and studying the history of Boxing and train myself for the past 2 years and and have been studying the sport for the last 13 yrs?

So you were 'studying' the sport when you were 8...?

[Future Trunks]

So you were 'studying' the sport when you were 8...?

Yup. Read Ring Magazine and a whole of books. Internet helped out a lot when I started researching fighters.

[bojangles1987]

So you were 'studying' the sport when you were 8...?

That's about when I began too. It's not far fetched, maybe you can't understand the subtleties of the sport but you can at least watch and begin, and see what fighters beat who.

[T-97]

Yup. Read Ring Magazine and a whole of books. Internet helped out a lot when I started researching fighters.

When you were 8? I have a hard time believing this. Especially considering you also just said you've only been watching boxing for 2 years...

[T-97]

That's about when I began too. It's not far fetched, maybe you can't understand the subtleties of the sport but you can at least watch and begin, and see what fighters beat who.

No doubt, but he said he'd been watching boxing for 2 years but studying it for 13. Also, at that age, your not really going to take a lot of it in, or so I would have though.

For example, I remember seeing a fight with my dad when I was around 9 or 10... but I couldn't really say much about it. It was just two guys punching each other to me

[Future Trunks]

When you were 8? I have a hard time believing this. Especially considering you also just said you've only been watching boxing for 2 years...

No I said iv'e been training for 2 years. Iv'e been studying it for 13 years. Ever since I saw Tyson bite Holyfield's ear.