It's not about the fighters. It's about the fans. You know, the fans who say they are the greatest heavyweights ever and Sam Peter is better than Joe Frazier, or that Muhammad Ali was a 180 pound cruiserweight.
Oh my.. When there were talks of Wlad-Peter I people were calling Peter the hardest hitter since 70's Foreman
Sam "Sack of Shit" Peter was always that. When he had his first loss (lost, NSB), they put him in with an old Audley Harrison opponent to bring back "Sam the Destroyer". WHO NECKS??? Probably someone with a losing record to make you look good, Sam.
The bias on this poll (ALL UK fighters as one option?) is clearly weighted, but the reality is, of course, being a "fan" of a fighter is letting go of objectivity.
Being a Brit, being at the mercy of Skysports and Boxnation I can tell you its the Britpack. Im sure you mustve heard our commentators and summarists at times when watching UK footage. If John Rawlings, Barry Mcguigan, Steve Bunce are not biased and home favouring then I am an all American.
Khan has his level of dellusion but for the creme de la creme our own Carl Frochs level of dellusion both from him and his humerous fan base takes the main prize. Now we get to hear him again rewriting history leading up to the Groves rematch. Already on day one of the signing he presented a version of fight 1 that can surely only exist inside Carl Frochs own imagination.
Nostalgiasts. Its embarrassing to be a boxing fan sometimes. Every other sport most fans generally accept that progress happens in sports. Progress is quantifiable in numerous ways and impossible to rationally attack. Boxing has a ton of delusional idiot "fans" who think various fighters who fought 50 years ago would stand a chance against top modern fighters. Its embarrassing as a fan of boxing that boxing fans on average are probably the least intelligent fans of any sport on the planet.
It's not about the fighters. It's about the fans. You know, the fans who say they are the greatest heavyweights ever and Sam Peter is better than Joe Frazier, or that Muhammad Ali was a 180 pound cruiserweight.
What is the difference between Frazier and Peter, really?
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