Why do Brooklyn fighters have this false sense of confidence & greatness?

[killamoneymike]

Zab Judah with his Super Judah shtick, referring himself in third person and often saying "Super Judah is back", usually after a horrible beating. It's like he thinks that he is/was Roy Jones; Super Roy, without the accomplishments or win streak to back it up.

Shannon Briggs is a another one. Jeff Mayweather was his trainer for a little while before he left his camp saying that Briggs was too ****y and expected everyone to kiss his ass and tell him how great he is, yet unlike Floyd Jr he wasn't willing to put in the work. According to Jeff, he skipped out on road work. He was talking himself up so much prior to the snuff film beating he took from Vitali, you would think that he is a legend on the streets of Brooklyn and a world outside of it doesn't exist.

The Chin Checkers - These guys had a bit of notoriety for knocking people out until they themselves got knocked out. These guys, particularly Curtis Stevens, had such huge entourages, you would think that they made 200 Million dollars and won the World Heavyweight Title like Iron Mike. I bet they still view themselves as greater than they really are, smearing certain fighters who keep producing wins after win but who don't box in a style that is 'BK' approved.

Paulie Malignaggie - He has mellowed down a bit after years of humiliating defeats. Remember at his peak how ****y he was. That slick Brooklyn boxer attitude of looking down at other fighters who don't stick and move and dance around. He almost looked at Cotto as a one-dimensional bum prior to their match-up. He berated Ricky Hatton for his lack of skills/ability, even calling him a bum at one point. It's funny because he still has this false sense of thinking that he just had a bad performance against Bum Hatton. It never occurred to him that his Boxing abilities just aren't up to par as those of his idol Floyd Mayweather.

Have I missed anyone?

And now with this Brooklyn face-off between Judah and Malignaggie for the "King of Brooklyn" crown or something? Are you kidding me? Judah is acting like it's some kind of mob turf war and the streets of BK belong to him. Do Jay-Z and his lyrics have something to do with people overrating Brooklyn and their own worth because they were born there?

i am from brooklyn and there is nothing different about how a fighter carries himself. in boxing its all about the skills. if you have the skills, you can have confidence. i'd say all of these guys are great fighters in their own right or atleast have been at one point in their career. theres nothing wrong with having confidence. sometimes fighters will try to trick themselves into thinking their opponent has nothing for them. and it works sometimes.

[Ham Porter]

Jordan
Tyson
Biggie
Jay-Z

NUFF SAID.

The two bolded are rappers - what are they good at, besides hollerin' and waving their hands in the air? There's no talent or greatness to be found in that.

[Bravado]

The two bolded are rappers - what are they good at, besides hollerin' and waving their hands in the air? There's no talent or greatness to be found in that.

Well



Lets think


Maybe...just maybe....I don't know. Rapping?

Rap is a great music genre.

[WheelofConquer]

Parts of Brooklyn are rough, so fighting ability is more valued and respected than other places. The chance of walking past an ass whooping on a street corner is way more than in the suburbs of say Austin Tx.

So if you are a professional boxer from Brooklyn, you will have reinforced pride because of where you come from.

[Ham Porter]

Rap is a great music genre.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Brooklyn is a large, densely populated and diverse borough of NYC. I grew up in Manhattan and spent a lot of time in the Bronx, but I'm pretty familiar with Brooklyn. It has some of the coolest and most affluent neighborhoods in the City (Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, etc.); but, at the same time, some of the worst shitholes anywhere outside the Third World (Bed-Sty, East New York, etc.). There are parts of that borough you had better be packing to make it through. They don't call it "Crooklyn" for nothing.

There are certain urban areas that are old enough, and rough enough, that they've developed a reputation so large that their residents think they're tough by osmosis. There's a scene in the film classic "Casablanca" (1942) where Bogart advises the **** colonel that he "wouldn't advise" the Germans to try and invade certain parts of New York City. Philadelphia has a similar reputation and pride.

[cupocity303]

This happened in Arizona. What are the odds this guy was from Brooklyn:

[4Corners]

Jordan
Tyson
Biggie
Jay-Z

NUFF SAID.

Jordan grew up in North Carolina though. He lived like a few months in Brooklyn as a new born toddler.

[LoadedWraps]

Zab Judah with his Super Judah shtick, referring himself in third person and often saying "Super Judah is back", usually after a horrible beating. It's like he thinks that he is/was Roy Jones; Super Roy, without the accomplishments or win streak to back it up.

Shannon Briggs is a another one. Jeff Mayweather was his trainer for a little while before he left his camp saying that Briggs was too ****y and expected everyone to kiss his ass and tell him how great he is, yet unlike Floyd Jr he wasn't willing to put in the work. According to Jeff, he skipped out on road work. He was talking himself up so much prior to the snuff film beating he took from Vitali, you would think that he is a legend on the streets of Brooklyn and a world outside of it doesn't exist.

The Chin Checkers - These guys had a bit of notoriety for knocking people out until they themselves got knocked out. These guys, particularly Curtis Stevens, had such huge entourages, you would think that they made 200 Million dollars and won the World Heavyweight Title like Iron Mike. I bet they still view themselves as greater than they really are, smearing certain fighters who keep producing wins after win but who don't box in a style that is 'BK' approved.

Paulie Malignaggie - He has mellowed down a bit after years of humiliating defeats. Remember at his peak how ****y he was. That slick Brooklyn boxer attitude of looking down at other fighters who don't stick and move and dance around. He almost looked at Cotto as a one-dimensional bum prior to their match-up. He berated Ricky Hatton for his lack of skills/ability, even calling him a bum at one point. It's funny because he still has this false sense of thinking that he just had a bad performance against Bum Hatton. It never occurred to him that his Boxing abilities just aren't up to par as those of his idol Floyd Mayweather.

Have I missed anyone?

And now with this Brooklyn face-off between Judah and Malignaggie for the "King of Brooklyn" crown or something? Are you kidding me? Judah is acting like it's some kind of mob turf war and the streets of BK belong to him. Do Jay-Z and his lyrics have something to do with people overrating Brooklyn and their own worth because they were born there?

Because they have an ATG fan in AddiX.

[LoadedWraps]

This happened in Arizona. What are the odds this guy was from Brooklyn: