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

[alexguiness]

"Paulie Malignaggie - He has mellowed down a bit after years of humiliating defeats."

That is a bit hard on PM.

He has a very good resume inn a highly competitive division.

Most professional boxers have an inflated ego, it helps them succeed in a tough sport.

It has nothing to do with where they live or were born.

[AntonTheMeh]

brooklyn used to be kings county. so everyone from brooklyn fancies it the borough of kings.

[bklynboy]

brooklyn used to be kings county. so everyone from brooklyn fancies it the borough of kings.

So what about people from Queens County?

By the way Brooklyn is still Kings County. NYC is a strange place. Usually a city is in a county. Here five counties make up one city.

And, as people mentioned earlier - Brooklyn is varied: from very wealthy neighborhoods to hell-holes.

As to stressing Brooklyn versus NY. Brooklyn was an independent city until 1898 and up until WWII many people still considered it to be separate. Here Brooklyn is Brooklyn and the City (Manhattan) is the City.

One more thing - NYers live in neighborhoods (think a bunch of towns right next to each other). So, you're from Bay Ridge, Bed-Sty, Flatbush, Bushwick, Sunset, Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Williamsburg. When you're in the City and people ask where you're from you're from Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, or where ever.

[Derranged]

NY sucks. Bunch of chumps and chumpettes.

Prime Teddy Atlas (From Staten Island NY) would rip that little fruit in your avatar a new one.

[Kagami Taiga]

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

hes not from brooklyn. harlem or the bronx definitely, maybe one of the westchester satellites . his accent isnt a brooklyn accent

[Kagami Taiga]

NY sucks. Bunch of chumps and chumpettes.

isnt max kellerman from ny?

[titan m]

People from bk think theyre hot **** when they go elsewhere. As if geography makes u a bad ass. Theres ppl like that in every city. A douche bag is a douche bag my friend

Ha ha, exactly, there is not much more annoying than somebody screaming how bad they are because they are from here or there, it makes me cringe every time. If you spend your time trying to convince people how hard you are its pretty easy to see through and you look like a joke.

[cupocity303]

Back with another episode of Brooklyn shenanigans. This time it's the aformentioned Brooklyn's favorite son, Shannon Briggs going after our beloved World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitshcko:

[bigsmoothh]

i always asked myself that same questions, dudes are weak.

[cupocity303]

#lets go champ