Embarrassing Fight Night God-Praying Backfires?

[Rip Chudd]

Floyd says his skills are "god given". Say they are. Doest this means he doesnt have to train?

Floyd is an idiot. Anything he says should be considered a joke

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Who would've thunk it, NSB is full of priests, preachers, deacons. Do we have a pope out here too? DempseyTrolling maybe? Since he does it all.

[Seiko]

Another one that comes to mind is Dirrell in the Froch fight, then losing lol.

I have no problem with fighters or people believing in God or whatever helps them.

One thing I don't like though is when athletes "thank god for the victory" or an actor thanks god for winning some award.

I just feel like their are so many other things that actually matter, as oppose to your silly sport or movie that "God" would/should care about.

[Seiko]

Another one that comes to mind is Dirrell in the Froch fight, then losing lol.

I have no problem with fighters or people believing in God or whatever helps them.

One thing I don't like though is when athletes "thank god for the victory" or an actor thanks god for winning some award.

I just feel like their are so many other things that actually matter, as oppose to your silly sport or movie that "God" would/should care about.

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[Ferrarijones]

Hopefully in the future people will understand how religious beliefs are formed and why they persist. And by understanding they wont mock them and laugh at them and display the sort of condescending, obnoxious arrogance that passes for enlightenment by atheists these days.

btw im atheist, but dont look down on people because of their beliefs. Many of them are better people than myself.
To single out one aspect of who they are and use it to belittle them is silly imo.
Many of the greatest boxers have faith. Why overlook everything they have achieved in such a tough sport and insult them for their beliefs?
Like most boxing fans, if you met them in real life you would be slobbering all over them.

Well said. Just because someone chooses/doesn't choose to believe in some higher power doesn't mean you should belittle their beliefs.

[SlySlickSmooth]

This is what asking God to help you beat someone else's ass does for you.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

I can think of a few..

Obviously most recent is Shawn Porter when he did that real strange hugging thing with his pops before the fight, praying to their gods..

Another one which springs to mind is when Hamed did the whole god praying religious shout out before the Barrera fight and ends up getting beat

what about when pacquiao held a praying ceremony in his hotel room with like 20 people before the marquez fight and then he gets ko'd

any others?

Naz was the worst perpetrator of it. I'm an atheist but when he started that whole "Islam is the only religion and Mohamed is it's messenger" he was really disrespecting Barrera and his beliefs.

I can't recall a fight where I was so happy to see someone humbled like that.

[Rip Chudd]

This is what asking God to help you beat someone else's ass does for you.

Manny prays for the safety of both fighters. He doesn't pay that God will magically grant him a win.

[Divine Hammer]

This is what asking God to help you beat someone else's ass does for you.

God is with you in victory AND defeat. always remember this.

[bojangles1987]

Takes a real egotistical mother****er to think the God you believe in will help you beat the **** out of another human being, or you think God actually did help you beat the **** out of another human being.

Andre Ward knows, that's why he hugs instead of punching and why he doesn't want to fight anymore.