Comments Thread For: In today’s media, truth gets trampled by quest to be clever

[Ham Porter]

Hmm so Stevenson gets 1.5mill to face Dimitry can you blame him? He's collecting 7 figure paychecks before the final cash out against Kovalov.

Kovalov only got 6 figures against Hopkins lol.

He had zero interest in fighting him even before he signed with the tran man.

[The Problem Child]

This says enough:

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^ That right there is 95% of posters in this forum. All smartass, tough but just complete softies in real life who wouldn't even dare voice their strong opinions in public.

[SUBZER0ED]

Last year, both Stevenson and Kovalev were relative newcomers to the sport in terms of exposure. both were getting attention due to their powerful early performances. HBO saw a perfect opportunity to bring further excitement to the sport by building these two up, with plans to have them meet eventually in a big match. Stevenson brought further attention to himself by taking on the nickname "Superman". Kovalev did similar by being dubbed "Krusher". One can easily see how many were left disappointed when Stevenson left HBO for rival Showtime; especially given the fact that the two networks weren't working together to make fights. But fans did have a glimmer of hope that Adonis would still be in a big fight with Hopkins, yet that fell through. Then we were left with the consolation prize of Stevenson vs Pascal, which also never materialized. Instead, we got to see "Superman" fight Sukhotsky, who seemed aptly named, because boy did he suck! So yeah Lyle, we are a bit miffed with Mr. Stevenson. At least Kovalev fought Hopkins. You want to look back at prior competition of Kovalev and Stevenson to justify the crappy fights that Stevenson is fighting now? Sorry, not buying it!

[Grimmer]

This says enough:

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^ That right there is 95% of posters in this forum. All smartass, tough but just complete softies in real life who wouldn't even dare voice their strong opinions in public.

What's his appearance got to do with anything?


Surely what's important is content of his opinion, no?

[NEETzsche]

complete softies in real life who wouldn't even dare voice their strong opinions in public.

yeah, this is certainly how i imagine some posters here...

[JohnnyRebel]

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[Dr Rumack]

In a 20 month period, Ray Leonard fought Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran x 2, and Thomas Hearns.

He averaged an ATG opponent every six months.

This writer is a moron.

[NOI]

What makes it worse, they think the article is about them, when it is about the authors contemporary. I.E the "anointed king of boxing media". He's talking about a lazy media who hop on bandwagons and try to make a Team Edward/team werewolf environment among the fans.

That **** right there is worst. It's not even organic any more. The media keeps churning out these fugazi polarizing figures for everything and people bend logic to try to force it to happen. It's crazy.