How bad does a fighter have to be before you give up on him?

[SonnyG8R]

Once I am a fan of a fighter I never give up on him. I just pray he will hang up the gloves before he tarnishes his repuation or gets seriously injured.

[TheRealDunnagan]

w/e spinksjinx I suggest you quit being so much of a fanboi, get your own avatar and learn to stfu.

and let go of spinks' scrodum.


edit: thanks for the bad rep bump. You insulted me, so of course I'm going to insult you back. What do you do when I insult you back? Act like a little hoe and click my name, and click bad rep. go ahead and post your RL pic, I know your a ***** irl

[spinksjinx]

w/e I suggest you quit being so much of a fanboi, get your own avatar and learn to stfu

I think you need to check yourself into a grammar class my friend.

How am I being a fanboy? Im not parading around praising any fighter...Explain this my dear friend?

[TheRealDunnagan]

you are being a fanboi in two ways;

1> you lack the creativity to make your own forum name, so you use spinks. you are just as bad as those *******s named 'Ironmike' and etc. you are using a champions name and it's lame.

2> by using spinks picture as your avatar, by taking the time to put that up rather than your own pic.

[spinksjinx]

Who in the hell wants to look at me, who in the hell wants to look at you?

Your Garbage to these boards and contribute nothing.

[jayrichardse]

old and rotten

[hollister]

Yes, I'm talking about Wlad.

He lost spectacularly to Sanders, a man with a punch, but also a man who was brought in as "opponent" only. He considers himself more a pro golfer than pro boxer, for christ's sake.

He went on to fight and defeat 2 corpses, one of whom had never fought outside Argentina.

Then, after hitting Lamon Brewster with everything he had, he got KO'd again, in spectacular fashion, crawling towards his corner after the bell like a whipped dog.

He comes back against yet another "opponent" in Davarryl Williamson, gets knocked down, is losing energy chasing TOS around the ring, and luckily wins because the fight is stopped on cuts. He may have won had the fight gone the distance, but it certainly wasn't assured. He was doing nothing to hurt Williamson and Williamson was looking fresh for the home stretch. It easily could have gone either way.

I've been a fan of boxing my entire life, and I have never seen anything like the fans who stand behind this once "Man Who Would Be King, But Fell To Mediocrity".

Wlad has some skill, and he has given us some beautiful performances, but it's been proven at least twice, some would think 3 times, that at his young age he is already past his prime. His chin has been proven weak, his stamina is definitely in question. Is he going to have to lose to Jeremy Williams before people start jumping off the bandwagon? I mean, even in the weakest Heavyweight division in ages, he can't sustain a rise to the top.

No offense, but do you change football teams like this too? Fan is short for fanatic, it's kind of what defines a fan.

[hollister]

And the fact that you say you've been a boxing fan all your life leads me to believe that you are knowledgeable on the sport, and just for whatever reason, have decided that you dislike Wlad. True enough, he hasn't quite lived up to the hype, but he has accomplished things in the ring, and has always been humble about it, that in it's self gets some of my respect. I'm not saying he's the next coming, but to say he's shot is ridiculous.

[vB Martin]

No offense, but do you change football teams like this too? Fan is short for fanatic, it's kind of what defines a fan.

no, but when they start losing to teams who have never done anything, I have a tendancy to quit betting on them and admit they need to do some major reshuffling. I guess that makes me smart and not a "fanatic"/

I'm not taking anything away from what he's accomplished. I still fully believe that if he were to shed 15-20 lbs of his overblown physique, he would lose the endurance problem, but he's not going to do that. I also believe that the chin has a lot to do with the endurance problem.
Until he can correct those things, to say he's anything *but* a shot fighter is ridiculous.

If he were going in against any heavyweight who possessed decent skills and could punch, would you bet your house on him?

[vB Martin]

PS: Hollister, don't you love the intelligent discourse in this thread?