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Prince Naseem Hamed was not a combo puncher. He had piss poor defense (as exposed by Kevin Kelly). He had no boxing IQ (as exposed by Barrera). Despite all of this he entertained. Even in the fight he lost he still entertained. But he goes largely not talked about since retirement because nobody remembers anything but his entrances and getting exposed by Barrera across 10.
Chris Eubank was not a combo puncher. No head movement, no evasion, no concept of defense. But he entertained. Even in loss against Collins and Calzaghe he still entertained. Yet, all people talk about is him holding his son back. Nobody remembers how dominant he was up until he met Collins.
Another fighter...the only fighter with a 100% knockout record - he knocked out and/or stopped every fighter he was in the ring against - half of you on this board don't know his name, and if I told you his name, you couldn't name one opponent he faced. And he KO'd a few notables. That's not a knock against you specifically, but it knocks your theory that people want "excitement". That's the myth. These are the fighters that get forgotten first, fastest.
Two of the three most memorable fights in boxing history went the distance and were clinchfests: Rumble in the Jungle and Tyson/Holyfield.
Ali/Frazier, a feud every boxing fan knows, was a clinchfest across the trilogy.
Two of the fighters people call legends were clinch masters: Muhammad Ali and Grabomir Clinchko.
Wrong. Boxing is "hit and do not get hit". Not slugging. The Ruslan Provodnikov way of fighting is not the right answer. Thus why he's now a journeyman that nobody cares about and why a guy like Chris Algieri is getting the big money fights.
You have choices. There's MMA. There you can see risk taking, excitement, knockouts, chokeouts, blood, everything. Go watch that for your fix. It's there for you.
Prince Naseem Hamed was not a combo puncher. He had piss poor defense (as exposed by Kevin Kelly). He had no boxing IQ (as exposed by Barrera). Despite all of this he entertained. Even in the fight he lost he still entertained. But he goes largely not talked about since retirement because nobody remembers anything but his entrances and getting exposed by Barrera across 10.
Chris Eubank was not a combo puncher. No head movement, no evasion, no concept of defense. But he entertained. Even in loss against Collins and Calzaghe he still entertained. Yet, all people talk about is him holding his son back. Nobody remembers how dominant he was up until he met Collins.
Another fighter...the only fighter with a 100% knockout record - he knocked out and/or stopped every fighter he was in the ring against - half of you on this board don't know his name, and if I told you his name, you couldn't name one opponent he faced. And he KO'd a few notables. That's not a knock against you specifically, but it knocks your theory that people want "excitement". That's the myth. These are the fighters that get forgotten first, fastest.
Two of the three most memorable fights in boxing history went the distance and were clinchfests: Rumble in the Jungle and Tyson/Holyfield.
Ali/Frazier, a feud every boxing fan knows, was a clinchfest across the trilogy.
Two of the fighters people call legends were clinch masters: Muhammad Ali and Grabomir Clinchko.
Wrong. Boxing is "hit and do not get hit". Not slugging. The Ruslan Provodnikov way of fighting is not the right answer. Thus why he's now a journeyman that nobody cares about and why a guy like Chris Algieri is getting the big money fights.
You have choices. There's MMA. There you can see risk taking, excitement, knockouts, chokeouts, blood, everything. Go watch that for your fix. It's there for you.
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