How Boxing Myths Continue

[Tony Trick-Pony]

1st off what type of moron would take information from a FICTIONAL show as fact?, 2nd what type of idiot thinks that false info on a $h!tty tv show is going to start bixing myths...

So you've never been watching a fictional show, see a fact stated, and taken it to be true? They often are true, whenever the writers did their homework. In this case, they either didn't do their homework or just didn't care. Either way, the majority of the time, yes. Most people will take it to be true without researching it for themselves and then they'll be hanging out with friends and bring it up and if the friends don't know any better, then they will repeat the lie. This happens all of the time. And well, people shouldn't take it as fact, but shoulda, woulda, coulda. In the end, the lie spreads and as evidenced often on this forum, a consensus forms that it really happened, when it didn't.

[Jc8804]

You know, I've heard that many times, but I never was sure. I would think it would make a fighter mean as hell once they got in the ring, but I don't know. As long they didn't have sex the day of or right before, I don't see that it would hurt.

It has to do with weak legs and a fighters testosterone.


After sex your legs are weakened
And your testosterone is leaked

This is true.great discipline fighters follow this at least two weeks out.

How many fighters have their wives at camp ?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

It has to do with weak legs and a fighters testosterone.


After sex your legs are weakened
And your testosterone is leaked

This is true.great discipline fighters follow this at least two weeks out.

How many fighters have their wives at camp ?

Yeah, I was watching some video on conditioning where the guy said if he had to fight Muhammad Ali, he'd want it to be right after Ali got some. Like you say, his legs would be very weakened and he's be off. Makes sense.

[b00g13man]

I was recently watching Justified and it's a fine show. But there is an episode in season four titled "The Bird Has Flown".

At one point, Rayland Givens says, "I don't know the game much...Outside once I saw Sugar Ray Leonard put Roberto Duran down with a bolo punch when I was a kid."

And WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?

A casual would hear this and believe it.

http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.o...?f=112&t=15318

I remember that episode. Good show.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

I remember that episode. Good show.

Oh I like the show. Just wish they wouldn't have thrown in a lie.

[K-Nan]

This is exactly my point. Sure, it is fictional, but when a character makes a supposed factual statement, the majority of audiences will say, "Oh wow. I didn't know that."

Maybe I'm biased as a boxing fan but I still think the majority of audiences are ******ed.

[GrandpaBernard]

The silliest myth

Amir is some master outfighter

[about.thousands]

The biggest myth in boxing is that Canelo isn't a middleweight. And the media won't call him out on it

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Maybe I'm biased as a boxing fan but I still think the majority of audiences are ******ed.

Haha. That could very well be true. There are individuals who aren't, but yes. In groups, people tend to act like idiots.

[Larry the boss]

How people think Foreman was killing Ali until he won the fight , when the truth is Ali was outboxing him and up on the cards