When Has a Fighter Ever Mocked his Opponent Like That?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

TBH, no. I've never seen that fight. Going to go back and watch it, though. From what I heard about it, roger was dominant. And well, Vinny never was great IMO. Lot of energy but he lacked technique in a big way.

Yeah roger was dominant but it's still pretty wild... Check out the highlight video if you can, it will sum it up nicely..

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Yeah roger was dominant but it's still pretty wild... Check out the highlight video if you can, it will sum it up nicely..

Will do and thanks for these links! Great stuff...

[mick1303]

If you meant it as a literal question, Rigo has done the same thing. In MMA, Anderson Silva took it a few steps further, and Fabricio Werdum is the KING of trolling opponents.
And, then there's this;


I'm sure some turd will take this post as an attack on Loma somehow so I have to add this disclaimer; Loma is wonderful.

You probably forgot how this fight went. In the beginning Mayorga tried to taunt Tito. But soon realized that he is no timid Forrest and this does not work. Tito started to beat the snot out of him. He tried to wrestle and headlock Tito, but it turned out that Tito was also physically stronger. Then he became this fake ass sportsman and started to touch gloves with Tito. This was weak as h*ll...

[Baltimore]

The most mocking thing that I remember comes down to four words. Lets see who remembers where they came from.

"I like Mike Vick"

I wouldn't call that mocking his opponent but then again the amount of ****iness that took was disrespectful.

It was awesome

P.S. : Dont know how you didn't get a response to this yet saying which fighter it was considering who we are talking about.

[Redd Foxx]

You probably forgot how this fight went. In the beginning Mayorga tried to taunt Tito. But soon realized that he is no timid Forrest and this does not work. Tito started to beat the snot out of him. He tried to wrestle and headlock Tito, but it turned out that Tito was also physically stronger. Then he became this fake ass sportsman and started to touch gloves with Tito. This was weak as h*ll...

You think anyone would forget and somehow think Mayorga won that one? You have a weird-ass chip on your shoulder about this fight apparently. Lighten up there guy. The thread is about mocking. Don't wind up as subject matter.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

You think anyone would forget and somehow think Mayorga won that one? You have a weird-ass chip on your shoulder about this fight apparently. Lighten up there guy. The thread is about mocking. Don't wind up as subject matter.

Subject matter. LOL. That's a mock.

I recall this little gem as well. Crawford sticking his tongue out at Postol around 3:00. Haha...

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[LoadedWraps]

I've actually had this same thought. What is the deal? Are trainers not teaching them anymore? It's strange.

We've been over this discussion many times over here on BoxingScene because new fans refuse to do their homework.

The talent pool has shrunk tremendously since the golden age of boxing, with less talent (less fighters, less trainers) comes less competition, which means less growth, which in turn produces less elite level boxing to be exposed to the world, which leads to there being less trainers who possess the knowledge, and less fighters being brought up in the best systems, and of course with the decline in popularity comes less fighters in gyms, and so on and so forth.

These days any scrub with a few AM fights can train a cat in a gym. But he is limited in what he can teach his pupil - he is limited by his own experience and understanding of the sport. This same guy could put out 20 fighters who reach club level status for all we know. There go 20 low/mid level pros who can't do much more than the fundamentals unless they are proactive about it. Fundamentals and heart.

The fundamentals of boxing are easy to learn, it's where you go from there that's challenging. What you do with it.

There was a time when Nacho/Roger/Roach/D'mato type trainers were on every other block in a city.

Now you have to cross the world over to find wisdom of that level.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

We've been over this discussion many times over here on BoxingScene because new fans refuse to do their homework.

The talent pool has shrunk tremendously since the golden age of boxing, with less talent (less fighters, less trainers) comes less competition, which means less growth, which in turn produces less elite level boxing to be exposed to the world, which leads to there being less trainers who possess the knowledge, and less fighters being brought up in the best systems, and of course with the decline in popularity comes less fighters in gyms, and so on and so forth.

These days any scrub with a few AM fights can train a cat in a gym. But he is limited in what he can teach his pupil - he is limited by his own experience and understanding of the sport. This same guy could put out 20 fighters who reach club level status for all we know. There go 20 low/mid level pros who can't do much more than the fundamentals unless they are proactive about it. Fundamentals and heart.

The fundamentals of boxing are easy to learn, it's where you go from there that's challenging. What you do with it.

There was a time when Nacho/Roger/Roach/D'mato type trainers were on every other block in a city.

Now you have to cross the world over to find wisdom of that level.

Thanks for the lesson Loaded. I feel smarter...and sad. I hate to see the knowledge diminish.

[LoadedWraps]

Thanks for the lesson Loaded. I feel smarter...and sad. I hate to see the knowledge diminish.

The good news is boxing is the oldest sport in the world and it's not going anywhere.

And we have film going pretty far back to study lol.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

The good news is boxing is the oldest sport in the world and it's not going anywhere.

And we have film going pretty far back to study lol.

This is true. And man. YouTube has done wonders. I remember the days of having to watch for ESPN to show the old fights or order DVDs off the internet. Great times we live in...

And I'll remember this and break it down to anyone else who raises this question. You gave the best answer I've ever read. Thanks!