When showboating goes completely wrong!

[Redd Foxx]

nobody will ever consider that a legit win anymore than they consider Golota-Bowe a legit win.

Which is why everyone who matters escalated him to #1 P4P boxer in the world after that victory.... You're failing to convince anyone w/ that argument.

I thought you were a step above those trolls I was picking on but if you wanna be in that camp, whatevs.

Anyhow, I'm not going to ruin the thread w/ side topics. I think the first sentence said all I need to say on the subject.

[VatoMulatto]

Not the best, nor the funniest, but the quality of the opponent getting smoked is impressive.

Don’t know how to post the image, just the link. It’s only 14 seconds long, so it’s worth hitting the link.

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I remember this fight and I felt so bad for Silva. I really wanted him to win lol

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[CubanGuyNYC]

I remember this fight and I felt so bad for Silva. I really wanted him to win lol

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He was at the height of his powers, on several levels, before that shot. Lol

Anderson was never the same since. Next up was the infamous broken leg incident. Ewwww...

[Vlad_]

He was at the height of his powers, on several levels, before that shot. Lol

Anderson was never the same since. Next up was the infamous broken leg incident. Ewwww...

Ahhh that was nasty. I remeber the cracking sound it made when it snapped. Ouch.

[VatoMulatto]

He was at the height of his powers, on several levels, before that shot. Lol

Anderson was never the same since. Next up was the infamous broken leg incident. Ewwww...

Yeah, Silva's aura of invincibility made it difficult to bet against him back then, but that aura was destroyed completely after that fight. Just like when Tarver knocked out Roy Jones jr. I couldn't believe it, and Roy was never the same since.

[IronDanHamza]

That's actually two different fights.

Well edited though.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Yeah, Silva's aura of invincibility made it difficult to bet against him back then, but that aura was destroyed completely after that fight. Just like when Tarver knocked out Roy Jones jr. I couldn't believe it, and Roy was never the same since.

It’s an interesting psychological phenomena among mammals, not just humans. Once that seal is broken, things are never the same. Before the four-minute barrier in the mile was broken, it seemed an impossible feat. Then, when Roger Bannister broke threw, several others followed suit. In a fighter’s case, once he’s been beaten, others are encouraged, and the beaten fighter himself doesn’t regard himself as invincible anymore.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Ahhh that was nasty. I remeber the cracking sound it made when it snapped. Ouch.

I don’t think I’ve watched that footage more than once or twice. I’m not especially squeamish, but that shit is tough to watch. Lol

[Vlad_]

Which is why everyone who matters escalated him to #1 P4P boxer in the world after that victory.... You're failing to convince anyone w/ that argument.

I thought you were a step above those trolls I was picking on but if you wanna be in that camp, whatevs.

Anyhow, I'm not going to ruin the thread w/ side topics. I think the first sentence said all I need to say on the subject.

Ward was escalated to #1 p4p because on paper he did have 2 victories over Kovalev, so by the numbers, in theory, the #1 spot was justified.

However in reality, both wins have an asterix over them. First fight was seen as a Kova victory by the majority of fans and media. As for the second fight, it was incorrectly stopped instead of it being a breather for Kovalev and a possible point deduction for Ward, by an incompetent or corrupt referee...

[Redd Foxx]

Ward was escalated to #1 p4p because on paper he did have 2 victories over Kovalev,

Stopped reading there because P4P is not an on-paper (calculated) ranking. It's an overall evaluation of skill that takes "real world" considerations into play.
Learn the sport before you waste my time with this childish crap.