Comments Thread For: Daily Bread Mailbag: GGG-Derevyanchenko, Spence, Hopkins

[Claude Palle]

He writes like someone pretending to have knowledge on a subject he knows little about. The whole thing about Liston was just made up fiction.

What part about Liston was fiction. Sonny was before my time but by all accounts he was a beast and the Ali fights? Were they even legit?

[CaptainWalrus]

He writes like someone pretending to have knowledge on a subject he knows little about. The whole thing about Liston was just made up fiction.

You're an expert.

[CaptainWalrus]

Last week was the best mailbergs, this one was without a shadow of doubt the worst.

Have to wonder if Bread even watched the Spence vs Porter fight at this point.

Then you accuse the other guy of being in his feelings when clearly you are the one having an emotional bias.

You claim Spence wanted to KO Garcia, but during the whole build up he and his trainer were adamant that Skill, and not size would be the determining factor in the fight. After the fight Spence even mentioned that Sugar Ray Leonard (his idol) claimed he couldn't box better than Mikey and he proved he could box better.

Also, Porter didn't dictate nothing. Spence was the one constantly walking him down and had him against the ropes alot of the time, the only time Porter would have Spence against the ropes was when he did that SUPER AWESOME switch around move, but even that only worked two or three times before Spence adjusted to it.

Porter still pulled the switch successfully every once in a while, but the difference later in the rounds was that instead of him having the advantage after the switch, Spence was the one nailing him and punching him all the way back to the center of the ring.

Look at the way the fan wrote his question. I think the response was spot on.

[CaptainWalrus]

Anyone ever ask Bread how he feels about Black gay ppl or nerds??? He always talks about tough guys and old school??? Times are changing

That was weird.

[4truth]

What part about Liston was fiction. Sonny was before my time but by all accounts he was a beast and the Ali fights? Were they even legit?

Maybe Breadman was joking but about Liston, I don’t know but he was no more than 35 when he fought Ali, probably just 33. Liston was definitely a beast but he only had basic skills and he was slow as phck. Liston never saw 50 shyt, he never saw 45.

[4truth]

You're an expert.

I’m old enough to have seen his fight with Ali and interested enough to have read about Liston. That doesn’t make me an expert but it makes me informed enough to spot BS.

[Claude Palle]

Maybe Breadman was joking but about Liston, I don’t know but he was no more than 35 when he fought Ali, probably just 33. Liston was definitely a beast but he only had basic skills and he was slow as phck. Liston never saw 50 shyt, he never saw 45.

"People don’t realize his prime was actually before his title reign. He was ridiculous in the late 50s"

Breadman meant the 1950's, lol. Liston was 28-0 with 23 stoppages between 1955-1963.

[4truth]

"People don’t realize his prime was actually before his title reign. He was ridiculous in the late 50s"

Breadman meant the 1950's, lol. Liston was 28-0 with 23 stoppages between 1955-1963.

I disagree but feel so ****** for totally misreading, that I have no further comment

[Claude Palle]

I disagree but feel so ****** for totally misreading, that I have no further comment

It happens. We all read things quickly at times. Liston was before my time so I cannot really speak of his skillset. His story is very intriguing with the alleged mob ties and drug use.

[Chrismart]

Another good piece from Bread. I enjoy his stuff on here and on Twitter.