Comments Thread For: Steward Hits The UK, Start Preparing Fury For Wilder Rematch

[LoadedWraps]

Absolutely. I’ve always said If you look at his overall skill set, he can switch hit flawlessly, fight Inside or outside, great feet, high IQ’s, excellent defence, can fight backwards or forwards. Great punch resistance and recovery. Heart of a lion.

There’s a lot of excellent fighters that can do some of those things very well but not all of those things. Even Loma has shown he can’t do all of those things.

The only other fighter with that many strings to the their bow might be Crawford, but even he hasn’t done it to the level Fury has in terms of opposition.

Fury is the most complete fighter in boxing. He is absolutely levels above the rest of the division. AJ is considered top 2 or 3 and he’s so basic in comparison.

Exactly. Well said.


Steward has refined some things with Fury but Fury has always been a complete high ring IQ monster. And I agree that Lomachenko and Crawford are the next two complete boxers in the game. I love that Fury and Lomachenko love to showboat, Crawford has a touch of that but hes a bit more business and I love his mean streak where he enjoys punishing fighters. All of them chess grand masters in the ring.

[Mindgames]

How is it right to be confused by simple words.
"Dem fite free timer" would be preferable to you?

Me am tuff, me not no big words cos them is fur sissees.

You can be tough and intelligent, they aren't mutually exclusive.

Translation:
U can have big brainy box (not be dum dum) and still be big, strong man. You no have 2 chuus betwein.

The Harry Potter book "the Philosopher's stone" was released in America as "the Sorcerer's stone" because they didn't think American kids would know what "philosopher" meant.
Well they never will know what it means if they aren't introduced to the word.
"Mum (sorry) Mom, what does philosopher mean?" problem solved, new word learnt, an extra word in the kids vocabulary. Why pander to ignorance?

Third fight, fight three, sounds about, right to me.. Ooh look, I wrote you a poem..

[Marvlus Marv]

Wilder is getting Kronked again.

[Angeljuice]

Third fight, fight three, sounds about, right to me.. Ooh look, I wrote you a poem..

And a beautiful poem it is;-)

[edgarg]

Tri-stram Shandy, Tri-focal, Tri-bulation...and ehh, umm...

Really? Language is in a state of constant evolution, man - no point in getting precious about it. So long as people understand the meaning that is being conveyed the most bastardised of pidgins is just as valid as the Queen's own.

Yeah so tri-logy was originally about books, but I think that firstly, as long as everyone knows what its being meant there's no issue, and that secondly from it's root meaning trilogy refers to three 'stories' or 'accounts' in context... which ain't a bad way of looking at it.

If you wanted to get fancy of course, you could always run with something like tritomachia 'the third fight', or go with the Russian troika (a group of three) or trinity or refer to it's latin root for 'tertial'... but why bother?

You missed out "tri-lateral", and the most pertinent of all,,, TRI-CHINOSIS.

You are really far to clever for me..I tri-ckle away in abject defeat.

Incidentally, I was in Kobe for over a week in 1970...A VERY interesting and uniquely enjoyable place.

[Citizen Koba]

You missed out "tri-lateral", and the most pertinent of all,,, TRI-CHINOSIS.

You are really far to clever for me..I tri-ckle away in abject defeat.

Incidentally, I was in Kobe for over a week in 1970...A VERY interesting and uniquely enjoyable place.

Green K man, I like word-play and anyone who thinks about that kinda shet at all is OK in my book.

Name's not a reference to the Japanese city though but a cynical take on the nom de crime of the Soviet dictator.

[edgarg]

"Trilogy" is a far better term than "their third fight", which is awkward to say in comparison.
Trilogy doesn't mean the same as "fight" so you would have to use "the" or "their" third fight which is at least 6 more letters to write.

It isn't that "trilogy" is scholarly, it's that "their third fight" is clunky and cumbersome.
We shouldn't be dumbing down the English language for the benefit of the lazy brained, they should elevate their vocabulary instead.

I note your remark about "dumbing down"....Do you really believe that using "trilogy", which really is meant for other contexts, is "uplifting" the proverbially beetle=browed, low hair-line boxing fraternity. Are you not afraid that they might get "brain fever...??,

"Their third fight" says exactly what it is, and has been used for centuries to indicate a simple fact. Why become an "educator" in a sphere where none is needed. "Boxing" is a plainly understood sporting term and event, and using mystical, esoteric, confusing words like "trilogy" could cause the collapse of the whole industry...

Remember the Collapse of The Roman Empire" because of internal burrowing... !!!

Boxing has survived far longer, because it calls "a fist, a fist", and not "a clenched collection of 5 digits, each having 3 bones, except the apposing thumb which has two". (the etymology of the word "thumb" will be explained later, so as not to confuse the present issue)

To continue.....Oh better not... anyway, "third fight" suits boxing better than "trilogy"... Just my opinion.

[LoadedWraps]

It's a trilogy because each fight is a chapter of a story that develops before our eyes. The drama in the ring creates itself, and it is marvelous.

[eco1]

Shouldn't Wilder start with the excuses as why he lost the 3rd fight?
I mean, excuses are as good now as in a few months from now.

[PunchyPotorff]

Quote:
Originally Posted by edgarg
I think the word "trilogy" is vastly overused. Does it make those using it appear more "scholarly"...Why not use the logical term and just say, "their third fight".(it's even 2 letters shorter) In accounts of multi fights between the same two fighters in past years, the word trilogy never appeared.
It reminds me of the guy who was talking about bigamy. his listener asked what if he's married to a third woman as well.... So the guy answers proudly.."that's called trignometry"..

"Trilogy" is a far better term than "their third fight", which is awkward to say in comparison.
Trilogy doesn't mean the same as "fight" so you would have to use "the" or "their" third fight which is at least 6 more letters to write.
It isn't that "trilogy" is scholarly, it's that "their third fight" is clunky and cumbersome.
We shouldn't be dumbing down the English language for the benefit of the lazy brained, they should elevate their vocabulary instead.

I was just gonna say edgarg has too much time on his hands... but your analogy is much better.