Boxing makes me so sick with this constant 'marinating' and waiting out fights!!!

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  • The Big Dunn
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    #51
    Originally posted by Cobra Curry
    I get that, but for me you then have to strike while the iron's hot when it comes to the big fights, otherwise they go stale.
    Don’t disagree but see my response to Split Second.

    I think a truly big fight doesn’t go stale. The fights that go stale are fights like gamboa/lopez.

    Tyson/Holyfield, Floyd/manny never went stale.

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    • Cobra Curry
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      #52
      Originally posted by The Big Dunn
      Don’t disagree but see my response to Split Second.

      I think a truly big fight doesn’t go stale. The fights that go stale are fights like gamboa/lopez.

      Tyson/Holyfield, Floyd/manny never went stale.

      I see what you're saying, but I do think that much of the suspense was drained from the Floyd/Pacquiao fight by the time they got it together.

      Fights like Joshua/Wilder and Spence/Crawford will never be quite what they ought to have been imho.

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        #53
        Originally posted by Cobra Curry
        I see what you're saying, but I do think that much of the suspense was drained from the Floyd/Pacquiao fight by the time they got it together.

        Fights like Joshua/Wilder and Spence/Crawford will never be quite what they ought to have been imho.
        That fight was always going to look like that if you are really honest. Floyd in 2009/10 was so much faster and powerful than 2015.

        What made that fight so big is the belief Manny could be the guy that beat Floyd. That fight wasn’t doing 4 mil in 09/10 but the outcome is the same.

        Those fights won’t be same because wilder lost and Spence had the car accident. If Spence Crawford sign to fight there will be huge buzz, especially if one beats manny first.

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          #54
          Originally posted by The Big Dunn
          That fight was always going to look like that if you are really honest. Floyd in 2009/10 was so much faster and powerful than 2015.

          What made that fight so big is the belief Manny could be the guy that beat Floyd. That fight wasn’t doing 4 mil in 09/10 but the outcome is the same.

          Those fights won’t be same because wilder lost and Spence had the car accident. If Spence Crawford sign to fight there will be huge buzz, especially if one beats manny first.
          Please man you don't know what that fight looks like in 2009-2010 because Floyd didn't want nobody to know. If he did he would have made the fight and beat the prime Manny who stopped Hatton and Cotto. No risk, high reward fights is all Floyd was looking for. No surprise he's digressed to Japanese kickboxers.

          I hope these boys go ahead and fight each other now while they are in their primes, so we can know who's who. Please don't do like Floyd and overmarinate fights with the best guys, then whine about nobody giving him credit for a guy whos pushing 40, and already is raked thru the coals.
          Last edited by djtmal; 11-09-2020, 06:14 PM.

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            #55
            Originally posted by djtmal
            Please man you don't know what that fight looks like in 2009-2010 because Floyd didn't want nobody to know. If he did he would have made the fight and beat the prime Manny who stopped Hatton and Cotto. No risk, high reward fights is all Floyd was looking for. No surprise he's digressed to Japanese kickboxers.

            I hope these boys go ahead and fight each other now while they are in their primes, so we can know who's who. Please don't do like Floyd and overmarinate fights with the best guys, then whine about nobody giving him credit for a guy whos pushing 40, and already is raked thru the coals.
            You’re not really a boxing fan. You’re almost strictly a Manny fan so I understand why you don’t get it.

            Manny was better but Floyd was better too. The gap between them was greater.

            Again you missed the point. We all want them to fight when they are there best selves.

            Don’t really want to talk about Floyd or manny.

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