Desperate American heels

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Sure thing, tough guy....

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A lot of internet tough guys in this thread. They obviously didn't feel able to go to war a third time, it happens when fighters know each other well. It's still a greater accomplishment than racking up post counts...

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The website came under new ownership who replaced human moderation with AI and banned political talk.

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Paul would presumably need to get ranked with the WBC first? Only the WBA have had the audacity to rank him thus far....

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Oregonian is one of many resentful losers on this forum who doesn't even like boxing and just logs on to disrespect fighters. I suggest putting him on ignore....

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Further illustrates the absurdity of having all these belts....

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Proportionately speaking it's probably about the same. I've seen plenty of US hypejobs come and go in my lifetime, and their fall from grace is usually higher because of the media backing they've been given.

I've actually appreciated many US fighters, I am just bored of these 'heel' characters...

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'American exceptionalism' was a term invented by foreign policy hawks to justify bombing and invading Third World countries. I am going to assume you don't support that....

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Great answer, thank you. And what's interesting is that none of the names you mention behaved like heels.

Kelly Pavlik had a good local following and wasn't a heel, also....

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The guy obviously has very low impulse control. He said he'd been working on himself so he knows he has a problem. I mostly feel sorry for the children who are having to grow up around this....

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With the news about Gervonta Davis, how long until the WBA sanctions an 'interim' belt at lightweight?

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The WBA will see this as an opportunity to make him 'champ in recess' and create new full and 'interim' titleholders simultaneously. They will promise the winners will meet but they never actually will.

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Let's bring it back to boxing. Why can't more US fighters build a local following in the manner of say Hatton or Calzaghe?...

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Reads like an unreliable denial to me. Notice how he's still 'supporting' Rodriguez and minimising his failed drug test by referring to it as an 'obstacle'.

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Oh wow, I must have time warped back to 2009 when this might have meant something.

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The US has higher per capita wealth than the UK but that's about where the superiority ends in my opinion. General education standards are lower, higher levels of religiosity, lack of history and culture. Even US imperialism is more crude.

When it comes to boxing specifically, your best...

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You're welcome. Although I would suggest at least half are comprised of your argument with May-Pac obsessive djtmal (who is on my ignore list for that very reason)....

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Why does the United States produce more 'heel' characters in boxing than any other nation? British media will usually refer to 'the brash American', with brash being a polite way of saying 'obnoxious imbecile'. Berlanga is the latest one who follows Miller, Lopez, Broner and countless others.
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Wlad getting chinned by Sanders is one of my favourite boxing moments. Let's be honest, the Wlad era was appalling. Jab fests against a series of American C fighters. His supporters would point to his KO ratio but this was misleading as they were often late stoppages born of his opponent's exhaustion....

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Yeah, it's really boring to be honest. It makes me question whether I want to follow a sport filled with all these insecure, emotionally immature males....