I watched HBO's Boxing on Sunday morning, and I saw Arturo Gatti get systematically annihilated by a newcomer Carlos Bladomir, from Argentina. They also showed Vargas get his clock cleaned by Sugar Shane Mosley.

They make a big deal about a fighter moving up from the 147 lbs class to 154 pound class. Dude, that's 7 pounds. And the commentators go on and on about how big of a deal it is for a fighter to move up in class to fight a "much bigger man"... Seven pounds?

I've never boxed before, but I've been in, and seen a number of street fights, and I've seen little guys tag-up on some bigger guys, and- as you'd expect, I've seen big guys, man-handle some smaller guys. What I want to know is, why the big deal is between a 147 lb man, moving up to 154 lbs. Can 7 pounds really make a difference in a fight?

I'd love to see, in boxing, the best fight the best. I'd like to see Floyd Mayweather fight Roy Jones Jr., I'd like to see Oscar DeLaHoya fight Lennox Lewis... I mean, they're all professionals- at the top of their game... Each capable of dropping an opponent with a carefully placed chin shot.

Am I off the mark here? Can someone enlighten me? I just don't see where a few pounds makes a whole helluvalot of difference.

 

A couple pounds maybe but

Delahoya vs L Lewis?

Yea right.

 

A guy that walks around at 180-190 lbs. between fights and loses to 147 against a guy that has to pack on 7 lbs to fight him? Yeah, it makes a difference. Bladomir isn't a newcomer. He's undefeated over the past seven years and he took apart the overrated, but sometimes dangerous, Zab Judah to get the title. Gatti has never quit in a fight that I've seen, until this one. He just couldn't hurt the guy and he knew it.

 

Boxing is probably the world's oldest professional sport. And, while I'm not an avid boxign fan, I do tune in when a major fighter is fighting. I still remember watching in amazement as a seemingly way too good for his peers Roy Jones Jr., systematically, and playfully dismantled his opponents, almost like a grown man fighting a child.

Sure it's barbaric- but, the arena fills up, and pay-per-view gets rich because people want to see it on TV. Some peopel think Football is barbaric, and more people die from football (heat exhaustion, spinal injury) per year, than does boxing...

 

Are you feeling ok today?

You need to get away from that college...they are warping your mind.

 

Most of them are smarter than we are.

 

 

Allowing them to fight in a natural setting and using them to fight by training them for such is two entirely different things.

 

What ever happend to the fighter.. King Hippo?

 

It's illegal for people to fight to the death. That's the big deal about c0ckfights and dogfights. It's very likely that one, if not both, of the animals will die during or after the contest. Not to mention that the animal generally has no choice in the matter, and doesn't profit from the activity. They put 3 inch metal spikes (spurs) over the natural spurs of a rooster to maximize the damge inflicted. The handlers are not immune to danger either. A well placed spur can kill a man as well as the other rooster.

 

He got a tummy ache.


Punch to the mouth
To the gut....left..right...left...right...repeat....


ding ding ding...

ah the memories...

The one I really hated was Super Macho man....you screw up one time on the timing and that freaking super punch would knock you down.

 

Ughh... memories of frustration... must hate super punch....

 

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You just crossed it.

 

Its coming back to the Wii...just so we can relive all that aggravation again.

 

What is Wii? Is that Nintendos new system?