(June 10, 2012 at 10:14 am)Napoleon Wrote: I'm actually not too familiar with mayorga unfortunately, I have ofcourse heard of him, just don't know much about his career. I'll definitely check him out.
As for show off's, Roy Jones jr was a bit of a show off, and ofcourse Sugar Ray. The biggest though was undoubtedly prince Naseem.
mayorga is the type that isn't a great fighter because of skills, you can see his technique is sloppy, his best shot to win (and he ko'd vernon forrest twice and won his belt) is if he can piss you off and get you into a fight instead of boxing in the ring. he's awkward and they say he hits like george forman - but for his own weight class of course.
yes, naseem was fuckin cocky! i didn't like it on him, because he was "pretty guy" cocky and not "tough guy" cocky. however he was the train wreck that i can't stop watching, knowing how much i dislike him. lol. good boxer tho.
Quote:Why can't you stand him? I've never understood why Lennox was always hated on by so many, a lot of people don't give him recognition as one of the best ever. Even when he clearly proved it, he beat everyone he fought. Everyone in his division.
As for Mccall. "Still couldn't knock him out". C'mon dude, did it really look like Lennox was going for it? He was just boxing intelligently, winning the points, doing only what he needed to. Clearly something was wrong with Mccall, and I think Lewis knew that, so he obviously wasn't going all out to knock him out. But even if you argue he wasn't, Mccall was a fucking hard man, and one of the top boxers of the time. To call him soft? Why does that make him soft? I'll admit myself, Lennox was sometimes a lazy fighter, sometimes too lethargic. But he was undoubtedly a masterclass boxer and one of the greatest. Somehow though Americans don't seem to want to give him that credit.
yeah, lennox is one of the best of those years, but i wouldn't put him in a best ever class at heavyweight. not a chance. yeah, concerning mccall, i like boxers to be finishers and have that killer instinct. as much as i appreciate a nice guy, i'm not sure i always want that in boxing - it IS a pugilist sport afterall. i agree with you tho on a few fronts concerning lennox, he was the tops during his last few years and also that americans don't like him.
i think the reason is because he's a panderer. he claims jamaica sometimes, britain sometimes and even heard him claim "the bx" (bronx, nyc). he has to make up his mind who he's fighting for and be just that. and also, he keeps talking about tea and crumpets. hahaha. i'm ok with that because that's what's up where he's from - but again, it's boxing - that's not where i want to hear about that. i'm drinkin, talkin shit when i watch boxing and i like people who get me hype.
just to be clear, i've talked about naseem and lennox bad and i don't want to get the notion that i don't like british boxers. i LOVE watchin ricky hatton. that dude is a tough mother fucker, he is not scared of blood and he has a lot of vices, yet still shows up to fight - overweight or not. haha. i also like micky ward, tho i realize he's irish and not brit.
funny thing is when i lived in miami beach, i was hitting on some girl on the beach. we got to talking about boxing and she told me she liked lennox lewis, and i blew into a tirade about how much of a pussy he is. uh .... (the damn liquor) ... turns out, he was there - the girl was his first cousin! i didn't back off my point, but inside my chest was gettin all hot, thinkin he may come show me how much of a pussy he is! but he didn't .... whew!
they can land a rover on mars, yet they still have to stick a human finger up my ass to do a prostate exam?! - ricky gervais
