(June 10, 2012 at 11:46 am)jackman Wrote: point, naz was entertaining. another, yes, i certainly do tend to lean toward the tough guys. one omission from this is evander holyfield. tough as concrete nails, but after every fight he praised god for giving him whatever (strength, skill, will, blah). that makes me despise him.
Yeah that's another thing. Evander was another fighter who made Lennox's era a good one. Holyfield was and is considered by most fight fans as one of the greatest fighters in heavyweight history, but I'll go back to my point about Lennox not recieving his due credit. Lennox was the better of the two, or at least his equal and proved it in the ring despite the controversy surrounding the fights. So why then would Lewis not be considered one of the greatest as well.
As for him praising god all the time, Tyson did this with 'Allah' quite a bit too haha. You still like him though
Quote:i understand fully, your appreciation of the skill. i like that too, there were definitely some with both braun and skill. also, you make good points about lennox again. he can and does claim all of the places, so of course he is welcomed to do it. it's just why i and most other americans don't like him. golota on the other hand, was a shadow tough guy. he had the look and size to be imposing, but if you weren't intimidated, you found he had a glass chin. when hurt, instead of losing, he would opt to get disqualified by hitting you repeatedly in your balls. the polish hammer, lol.
True, Golota was a dirty bastard of a fighter. Maybe he did have a glass jaw, certainly he didn't put up much of a fight against Lewis. And if that's the case then I get why you don't like him, all I don't get is that most people don't appreciate how good he really was.
Quote:yeah, i was guilty of what i hate hearing from others, calling someone in pro sports a pussy. i meant it relative to the best boxers and not relative to regular guys on the street. i fully realize that he may well break all but 2 bones in my face if he punched me. so that point is not lost on me, i spoke wrong in that instance. he's a knowlegable commentator but listening to him bores the piss out of me. roy jones is a great commentator to me.
Yeah I get what you meant by it. It's just funny because everyone who says it would never say it to their faces haha.
I've never heard them commentate really so I don't know how good commentators they are.
