Doug Fischer ETHERS casual boxing fan/Floyd stan

[Newzz]

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/349151-dougies-friday-mailbag-167

I DON’T GET IT

I’m a ‘casual’ and read a recent mailbag suggesting Floyd missed the opportunity to beat Martinez, an opportunity Cotto took and turned in a great performance? Complete bullshyt and why boxing continues to drift further and further outside the fringe of the US sports landscape.

If Floyd had taken on and beaten a 39 yr old Martinez coming off a 14 mo layoff and two knee surgeries, the ‘Floyd criticisms’ of cherry picking, Martinez being shot would have been the narrative. I remember ‘the criticisms’ he got after the Mosley fight; Shane became a shot fighter after Floyd beat him, although he damn near put Floyd to sleep in rd 2.

I miss gathering with my boys for fights, but we’ve had enough of the bullshyt this sport shovels; the personal bias that overshadows broadcasts, analysis and outcomes. – Tony

Wow. I guess that’s the difference between a “casual” boxing fan and a hardcore follower of the sport. The “casuals” get so upset and turned off when the media and boxing industry don’t nuthug their favorite boxers fulltime that they stop watching the sport.

You and “your boys” really gave up on boxing because of “personal biases”? LOL. Dude, that’s as hilarious as it is pathetic. Don’t you know criticism comes with the territory? If you’re a real Mayweather fan, you should ride The Money Team no matter what anyone else thinks.

Gennady Golovkin is one of my favorite fighters (I’m writing this response while on an airplane that’s about to land in New York City where I’ll watch him do his thing at Madison Square Garden tomorrow). You, or someone else, might think GGG is an overrated brute with all the technique of a battery operated toy robot. You might think, like James Ranck, that Golovkin is avoiding Ward. Whatever! I don’t care! I’m still a Golovkin fan and I still enjoy watching him.

I hope Jack, the dude who felt sorry for Rigondeaux and says he appreciates the Cuban’s style, doesn’t get turned off to boxing just because I don’t feel sorry for Rigo and don’t particularly enjoy his brand of boxing.

Have you ever heard of the old saying “Heavy (or uneasy) lies the head that wears the crown,” Tony? Google it if you haven’t. It basically means that when you’re “the man,” you got stress; you got haters.

What it means as far as Mayweather is concerned is that that he’s on top of the sport. He’s the highest paid, highest profile and most lauded boxer on the planet – as evidenced by his deal with Showtime and honors bestowed upon him by the industry (such as the BWAA’s Fighter of the Year award for 2013) and the general sports media (such as his collection of ESPY awards).

When Oscar De La Hoya was in the position Mayweather is in now (basically from 1996 through 2004), “the Golden Boy” had a legion of critics and detractors, too. And I’m not talking about bloggers and Twitter trolls giving De La Hoya shyt, I’m talking about the boss sports scribes of most of the major U.S. daily newspapers. As far as they were concerned he never won a close fight, and if he didn’t take on the fighters they wanted him to fight in a timely fashion they gave him cute little nicknames like “Chicken De La Hoya.”

I tell you what, the criticism pissed off Bob Arum and De La Hoya’s fans, but Goldie took it all in stride. And I’ll say this for the “Golden Girls” (the nickname for Oscar’s more ardent fans) they didn’t whine and cry like The Money Team wanna-bes do now.

Anyway, my point is that every No. 1 Pound-for-Pound/No. 1 attraction in boxing for the last 40 years has been given his share of shyt from the media and hardcore heads.
Ask Roy Jones Jr., Mike Tyson and Pernell Whitaker if you’re too young to remember their reigns, or if you don’t believe me.

My boyhood boxing heroes, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, had to deal with a lot of what I’m sure they perceived as “personal biases.” I certainly didn’t like hearing it or reading about it, but it never turned me away from the sport they taught me to appreciate.

 

[Newzz]

Wow. I guess that’s the difference between a “casual” boxing fan and a hardcore follower of the sport. The “casuals” get so upset and turned off when the media and boxing industry don’t nuthug their favorite boxers fulltime that they stop watching the sport.

You and “your boys” really gave up on boxing because of “personal biases”? LOL. Dude, that’s as hilarious as it is pathetic. Don’t you know criticism comes with the territory?

And I’ll say this for the “Golden Girls” (the nickname for Oscar’s more ardent fans) they didn’t whine and cry like The Money Team wanna-bes do now.

 

[TheNig]

Damn. That's real shyt.

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

I've been reading Fischer's mailbags for almost 15 years. Dude be straight ethering Floyd stans like it's nobodies business. Dude scores a knockout like each time.
shyt is status. Dude really relishes it too. This guy actually got it mild compared to some others.

I don't always agree with his score cards or predictions, but I'm always entertained by his one lines and he does say some real shyt from time to time.

I remember back like maybe 6 or 7 years ago on maxboxing, someone asked him why can't there be a boxer that has a lot of skills like Mayweather, but the warrior heart of Corrales.

nikka replied and said, "There was someone like that. His name was Sugar Ray Leonard."
at such a great response.

 

[ORDER_66]

And I’ll say this for the “Golden Girls” (the nickname for Oscar’s more ardent fans) they didn’t whine and cry like The Money Team wanna-bes do now.

 

[Black_Jesus]

someone else who shares my feelings about Rigo

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

someone else who shares my feelings about Rigo

I also agree that he's been lucky throughout his career as far as promoting and fights go. He hasn't been Paulie Malignaggi lucky, but he's gotten his fair share of opportunities within a small amount of time.

I also think he could be more aggressive when he fights. He has the skills to look exciting like how Floyd was looking back at Jr lightweight and lightweight but doesn't try to.

 

[krackdagawd]

A lot of those nikkas are just fans of Floyd and not fans of boxing.

Now there isn't anything wrong with that except that they don't admit it, they have to come through with their struggle arguments about Floyd being the GOAT/TBE/whatever it is this week.

I will say this though they are setting themselves up for some serious trolling if/when Floyd takes an L, them nikkas put soooo much stock in him being undefeated.

 

[TheNig]

A lot of those nikkas are just fans of Floyd and not fans of boxing.

Now there isn't anything wrong with that except that they don't admit it, they have to come through with their struggle arguments about Floyd being the GOAT/TBE/whatever it is this week.

I will say this though they are setting themselves up for some serious trolling if/when Floyd takes an L, them nikkas put soooo much stock in him being undefeated.

This is what I hate most about Floyd heads. Floyd has the best counter right cross you'll ever see but they don't know shyt about that. They just know that he's undefeated.

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

If nikkas would just admit that they don't really watch boxing like that and that they just check for Floyd only, a lot of bullshyt threads and debates wouldn't exist in here.

 

[Newzz]

This is what I hate most about Floyd heads. Floyd has the best counter right cross you'll ever see but they don't know shyt about that. They just know that he's undefeated.

That check hook counter off the shoulder roll and his "stab" jab to the body though

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

People stop watching ?

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

A lot of those nikkas are just fans of Floyd and not fans of boxing.

Now there isn't anything wrong with that except that they don't admit it, they have to come through with their struggle arguments about Floyd being the GOAT/TBE/whatever it is this week.

I will say this though they are setting themselves up for some serious trolling if/when Floyd takes an L, them nikkas put soooo much stock in him being undefeated.

I just had a convo with my man yesterday telling him that Floyd is about to catch an L before he retires. He said that he was disappointed in me, I told him that he was disappointed in reality, not me.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

If nikkas would just admit that they don't really watch boxing like that and that they just check for Floyd only, a lot of bullshyt threads and debates wouldn't exist in here.