Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
Back in the day kids had class, they'd stand toe to toe and fight with their fists. Winner would wear the same outfit from the fight to the party that night. Now they are going after take downs, ground and pounds - this is the epitome of winning a fight off of opportunism. Back in the day "he went for the take down cause he couldn't beat him toe to toe" it's like you were fighting dirty. It takes nothing to take someone down to the ground and jump on them throw a bunch of punches as if you're scared of them getting up
. . Don't believe me? Ever heard the expression kicking someone while they're down? Why did people let their opponent get up after they knocked them down? Because jumping on your opponent while they were down was considered dirty, it's cowardly like you're scared of them getting up. And I'm talking after school fights where they would shake hands after and usually end up becoming friends later. Obviously a street fight is different, then you immobilize your target the second you have a chance and end the fight as quickly as possible. But if you challenged someone to a fight to see who the better fighter was, you fought with class.
Why isn't wrestling a marquee sport? It's not fun to watch men grapple and roll around with each other? If a wrestler just threw a punch he'd be a disqualified. If a boxer just tried to take someone down and fight on the ground he'd be disqualified . . You have a b*stardization of real sports . . And we all like to see a fight so it works, but it's not boxing. Boxing may have it's up an downs but boxing is eternal - we now no longer wanna see the heavyweights like before, before the heavyweight division was the pinnacle of the sport. Now it could be said welterweight is the marquee division as you have faster, more agile fighters making for more exciting styles.
. . Don't believe me? Ever heard the expression kicking someone while they're down? Why did people let their opponent get up after they knocked them down? Because jumping on your opponent while they were down was considered dirty, it's cowardly like you're scared of them getting up. And I'm talking after school fights where they would shake hands after and usually end up becoming friends later. Obviously a street fight is different, then you immobilize your target the second you have a chance and end the fight as quickly as possible. But if you challenged someone to a fight to see who the better fighter was, you fought with class.
Why isn't wrestling a marquee sport? It's not fun to watch men grapple and roll around with each other? If a wrestler just threw a punch he'd be a disqualified. If a boxer just tried to take someone down and fight on the ground he'd be disqualified . . You have a b*stardization of real sports . . And we all like to see a fight so it works, but it's not boxing. Boxing may have it's up an downs but boxing is eternal - we now no longer wanna see the heavyweights like before, before the heavyweight division was the pinnacle of the sport. Now it could be said welterweight is the marquee division as you have faster, more agile fighters making for more exciting styles.
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