Each Thursday, FightHype makes some area amongst its video content material to host boxing’s most NSFW mail bag column– Mine. On this week’s Sack, I tackle feedback/questions concerning my tackle the Saudi takeover of boxing, Carl Froch on Combating, and Tank Davis retiring.
Turki Hater
Asshole. I don’t get your fixed hate for the one man prepared to take a position billions into boxing and actually save the game. What Turki has carried out for boxing is greater than all the promoters mixed and with out his work the final couple of years would’ve been lifeless. You do notice you appear to be a complete joke as the one fool crying about one thing that’s past query a constructive for boxing. In case you hate boxing a lot, go away. Everyone seems to be laughing at you.
– A Boxing Fan
Shit head. What number of occasions do I’ve to go over the identical issues earlier than realizing that some individuals are simply too silly or too rotten to care? So, what else can I do however hold talking fact to the dummies, weirdos, creeps, and chronically shortsighted? In case you’re critical about eager to know why this Saudi takeover is a nasty factor (your most likely don’t), give this Notes from Boxing Underground a learn: http://www.fighthype.com/information/article45788.html.
However there’s one additional factor your assault put up touched on that I needed to deal with. So, right here I’m going most likely losing my time and power once more.
So, you’re making an attempt to inform me that every one of those promoters wouldn’t have been placing on playing cards if not for Turki? They’d be sitting at him consuming Cheetos and watching recreation reveals, if not for the grace of Saudi Arabia paying them to run their enterprise? Get the fuck out of right here. That’s some extremely silly shit you’ve gotten swirling in your head area. They actually offered the hell out of the Saudi narrative to your gullible ass.
All that the Saudi cash did was line the pockets of promoters for fights that might’ve/might’ve/ought to’ve been made anyway. Nothing’s been fastened. The takeover will merely simply whittle away extra of the fan base and degrade issues further– making issues tougher for the comeback after Saudi Arabia strikes on from boxing. And if Saudi Arabia DOESN’T transfer away from boxing? Effectively, then it might as nicely be the top of the game for a lot of anyway because the fights shall be fairly inaccessible to the West. The standard may also ultimately endure as developmental, star-building efforts shall be drastically diminished beneath the Saudis, who’ve proven little interest in prospect improvement and received’t have a lot assist in that space as a result of they’re driving most of the consultants within the subject both out of labor or into very subservient positions.
However, at this level, I’m virtually on the “no matter…allow them to discover out for themselves” stage.
Riyadh Season Card
Magno.
That Riyadh Season card in February is hearth. You’ve been doing nothing however working your mouth about Turki and his reveals, however you bought to close your mouth now, proper? Thanks Your Excellency. Thank Magno for nothing.
– P. Morrow
Hey P.
Fuck you. When all is alleged and carried out and issues play out as disastrously as they’re certain to play out, a few of it’s possible you’ll notice that I used to be most likely the one one amongst my colleagues that cared sufficient to not less than try to struggle the nice struggle. I bought information for you, however a variety of these media folks 100% agree with my skeptical tackle the Saudi takeover of boxing, however have chosen to stay silent in deference to Saudi cash and what it means to their very own monetary backside line. THAT is how a lot the care. So, critically, fuck off together with your meat head logic.
Froch on Combating
Hello Paul,
Thanks on your continued tilting at windmills and for offering us with some goal information and correct journalism in our favorite sport. I need to say that I used to be fully unaware of the shenanigans and vested pursuits of the boxing media till I began studying your work a few years in the past.
It now appears that we’ve you and handful of different journalists which might be goal and of all folks, Carl Froch that’s not afraid to talk his thoughts and name out the sycophants. Have you ever seen his stuff on youtube and in that case, what do you consider it?
Stick with it sir! You’re appreciated.
– Louis Cockeran
Hey Louis.
Thanks for the type phrases. I’ll sustain the nice struggle for so long as doable.
I don’t watch an entire lot of YouTube boxing content material, however I’ve seen a few of Froch’s stuff and he’s often proper on the cash. I additionally similar to his basic fashion. He looks like a no BS sort of man and I respect that. We want an increasing number of of his type within the sport.
Tank Retiring?
Hey Paul.
Very long time reader right here. I respect you all the time been actual and sincere with the followers. You don’t get that with anybody else in boxing media as of late.
What do you consider Tank Davis saying he’ll be retiring on the finish of 2025? Do you suppose he’s critical? If he’s, I feel he’ll go down as one of many best wasted abilities of all time. There was simply a lot he ought to’ve carried out that he didn’t get an opportunity to. What’s do you suppose?
– Mike from Brooklyn
Hey Mike.
If he’s actually and actually critical concerning the retirement stuff, then I applaud him. Peace of thoughts is value greater than any belt or any big-money purse. Boxing is a darkish place with a variety of darkish and twisted (to not point out dumb) folks fucking together with your psychological and emotional well-being on a regular basis. It’s a tiring world through which to dwell, even earlier than factoring within the bodily stress of coaching and preventing. So, I fully perceive somebody eager to take away himself from that human meat grinder. He shouldn’t give two grams of a thought concerning legacy if leaving boxing behind is what’s greatest for him.
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