i dont think i watch boxing for knockouts, but then i think we all do really, if somebody had 30 wins no knockouts, compared to someone with 25 but 24 kos and 5 losses, i reckon we'd prefer to see the guy who can bang, its part of andre wards problem, he is a great great boxer, but is there the mainstream hype around him as there was when pacman was decimating his opposition? However i do love ko's as an equaliser, when someone is behind on the cards but you know they have the power to end it, thats why we love endings like Froch-Taylor
Do you enjoy watching knock outs?
Just wondering if you watch a fight in anticipation of a knock out? To me it's pretty much neither here nor there. Having said that, I did quite enjoy watching Tyson's first 20 fights when they showed them a few years ago on ESPN classic. It was a bit like an Alien film, you knew people were going to get it but just not how.
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:deal its what we watch for, whether we think we do or not, theres a reason punchers are so popularI love watching a real back and forth contest, where the favour swings back and forth, a real battle of wills. One of the best fights for me in recent years, that wasn't really much of a technical fight but more of a war was froch v pascal. A great fight between two guys who were on pretty much the same level at the time. A KO would probably have ruined the fight as a spectacle, so in one sense i'm glad no one got KO'd in that fight.
I think that a KO can be a by product of someone who is a great technical fighter. Someone like Floyd for example.
I think saying you are not a fan of KO's in boxing is like saying you don't enjoy your footies team scoring goals to be honest
i didnt like seeing Alvarado get ko'ed against Rios, that was a real good fight from start to finish, with momentum changing all the time, was a bit gutted it finished so early, would like that to have gone on
i thought it was just me that didnt like him! i cant quite put my finger no why i want him to lose so much, i think its the freddie roach parkinsons thing, coupled with the fact he got an absolute gift against Abril:deal Add to the fact that Rios is a massive bellend too.
finally ive found someone else who doesnt like him. ye i really want him vs matthysse as an eliminator for garcia, matthysse would declare warThe roach thing was terrible, also cant quite remember if it was the same 24/7, but when he was joking with margarito getting his hands wrapped and bought in a slab of concrete pretending to tape it up, I was disgusted how they could even joke about it when margarito had been caught red handed (no pun) trying to cheat. The abril decision was a joke, loved when abril slapped him at the press conference, that soon shut him up from talking shit about gamboa!
Dont get me wrong, rios-alvarado was potentially FOTY, just a shame that twat had to be the victor. Would love to see one of matthysse or broner in with him, shame it wont happen though.
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