Atlanta Braves Thread - The "John Hart/ John Coppollela da real MVPs" Edition

[vols 30]

Anyone on here follow boxing?

 

[Wickman]

Anyone on here follow boxing?

I only enjoy big name cards

 

[vols 30]

I only enjoy big name cards

I used to watch it all the time. It's pretty much sucked for the last 20 years. All this hype over the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is ridiculous. They should've fought years ago.

Only reason I'm bringing this up is some boxing big shot said this fight will bring boxing back, but I think nothing will ever do that.

 

[Regulator]

I know

The last time any of our favorite teams was anything was 2002. I'm tired of sucking

(Clears throat)

 

[Wickman]

(Clears throat)

That was supposed to be won* not was lol

Point stands though

 

[NochNoch]

I used to watch it all the time. It's pretty much sucked for the last 20 years. All this hype over the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is ridiculous. They should've fought years ago.

If you follow anything besides the heavyweight division, it hasn't sucked at all.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Tampa should just sign Kurt Warner imo

 

[vols 30]

If you follow anything besides the heavyweight division, it hasn't sucked at all.

Good call, I do prefer the heavyweights. Heavyweights have sucked since Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson.

 

[Vercingetorix]

For those of us who grew up in the old days, anything other than heavyweights is like watching slap and tickle in the schoolyard. But the main reason I quit watching boxing was the rise of the pay per view.

 

[NochNoch]

Good call, I do prefer the heavyweights. Heavyweights have sucked since Buster Douglas knocked out Tyson.

Oh, no doubt, boxing is never as exciting as when the heavyweight division is good but there have been some of the greatest trilogies of fights, much less single bouts, within the last 20 years.

 

[Vercingetorix]

(Not saying that they're haven't been great fighters in the lower weight classes. Just that, if you grew up when Ali and Foreman and Frazier were alive, part of the spectacle was the sheer size of those guys beating the hell out of each other.)

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

(Not saying that they're haven't been great fighters in the lower weight classes. Just that, if you grew up when Ali and Foreman and Frazier were alive, part of the spectacle was the sheer size of those guys beating the hell out of each other.)

I always hear that one of the things my generation missed out on was when boxing was one of the biggest things in the world.

 

[zjcvols]

I always hear that one of the things my generation missed out on was when boxing was one of the biggest things in the world.

We missed Hulkamania too, the greatest thing to come out of the 80's other than the Rocky movies.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I always hear that one of the things my generation missed out on was when boxing was one of the biggest things in the world.

I only got to see the very end of it, but it was still pretty cool. Heavyweight title fights for free on ABC's Wide World of Sports on Saturday afternoon. It was a different world.

 

[TBrown]

We missed Hulkamania too, the greatest thing to come out of the 80's other than the Rocky movies.

Lmao.. Most of us got hulkamania, BROTHER

Was it really the 80s? I was born late 80s

 

[zjcvols]

Lmao.. Most of us got hulkamania, BROTHER

Was it really the 80s? I was born late 80s

Yeah right around the time.

 

[Wickman]

Roy Jones Jr forever

 

[Wickman]

Also, for those that don't go to the RF, we're recruiting Evander Holyfield's son and he is very big on UT. 4* RB

 

[vols 30]

For those of us who grew up in the old days, anything other than heavyweights is like watching slap and tickle in the schoolyard. But the main reason I quit watching boxing was the rise of the pay per view.

Agree. I used to pay when they first started doing it. Seems like it was around $20 or $25 for a Tyson fight.

I can't imagine what this next fight will cost

 

[zjcvols]

Also, for those that don't go to the RF, we're recruiting Evander Holyfield's son and he is very big on UT. 4* RB

Which son? He has like ten.

 

[Wickman]

Which son? He has like ten.

Elijah lol

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

We missed Hulkamania too, the greatest thing to come out of the 80's other than the Rocky movies.

Hulkamania >>> Rocky movies

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Elijah lol

If he is a Vol, it'll help me sway my nephew to being a Vol fan, that's his name.

 

[vols 30]

Hulkamania >>> Rocky movies

The Hulkster was in Rocky 2 or 3 . Best of both worlds.

 

[Vercingetorix]

That brief period when pro wrestling inexplicably went mainstream was one of the worst things about the 80s. What a disaster.