Boxing - Does Felix Trinidad Still Have It?
Felix Trinidad Boxing
'Boxing's dead.'
'Boxing's not what it used to be.'
'There are no good fighters out there today.'
These are just one or two of the comments thrown around by fans of the game of kings waiting patiently for a lungful of life into the flailing lungs of fighting.
in spite of a virtual plethora of associations boasting their own version of an international title, almost everybody would fail to name even one of the people who stake claim to a sort of the fragmented heavyweight championship. WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO ( quite possibly, another organization surfaced as this article was being written ), is it significant anymore?
Yet with at least five world heavyweight belts, can the casual observer name even one champion? If this is the case be assured that individual is in a rare group. Try naming 2, 3, or 4. I'll bet that my eight years old niece would have an improved chance at naming all 4 Beatles.
I sat impaled in front of an enormous television that was set within a wooden cabinet. There were 2 round knobs to switch the channels on the right side of the monstrosity, one for the UHF channels which regularly broadcast static.
Somewhere within the channel selection of two, 4, five, seven, 9, eleven, and thirteen, I witnessed Ali win his title back from Leon Spinks ; Sugar Ray Leonard win the welterweight championship from Wilfred Benitez ; Alexis Arguello fall to Aaron Pryor two times - I watched a few cartoons back then too. Between closed circuit TV and wire, my boxing fix was pleased with wars from some of the best wrestlers to ever lace up gloves. Leonard beat Hagler. These men all fought each other, and were so dominant that they only must be referred by their last names to be recognized.
Is it truly important to say'Mike' when talking of Tyson? Nuff claimed.
Iron Mike was boxing's last personality that can be recalled by the average joe or casual fan. Sure there had been Holyfield, Big George Foreman, and Lennox Lewis - all great champions, two of who bested Tyson. Still, most folk remember Iron Mike. Tyson fights surpassed the game of fighting. They were never fights ; they were grand glasses : events of their own. It didn't matter who the opponent was. Mike could have been pit against the Pope, Elvis, or even God ; and it would be called'The Tyson Fight.'
Today's fighting PPV numbers pale in comparison to the consistent record breaking cards that Tyson pulled even if his career was on the fall. Commercials, print media advertisements, and - for the first time in boxing history - a complete cable Real-life TV series was filmed to hype the fight. Subtract those extra costs and see if Iron Mike isn't still fighting's PPV king.
Rules are incorporated to ensure safety and lose the barbarous brutality of a street fight. Biting and poking in the eyes are two examples of banned offensive strategies.
Though many boxers had pre-eminence in street fights, many factors - outside of being a great fighter - come into play to account for the success. A fighter trains to punch quicker, harder, and more meticulously. Joined with boxing abilities, you've got a no contest in favour of the fighter. Still, the former champ's great boxing talents were banished to nothing when a street fighter turned mixed martial artist took him down to the mat and pounded him before submitting him with a guillotine choke.
Yet, even as MMA appears to be the development of fighting, it could stand to learn a little thing or two from the successful sport. Many of us may not know that Wladimir Klitschko holds three of the alphabet soup of heavyweight boxing titles, but he earned extra cash in his unification bout with Sultan Ibragimov than each MMA fighter on the last UFC ( ultimate Fighting Championship ) card mixed.
And can boast that he also earned more for the losing effort than most MMA wrestlers, even champions, have earned in their whole career.
Only time will tell.
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'Boxing's dead.'
'Boxing's not what it used to be.'
'There are no good fighters out there today.'
These are just one or two of the comments thrown around by fans of the game of kings waiting patiently for a lungful of life into the flailing lungs of fighting.
in spite of a virtual plethora of associations boasting their own version of an international title, almost everybody would fail to name even one of the people who stake claim to a sort of the fragmented heavyweight championship. WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO ( quite possibly, another organization surfaced as this article was being written ), is it significant anymore?
Yet with at least five world heavyweight belts, can the casual observer name even one champion? If this is the case be assured that individual is in a rare group. Try naming 2, 3, or 4. I'll bet that my eight years old niece would have an improved chance at naming all 4 Beatles.
I sat impaled in front of an enormous television that was set within a wooden cabinet. There were 2 round knobs to switch the channels on the right side of the monstrosity, one for the UHF channels which regularly broadcast static.
Somewhere within the channel selection of two, 4, five, seven, 9, eleven, and thirteen, I witnessed Ali win his title back from Leon Spinks ; Sugar Ray Leonard win the welterweight championship from Wilfred Benitez ; Alexis Arguello fall to Aaron Pryor two times - I watched a few cartoons back then too. Between closed circuit TV and wire, my boxing fix was pleased with wars from some of the best wrestlers to ever lace up gloves. Leonard beat Hagler. These men all fought each other, and were so dominant that they only must be referred by their last names to be recognized.
Is it truly important to say'Mike' when talking of Tyson? Nuff claimed.
Iron Mike was boxing's last personality that can be recalled by the average joe or casual fan. Sure there had been Holyfield, Big George Foreman, and Lennox Lewis - all great champions, two of who bested Tyson. Still, most folk remember Iron Mike. Tyson fights surpassed the game of fighting. They were never fights ; they were grand glasses : events of their own. It didn't matter who the opponent was. Mike could have been pit against the Pope, Elvis, or even God ; and it would be called'The Tyson Fight.'
Today's fighting PPV numbers pale in comparison to the consistent record breaking cards that Tyson pulled even if his career was on the fall. Commercials, print media advertisements, and - for the first time in boxing history - a complete cable Real-life TV series was filmed to hype the fight. Subtract those extra costs and see if Iron Mike isn't still fighting's PPV king.
Rules are incorporated to ensure safety and lose the barbarous brutality of a street fight. Biting and poking in the eyes are two examples of banned offensive strategies.
Though many boxers had pre-eminence in street fights, many factors - outside of being a great fighter - come into play to account for the success. A fighter trains to punch quicker, harder, and more meticulously. Joined with boxing abilities, you've got a no contest in favour of the fighter. Still, the former champ's great boxing talents were banished to nothing when a street fighter turned mixed martial artist took him down to the mat and pounded him before submitting him with a guillotine choke.
Yet, even as MMA appears to be the development of fighting, it could stand to learn a little thing or two from the successful sport. Many of us may not know that Wladimir Klitschko holds three of the alphabet soup of heavyweight boxing titles, but he earned extra cash in his unification bout with Sultan Ibragimov than each MMA fighter on the last UFC ( ultimate Fighting Championship ) card mixed.
And can boast that he also earned more for the losing effort than most MMA wrestlers, even champions, have earned in their whole career.
Only time will tell.
For more boxing news, check out Felix Trinidad Boxing
.
Also, check out:
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