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Originally Posted by Boozinbloozin
I watched a biography yesterday which reminded me of at sport who's heavyweight class is a thing of yesterday. When I was growing up though it was a its height with Iron Mike at the helm. There are several memorable knockouts shown in a series of historic fights. In a sport thats all but forgotten. 
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Dude
Good call, there is nobody like Iron Mike. Sometimes I feel bad for the guy, other times I think he deserves the troubles that have come upon him. As a boxer though, nobody was more fierce or ruthless in their prime. Like a lot of guys will say stuff just for hype or that they don't really mean, but iron Mike was just RAW. When the dude said he wanted to kill people in the ring, I think he really meant it. Like Mike said, he was a "nigga." In Mike's own words, he was a street hoodlum. It's like he didn't grow up understanding how to say things politely or even caring. I don't know, I love mike as a personality and he was so great for boxing and in my opinion the all-time knockout king.
You are right though, boxing is dead. Seems like MMA has just completely wiped boxing out. I think a lot of it has to do with Mayweather though. Cause in the past decades you had these great boxers that were just so memorable. Ali, Frazier, Liston, Foreman, Douglas, Lennox Lewis, Tyson, Hopkins, Jones Jr, De La Hoya etc. And Mayweather is great but he isn't like the rest of those all-time greats. He doesn't knock anyone out, he dances around the ring and wins split decisions and kills half the crowd by boring them to death. He just runs his mouth like an idiot and I don't know how he gets the pay per view crowds that he does but more power to him. He's just such a complete douchebag, I don't think he has any friends or fans lol. And he is scared to face Pacquiao who is really the best in the business, he just doesn't run his mouth all through the media. I don't see boxing ever being relevant again. Especially cause it's all pay per view and stuff and people can see a lot of MMA guys on regular TV like Spike or whatever.
Dude, look up Brian Kenny - Floyd Mayweather interviews. There's a couple of them but they are hilarious I think.