Bloozcrooz

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.

Dirty

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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.

Bloozcrooz

Just watched some tape of Mayweather-Kenny interviews. A well spoken champ he is not in the least. Good thing they dont get paid for their self reservation and intellect, I admire his passion though for what he does. Unorthodox methods of thinking paves the way for drama, and drama's entertaing to a large number of people. In whatever industry that drama finds itself in..it just makes for excitment. Thats the impression I get from him. I bet he's a trip to drink with. But someone you would have to take in small doses. Its easy to see the reason he would alienate friends of any kind. I think its funny though and id definatley drink some beer with the guy.


Heres some epic footage of the drama king himself doing what he does best. This was during his days in Philly and fued with Mcnabb. It cracks me up to watch his outbursts and borderline insane type behavior. I think he's just passionate as well for his profession. His feelings were very much worn on his sleeves and just didnt know or care about the rational approach one should take. As far as expressing his opinion or views causing him to earn his place in history. As one of the biggest troublemakers in football. Still do what do..I think its funny
. Most people of great passion are often misunderstood in all kinds of different professions. The extremist addictive type personalities are the biggest contributing factors of sucess and self destruction. These all or nothing attitudes fuel their ambition to be te best and go that extra mile. But at the same time make it hard to decifer whether the bridges they burn in the process are worth the price their paying. Heres a prime exzample of this type of behavior thats always fun to watch.

FETCHER.

Phelps glorious displays swimming butterfly in last years olympics. Videos will follow .

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Bloozcrooz

The last super bowl that my Cowboys were in. About midway in the 3rd quarter with the Steelers driving down the field. Dallas was in need of some help from their deffense to get the momentum back in their favor. The 13 to 7 score certainly left room for a Steeler t.d. to pave the way for a late game comeback. However just in the nick of time a Larry Brown interception delivers a blow to their confidence that allowed Dallas to regain control of the game. Definatley the turning point in the game. Allowing history to run its course and granting Dallas their 5th Super Bowl victory. (Interceptions around 14:00 mins in)

Thom Yorke

Wasn't alive for this but:

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2008 Beijing Men's 4x100 Relay
Alain Bernard: "The Americans? We're going to smash them."


2007 Fiest Bowl - Oklahoma vs. Boise State
4th and 18: Hook and Ladder
4th and 2 in OT: HB Pass
2pt Conversion FTW: Statue of Liberty


Super Bowl XLII - New England vs. New York Giants
"The Helmet Catch"


Jason McElwain "J Mac" - Hoop Dream

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Bloozcrooz

I remember watching that Boise State game which was amazing to see. I could not beleive the ambition those guys had to win that game and the passion to overcome the adversity. Being the small school under dogs and fighting their way to the top was a sight to see for sure. Goes down in the history books as one of the top 10 college games of all time imo. Terrific choice to place in this thread.


As for the Giants-Patriots game I couldnt have been more disgusted. First of all im not an eli fan at all and the Giants are division rivals. Second of all I had money on the Pats to win the game and lost. Im not sure if it was my deep seeded dislike for the giants and eli persuaing my football intellect. Or if im just a fan of Brady and Bellichek and wanted to see the Dolphins 14 and 0 super bowl record shattered. Or just the combo of both that drove me to pick the Pats over the Giants. Either way they came out victorious and won the game. So its water under the bridge now.

Dirty

That Fiesta Bowl was one of the best college games ever. Made even more cool cause Ian Johnson proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend after scoring the game winning score. That game really put Boise on the map and I don't discredit their win at all because of the trick plays. It made it that much more sweet cause not many coaches have the balls to play like that. Man, that game was so awesome.

The Tyree catch is one of the biggest catches in NFL history. Watching that game it just seemed to me like the Pats weren't into the game and weren't playing hard or something. I don't know, they seemed disinterested considering it was the Superbowl. I'm not an Eli fan either and was rooting for the Pats in that game but I was glad to see a classic superbowl. It's still hard to imagine how Tyree caught that ball with roid-rager Rodney Harrison crushing his arms like that. Tyree has always been like a bench WR but he'll always be remembered now.

Oh man I forgot about that Jason McElwain thing. That gives me chills to watch. One of the coolest things to happen ever. Who would ever think he would score a basket let alone start raining threes like Reggie Miller lol. That's just such an awesome story and something that nobody involved will ever forget

Man, I can't find this one video on youtube that I wanna post. As a Mets fan, there aren't a lot of great memories that have happened in my lifetime, but one of them is the 1999 walk-off home run that backup catcher Todd Pratt hit in the NLDS Vs the Diamondbacks to win the series. That was so awesome.

Thom Yorke

I felt terrible for AP during that game, but that has to be considered the greatest football game ever.

This doesn't rank up there all-time obviously but it was probably (tied for) the best thing I've seen live:



The other best thing was these two things, when I went down to Boston:

History in the making


And my favourite player making a ridiculous play


And to cap it off the Bruins clinched a playoff spot with that win.