"Nothing will kill boxing and nothing can save it"-Larry Merchant
If more of the boxing community embraces this simple truth you will 150% have a better experience following this sport guaranteed. Boxing has ALWAYS had people they said that would take over (Eddie Hearn, Harold Smith, Al Haymon, Nicholas Link, Don King, ETC) and clean it up
"They say boxing's dead. I'm trying to get out three fights a year, which would liven things up"-Muhammad Ali (1965)
YES! Even Muhammad Ali acknowledged Boxing was dead in the 1960s, obviously he played his part in making it a global phenomenon
The greater point I'm making here is to not get to high and low with all the BS that happens in modern boxing. The sport was here long before all of us were and it will be here long after we are all gone...
Max Kellerman calling Teraji a "belt holder" says a lot about his knowledge of lower weights. He sucks off ring champions so hard yet he doesn't even know that Teraji was a ring champ at 108 and should have been at 112 if they hadn't ranked Ayala no.1 somehow.
Itauma-Hrgovic will become one of the foundational fights in how to teach boxing. It will be a warning to young prospects and a wake-up call for hotshot trainers. There is always someone who can take a punch. What do you do next?
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I’m still on the high of Filip Hrgovic beating up Moses Itauma that I just realized I still have to talk about other things in boxing. Thats probably not happening until about Thursday, I’ve got 4 more days of being on this high 😂
@ibet_on_fights I will eventually, normally I’d be over the moon about that fight but right now everything for me is about Filip Hrgovic!!! That was something to witness in person
@PhilR2025 I’ve taken a lot of abuse online over the years for believing he would be a world champion. He just whooped on the British Mike Tyson against all odds with everything against him
@hatebhar23 You’re right! I took 7 years of abuse from people for thinking Filip Hrgovic could become world champ. When he did it he did it in unforgettable and undeniable fashion.