Whoa, whoa, slow down cowboy. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Maybe if Canelo fights 50 more fights we can start comparing him to C-Woods.
Couldn't agree more. How do you see a Bivol rematch playing out if they agree to the same weight?
he actually has some pretty good takes and insight when it comes to MMA. i give him credit for being one of the first big boxing voices to really take MMA seriously as a sport. you still have boxers and boxing promoters treating it as a joke even to this day, so if Teddy can convince some hesitant boxing fans to give MMA a shot, i'm all for it.
Better than Sr.? I don't know, I was never a chavez fan but looking back the guy was a monster. Never liked how he'd get blasted by a lot of guys who shouldn't have been hitting a fighter of his calibre, but what did it matter, he always took them out until he started to slip. In retrospect, after hearing rumors, they say he went a bit party crazy after the Camacho fight and it's believable because his whole attitude changed while his performances suffered. It was the opposite actually of what a lot of fighters go through. Most young fighters are overconfident and arrogant and humble after they face the attritions of the sport, Chavez was humble and hardworking until being treated like a god in mexico got to him. Heck of a resume across several divisions.
he and Tyson also made their peace. pretty heartwarming moment tbh
Tyson did at least, I don't know if Teddy is the forgive and forget type. However, he paid for Camacho's burial and I'll always have a soft spot for him.
he claimed to put a gun to his head when Mike was a teen, supposedly for harassing or touching his younger teen niece. The HBO movie shows him shooting the gun but I don't remember reading that he actually fired any warning shot.
Teddy is an ex-con (armed robbery) that did time at Rikers Island. He means business and is the type of guy that'd grab you by the nuts and squeeze until you say uncle. I wouldn't doubt that he put Macho's nuts in a vice. As for street cred, he already has it. That nasty scar on his face he got in a street fight.
I know, but he also told a Donny Lalonde story which Donny scoffed at. If the event with Macho happened, there were witnesses and none have really said much since which doesn't mean it didn't happen but I'm not 100 percent sold on that story. Another wierd thing was Atlas wasn't interviewed about it for the most detailed bio since Macho's death on the event. The book was good but not perfect, for whatever reason, the last wife wasn't mentioned even though she played a major role in the last part of is life, especially his final issues with the law.
I guess the point I'm making here is that I wouldn't put it past him to do something like that. Whether he really did it to Macho or not. As mentioned previously he pulled a gun on Mike but I'm not surprised since he has a penchant for threatening people with firearms. The guy was literally an armed robber earlier in his life. I do think he absolutely embellishes and tells tall tales but he's not a guy you'd ever want to cross.
