Does anyone enjoy this forum anymore?

In my case I havent been super excited about a fighter since Pac. Fury had me hopeful, at least from a what's good for the sport kind of way but overall he negates any good he does somehow. So, not many guys make me proud to be a fan anymore and the ones who do fall short for either personal or business reasons.
 
5acrossYOeye said:
It's less about this forum and more about the sport imo.

The sports hasn't necessarily been giving much to talk about this year because the boxers aren't staying busy and when they do they aren't fighting attractive enough fights to get us talking.
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There's not a lot of activity in this sport to talk about but there is some. Honestly a little more fun and a little more shit posting would probably spice things up but most of the regulars on this forum and the mods are pretty serious and don't really like that stuff. For boxing forums I mostly post on Reddit and YouTube. There's always some funny or wild shit to post about even when there's no big fight coming up, and people in general are just a lot funner. Then for MMA I mainly post here instead
 
treelo said:
I may have said this before, but someone just posting 15 threads a day about what fights are happening is the exact opposite of what a forum should be about.

Its hard to find threads discussing fights people care about when one account is just spamming the fuck out of threads about upcoming fights, most of which people couldn't give a fuck about

I dont actually know whether it is a bot doing it or not, that is how bad it is, im pretty sure it must be, or someone has way too much time on their hands, watch some boxing instead, comment on some fights that have happened, stop scanning social media sites for things to "report" on
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You know you have the option to block posters?


Edit: just tried it. Literally like 8 threads remain.
 
StopDucking said:
Ok but all those “great contributors” who show up and disappear only show up when there’s a Jake Paul fight and their knowledge is also limited to Jake Paul fights.
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Jake Paul wasn’t on the Bivol/Beterbiev card, and he won’t be on Dec 21st, or Feb 22nd mega cards. Pay attn next time, and ask yourself “am I really the boxing head, or am I just someone who posts more on a boxing forum?” Because a lot of times these visitors sound knowledgeable and like they have a history with the sport, just not invested enough in boxing or sports broadcasts to give a fuck when some snot on a forum tells them they are wrong.
 
borntoloseNOT said:
Jake Paul wasn’t on the Bivol/Beterbiev card, and he won’t be on Dec 21st, or Feb 22nd mega cards. Pay attn next time, and ask yourself “am I really the boxing head, or am I just someone who posts more on a boxing forum?” Because a lot of times these visitors sound knowledgeable and like they have a history with the sport, just not invested enough in boxing or sports broadcasts to give a fuck when some snot on a forum tells them they are wrong.
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Of all the things that didn’t happen, this didn’t happen the most.
 
Our current GOAT capable fighter is ducking ducks while dressed like a duck and qwacking like a duck. Soon he will change his name to Duck McGee. Duck duck Canelo goose.
 
I don't agree that boxing is boring right now or that we don't have fighters to talk about. It's just that we don't. Some topics just off the top of my head that we could--but probably won't--discuss are:

- Bam Rodriguez vs. Junto
- Beterbiev's longevity
- The freakish athleticism of young Loma

When we do have a topic to talk about, like Boots vs. Lopez, we get very anemic discussions.

There are some very knowledgeable posters on this forum, and I've learned a lot over the 4-5 years I've been here (mostly as a guest). But it's not a lively or fun place by any means.
 
LEWIS540 said:
You know you have the option to block posters?


Edit: just tried it. Literally like 8 threads remain.
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i dont like doing that as i dont have a problem at all with the guy, i would normally only block people i dislike
 
burningspear said:
MMALOPEZ is awesome, not his fault numbers have fallen off, especially after the log in debacle.
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I don't mind it, but it looks like some nut went crazy when you look at the page and only see that one icon. Does it bother me? not a bit just think it looks odd, don't know the guy really, probably just a good fan.
 
In the MT/KB forum, we have sticky threads for news, fight announcements/results, etc etc. Keeps the forum looking much cleaner and open for other types of threads. Now if only there were more than five regulars on there...
 
that Indian said:
I don't agree that boxing is boring right now or that we don't have fighters to talk about. It's just that we don't. Some topics just off the top of my head that we could--but probably won't--discuss are:

- Bam Rodriguez vs. Junto
- Beterbiev's longevity
- The freakish athleticism of young Loma

When we do have a topic to talk about, like Boots vs. Lopez, we get very anemic discussions.

There are some very knowledgeable posters on this forum, and I've learned a lot over the 4-5 years I've been here (mostly as a guest). But it's not a lively or fun place by any means.
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I'm sure there are some competent guys out there, I just get frustrated watching these guys who are supposed to be the second coming of whoever and they aren't.

I never do have enough time to even keep up with some of my favorite boxing youtube channels like Richthefighthistorian who will show mostly forgotten fighters who even though they weren't the best in their times, at least knew their business and usually worked and fought hard. I don't even have time to watch all of that and I don't want to spend time, hour here or there being dissapointed by some guy someone raved about.

I was just watching a Ken Shamrock interview where they asked if he watched the sport anymore and he said he didn't not for any bad reason but he mentioned having kids, 27 grandkids and all kinds of other stuff to do. Then, we have (had) guys like Earnie Shavers who'll say either that they just don't like the modern boxers or that they were never particularly even a fan of the sport but just a boxer to try to make a living. They say Muhammad Ali didn't watch much boxing after he retired either. His old cornerman, Ferdie Pacheco, stated that it had to be hard being the best and then just watching these other guys who'll never even come close. I don't know if that's it or not, Ali, surprisingly, didn't even seem to want to watch his own fights. He never saw Frazier 3 claiming that it was too hellish to watch. Hagler also claimed to never watch the Leonard fight. I thought that was very interesting that fighters aren't always that into the sport. Then we have guys like Tyson who claimed to never watch his future opponents which is just stupid in my opinion, to have no knowledge of what strengths and weakness' you might face, just dumb but some fighters are like that.
 
mozfonky said:
I'm sure there are some competent guys out there, I just get frustrated watching these guys who are supposed to be the second coming of whoever and they aren't.

I never do have enough time to even keep up with some of my favorite boxing youtube channels like Richthefighthistorian who will show mostly forgotten fighters who even though they weren't the best in their times, at least knew their business and usually worked and fought hard. I don't even have time to watch all of that and I don't want to spend time, hour here or there being dissapointed by some guy someone raved about.

I was just watching a Ken Shamrock interview where they asked if he watched the sport anymore and he said he didn't not for any bad reason but he mentioned having kids, 27 grandkids and all kinds of other stuff to do. Then, we have (had) guys like Earnie Shavers who'll say either that they just don't like the modern boxers or that they were never particularly even a fan of the sport but just a boxer to try to make a living. They say Muhammad Ali didn't watch much boxing after he retired either. His old cornerman, Ferdie Pacheco, stated that it had to be hard being the best and then just watching these other guys who'll never even come close. I don't know if that's it or not, Ali, surprisingly, didn't even seem to want to watch his own fights. He never saw Frazier 3 claiming that it was too hellish to watch. Hagler also claimed to never watch the Leonard fight. I thought that was very interesting that fighters aren't always that into the sport. Then we have guys like Tyson who claimed to never watch his future opponents which is just stupid in my opinion, to have no knowledge of what strengths and weakness' you might face, just dumb but some fighters are like that.
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Ken Shamrock said he doesn't watch MMA anymore or boxing? I really doubt that Mike didn't watch tape of his opponents. He was one of the greatest students of the game when it came to watching the old-timers so film study was already something he was into.
 
Kovalev's Man Bag said:
Ken Shamrock said he doesn't watch MMA anymore or boxing? I really doubt that Mike didn't watch tape of his opponents. He was one of the greatest students of the game when it came to watching the old-timers so film study was already something he was into.
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that's what Ken said, he didn't say it was for any other reason than he just had too many things going on, that is understandable.

Mike saying that? I'm not sure if that was just arrogance because he was very arrogant in those years. His statement, think it was the arsenio show, that he didn't watch guys or have a plan because things could change on fight night. either way, it's dumb if it's true. Lots of very good fighters were undone by guys having a good night or guys who just had a weird style that threw them off on a bad one.
 
i mean, if you have 27 grandkids then watching the telly isnt going to be your main priority, also, stop breeding slags and players

as for former boxers not watching the sport, i get that
 
treelo said:
i mean, if you have 27 grandkids then watching the telly isnt going to be your main priority, also, stop breeding slags and players

as for former boxers not watching the sport, i get that
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huh? slags and players? Ken did that? I don't know the guy so that might be a bit mean.
 
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