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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    PJNB said:
    Roy Jones vs Tyson! I remember Jones always wanted to fight Tyson before he retired. Crazy 17 years later we are getting the fight!
    It's like Rocky VII where he goes in to reinstate his boxing license.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    I have purchased a lot of dumb fights in my life, including many many Roy Jones fights. Mike Tyson is one of my favorite athletes of all time. I will not support this 
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I have purchased a lot of dumb fights in my life, including many many Roy Jones fights. Mike Tyson is one of my favorite athletes of all time. I will not support this 
    Why not?  A couple of legends going at it in an exhibition match, it's awesome. 
    Boxing is, and always has been, a sideshow sport anyways, so why not embrace it?  
    I also like the angle that people are fitter and healthier into their older years than ever before and senior sports deserve respect.
    It's ok for an 85 year old to drive the ball 100 yards in golf and everyone cheers, but a man can't fight professionally after 40?
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    rgambs said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I have purchased a lot of dumb fights in my life, including many many Roy Jones fights. Mike Tyson is one of my favorite athletes of all time. I will not support this 
    Why not?  A couple of legends going at it in an exhibition match, it's awesome. 
    Boxing is, and always has been, a sideshow sport anyways, so why not embrace it?  
    I also like the angle that people are fitter and healthier into their older years than ever before and senior sports deserve respect.
    It's ok for an 85 year old to drive the ball 100 yards in golf and everyone cheers, but a man can't fight professionally after 40?
    I don't know, man. YouTube 'James Toney' Punch Drunk.

  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    eddiec said:
    rgambs said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I have purchased a lot of dumb fights in my life, including many many Roy Jones fights. Mike Tyson is one of my favorite athletes of all time. I will not support this 
    Why not?  A couple of legends going at it in an exhibition match, it's awesome. 
    Boxing is, and always has been, a sideshow sport anyways, so why not embrace it?  
    I also like the angle that people are fitter and healthier into their older years than ever before and senior sports deserve respect.
    It's ok for an 85 year old to drive the ball 100 yards in golf and everyone cheers, but a man can't fight professionally after 40?
    I don't know, man. YouTube 'James Toney' Punch Drunk.

    Wasn't he born that way? lol
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    rgambs said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I have purchased a lot of dumb fights in my life, including many many Roy Jones fights. Mike Tyson is one of my favorite athletes of all time. I will not support this 
    Why not?  A couple of legends going at it in an exhibition match, it's awesome. 
    Boxing is, and always has been, a sideshow sport anyways, so why not embrace it?  
    I also like the angle that people are fitter and healthier into their older years than ever before and senior sports deserve respect.
    It's ok for an 85 year old to drive the ball 100 yards in golf and everyone cheers, but a man can't fight professionally after 40?
    Sideshow?  C'mon.  Pugelism is the purest form of sporting.  

    Tyson vs Jones reminds me of two things.  Rocky VI and the Geezers at Caesars.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I have purchased a lot of dumb fights in my life, including many many Roy Jones fights. Mike Tyson is one of my favorite athletes of all time. I will not support this 
    Why not?  A couple of legends going at it in an exhibition match, it's awesome. 
    Boxing is, and always has been, a sideshow sport anyways, so why not embrace it?  
    I also like the angle that people are fitter and healthier into their older years than ever before and senior sports deserve respect.
    It's ok for an 85 year old to drive the ball 100 yards in golf and everyone cheers, but a man can't fight professionally after 40?
    Sideshow?  C'mon.  Pugelism is the purest form of sporting.  

    Tyson vs Jones reminds me of two things.  Rocky VI and the Geezers at Caesars.
    Fireworks, costumed ring entrances, scantily clad ring girls, betting culture, half-literate crime prone participants...it's a sideshow.
    I do think combat and footracing are the purest forms of sporting, but pugelism is probably the most bastardized form of combat sporting.  What, like people don't have legs?  No opposable thumbs to grasp with? 😆

    I like boxing plenty, but this isn't any more ridiculous than Butterbean, Don King, or the second half of most boxers' careers, not to mention their outside the ring lives.
    Both of those guys are bad dudes that could beat younger men and should still have a place of some sort in the sport if they want it.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,165
    Anyone watch the Tyson/Roy Jones Jr. fight last night? I didn’t but heard Tyson should have won instead of it being a draw. Also I Jake Paul gets his ass knocked out in his next fight.
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    eeriepadave said:
    Anyone watch the Tyson/Roy Jones Jr. fight last night? I didn’t but heard Tyson should have won instead of it being a draw. Also I Jake Paul gets his ass knocked out in his next fight.
    I watched it this morning. It was actually decent. Tyson still looks good for a guy his age, but if he couldn't manhandle Jones Jr at this stage, can't see him doing any damage to the division- which seems like his goal all along. In his post fight interview he admits not caring about dying. 
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,608
    Tyson won the match. You could tell they were going to call it a draw from the  beginning.  Also was Vinny giving most of the rounds to Roy?
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Fight night! Let’s go Philly!
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Fiiiiighr night! Heavyweight fight night! 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    This is a great fight: let’s hope at least 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    This is fucking awesome
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Great fight
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    That was an amazing fight 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Do not understand how a human that big is that fit 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Hello old friend. Looking forward to this evening 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    edited July 2023
    Heeeeelllo…

    I don’t know how to not buy a fight, especially the biggest of the year…
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Absolute domination. Fun fight though

    Won a couple bets and covered the pay per view and a bit more, so that’s always nice 


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