[Franchize]

i get the feeling there's going to be a lot of posturing and feinting before the actual fight breaks out...if it breaks out at all. this to me is boxing on it's highest levels...and like george foreman used to say...it's like jazz...the better it gets, the less ppl like it. fortunately for me, a die-hard/purist....i'm going to thoroughly enjoy this one.

I agree. Sure I live to see a good, all out brawl every once in a while. That said, I enjoy the meeting of the minds fights also. Fights where you can almost feel the fighters thinking. Cotto vs Mayweather, while it was entertaining, was very much like that. The ebb and flow came purely off of each fighter making adjustments to one another. That usually doesn't happen anymore because fighters dn't have the boxing IQ they used to. The adjustments they make and their next move comes strictly from what their trainer tells them to do between rounds. As you and I know, you don't always get the next round to adjust. You may be going to your corner to sit and your trainer might be hugging you head saying "it's ok" while a ring doctor has 2 fingers in your face, asking you if you know where you are. I think Dawson and Ward have the mental capacity and ring savvy to make this super entertaining for purist like yourself. I'm sure I'll be very into it also. I love the sweet science behind boxing but I'm too modest to call myself a purist quite yet lol.

This post has been edited by Franchize: Aug 10 2012, 08:42 AM

[daprofessor]

I agree. Sure I live to see a good, all out brawl every once in a while. That said, I enjoy the meeting of the minds fights also. Fights where you can almost feel the fighters thinking. Cotto vs Mayweather, while it was entertaining, was very much like that. The ebb and flow came purely off of each fighter making adjustments to one another. That usually doesn't happen anymore because fighters dn't have the boxing IQ they used to. The adjustments they make and their next move comes strictly from what their trainer tells them to do between rounds. As you and I know, you don't always get the next round to adjust. You may be going to your corner to sit and your trainer might be hugging you head saying "it's ok" while a ring doctor has 2 fingers in your face, asking you if you know where you are. I think Dawson and Ward have the mental capacity and ring savvy to make this super entertaining for purist like yourself. I'm sure I'll be very into it also. I love the sweet science behind boxing but I'm too modest to call myself a purist quite yet lol.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) i was labeled a purist by many of my boxing friends. it's a badge i wear with honor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) u don't have to call yourself a purist...i'll do it for u!