Boxing - Does Felix Trinidad Still Have It?
Felix Trinidad Boxing
'Boxing's dead.'
'There are no good fighters out there today.'
These are just a few of the comments thrown around by fans of the game of kings waiting patiently for a waft of life into the flailing lungs of fighting.
in spite of a virtual plethora of associations boasting their own version of a title, most of us would fail to name even one of the people who stake claim to a form of the fragmented heavyweight championship. WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO ( quite possibly, another organization surfaced as this article was being written ), is it important anymore?
Try naming 2, 3, or 4. I'll bet that my eight years old niece would have a better chance at naming all four Beatles.
Raised on boxing, I was sufficiently lucky to see lots of the game's best soldiers, some in their prime. I sat transfixed in front of an enormous television that was set inside a wooden cabinet. There were 2 round knobs to switch the channels on the right side of the monstrosity, one for the UHF channels which continually broadcast static.
Somewhere within the channel choice of 2, 4, five, 7, 9, 11, and 13, I witnessed Ali win his title back from Leon Spinks ; Sugar Ray Leonard win the welterweight championship from Wilfred Benitez ; Alexis Arguello fall to Aaron Pryor two times - I watched one or two cartoons back then too.
As I grew into adultness, the archaic television was upgraded to one with a RC and the addition of a cable box. Between closed circuit TV and cable, my boxing fix was pleased with wars from some of the best fighters to ever lace up gloves. Leonard beat Hagler. Hagler beat Hearns. These men all fought one another, and were so dominant that they only must be referred by their last names to be recognized.
Is it really critical to say'Mike' when speaking of Tyson? Nuff expounded.
Iron Mike was fighting's last personality that may be recalled by the average joe or casual fan. Sure there was Holyfield, Big George Foreman, and Lennox Lewis - all great champs, two of who bested Tyson. Still, most folks remember Iron Mike.
They were never fights ; they were grand glasses : events of their own. It did not matter who the contestant was. Today's boxing PPV numbers seem unimportant in comparison to the consistent record breaking cards that Tyson pulled even when his career was on the fall. Commercials, print media ads, and - for the first time in boxing history - an entire cable reality tv series was filmed to hype the fight.
Rules are incorporated to ensure safety and eliminate the barbaric savagery of a street fight. Biting and poking in the eyes are two examples of banned offensive strategies.
Though many fighters have had pre-eminence in street fights, many factors - outside of being a great fighter - come into play to account for the success.
Still, the former champ's great fighting talents were confined to nothing when a street fighter turned mixed martial artist took him down to the mat and pounded him before submitting him with a guillotine choke.
Many of us may not know that Wladimir Klitschko holds 3 of the alphabet soup of heavyweight boxing titles, but he still earned extra cash in his unification bout with Sultan Ibragimov than each MMA fighter on the last UFC ( ultimate Fighting Championship ) card mixed.
Felix Trinidad came out of retirement to lose to Roy Jones Jr. And can boast that he also earned more for the losing effort than most MMA fighters, even champions, have earned in their entire career.
Only time will tell.
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Boxing - Does Felix Trinidad Still Have It?
'Boxing's dead.'
'There are no good fighters out there today.'
These are just a few of the comments thrown around by fans of the game of kings waiting patiently for a waft of life into the flailing lungs of fighting.
in spite of a virtual plethora of associations boasting their own version of a title, most of us would fail to name even one of the people who stake claim to a form of the fragmented heavyweight championship. WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO ( quite possibly, another organization surfaced as this article was being written ), is it important anymore?
Try naming 2, 3, or 4. I'll bet that my eight years old niece would have a better chance at naming all four Beatles.
Raised on boxing, I was sufficiently lucky to see lots of the game's best soldiers, some in their prime. I sat transfixed in front of an enormous television that was set inside a wooden cabinet. There were 2 round knobs to switch the channels on the right side of the monstrosity, one for the UHF channels which continually broadcast static.
Somewhere within the channel choice of 2, 4, five, 7, 9, 11, and 13, I witnessed Ali win his title back from Leon Spinks ; Sugar Ray Leonard win the welterweight championship from Wilfred Benitez ; Alexis Arguello fall to Aaron Pryor two times - I watched one or two cartoons back then too.
As I grew into adultness, the archaic television was upgraded to one with a RC and the addition of a cable box. Between closed circuit TV and cable, my boxing fix was pleased with wars from some of the best fighters to ever lace up gloves. Leonard beat Hagler. Hagler beat Hearns. These men all fought one another, and were so dominant that they only must be referred by their last names to be recognized.
Is it really critical to say'Mike' when speaking of Tyson? Nuff expounded.
Iron Mike was fighting's last personality that may be recalled by the average joe or casual fan. Sure there was Holyfield, Big George Foreman, and Lennox Lewis - all great champs, two of who bested Tyson. Still, most folks remember Iron Mike.
They were never fights ; they were grand glasses : events of their own. It did not matter who the contestant was. Today's boxing PPV numbers seem unimportant in comparison to the consistent record breaking cards that Tyson pulled even when his career was on the fall. Commercials, print media ads, and - for the first time in boxing history - an entire cable reality tv series was filmed to hype the fight.
Rules are incorporated to ensure safety and eliminate the barbaric savagery of a street fight. Biting and poking in the eyes are two examples of banned offensive strategies.
Though many fighters have had pre-eminence in street fights, many factors - outside of being a great fighter - come into play to account for the success.
Still, the former champ's great fighting talents were confined to nothing when a street fighter turned mixed martial artist took him down to the mat and pounded him before submitting him with a guillotine choke.
Many of us may not know that Wladimir Klitschko holds 3 of the alphabet soup of heavyweight boxing titles, but he still earned extra cash in his unification bout with Sultan Ibragimov than each MMA fighter on the last UFC ( ultimate Fighting Championship ) card mixed.
Felix Trinidad came out of retirement to lose to Roy Jones Jr. And can boast that he also earned more for the losing effort than most MMA fighters, even champions, have earned in their entire career.
Only time will tell.
For more boxing news, check out Felix Trinidad Boxing
.
Also, check out:
Boxing - Does Felix Trinidad Still Have It?
