It never ceases to amaze me how quickly some people write off an entire fighter's career despite one bad loss or performance. For example, Haney is a former champion in 2 weight classes (including undisputed) yet one bad performance against PED taking Garcia and he's suddenly one of the worst fighter's on the planet. It's as if everything he ever achieved never occurred. Same story for Sheeraz who was BLOWING the competition away in emphatic style and managed to land a title shot only to be outclassed and now he's nothing but a hype job and yesterday's news. There are countless other examples throughout history e.g. Naseem, Spence & even Broner (who was a 4 division champion!).
I look at things a DIFFERENT way. There are literally millions of fight fans around the world and tens of thousands regularly pack arenas to see these modern day gladiators perform. I rank fighter's according to 3 categories:- grade A - potential world title challenger, grade B - potential international/intercontinental title challenger & grade C - domestic title challenger. Therefore, in my opinion, somebody like Haney has already reached the HIGHEST level in the sport and nothing he does from this point on can ever change that whereas Sheeraz ALMOST reached the same feat but had to settle for the silver medal. Assuming boxing was the equivalent of the 4x4 relay (because there's potentially 4 world titles up for grabs), would you consider the team that placed second and won silver a failure? If yes than it says more about you than them as most people would consider that an EXTREMELY good result (especially considering there are millions of fight fans around the world yet only a tiny fraction manage to become world level fighters).
Also, don't be so quick to write off somebody after a loss. PLENTY of fighter's throughout history have gone on to win world titles after taking their first L e.g. Hopkins, Marquez, Khan etc so nothing is impossible.
There's an old well known Native American saying 'inside you there are 2 wolves...one good and one evil. The one who wins is the one you FEED'!
You start feeling empowered and think you're being FUNNY by talking ill about highly successful people online when in reality you're just digging your own grave deeper!
I look at things a DIFFERENT way. There are literally millions of fight fans around the world and tens of thousands regularly pack arenas to see these modern day gladiators perform. I rank fighter's according to 3 categories:- grade A - potential world title challenger, grade B - potential international/intercontinental title challenger & grade C - domestic title challenger. Therefore, in my opinion, somebody like Haney has already reached the HIGHEST level in the sport and nothing he does from this point on can ever change that whereas Sheeraz ALMOST reached the same feat but had to settle for the silver medal. Assuming boxing was the equivalent of the 4x4 relay (because there's potentially 4 world titles up for grabs), would you consider the team that placed second and won silver a failure? If yes than it says more about you than them as most people would consider that an EXTREMELY good result (especially considering there are millions of fight fans around the world yet only a tiny fraction manage to become world level fighters).
Also, don't be so quick to write off somebody after a loss. PLENTY of fighter's throughout history have gone on to win world titles after taking their first L e.g. Hopkins, Marquez, Khan etc so nothing is impossible.
There's an old well known Native American saying 'inside you there are 2 wolves...one good and one evil. The one who wins is the one you FEED'!
You start feeling empowered and think you're being FUNNY by talking ill about highly successful people online when in reality you're just digging your own grave deeper!
Damn Wicked
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