By Rusty Nate: For those of you that may have read my previous articles you will know that bias and pointless criticism is not something that I look to write. I keep my articles as close to the mark as possible but without ever being one sided.
With that in mind I thought I would tackle the old Manny Mayweather / Floyd Pacquiao situation in the way I see it.
by Rusty Nate: I see myself as a fan of the sport and an admirer of every man that has ever dared to lace up gloves and risk their lives for the sake of the people’s entertainment.
Obviously I have fighters that I have preferred watching over the years. Marco Antonio Barrera, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Shane Mosley, Thomas Hearns, Floyd Mayweather and the list goes on and on. When I write about this sport and the fighters in it I tend to try and put my personal thoughts and feelings about my favored fighters to one side and give an objective view or pose a pertinent question that will allow the forum posters to discuss the subject objectively and without unnecessary bias.
by Rusty Nate: I am British! Now that is out of the way I just wanted to put out there my disappointment that so many writers seem to treat the sport and the fighters in it like a world war.
I think a lot of you guys that are reading this will probably know without names which writers are the main culprits for hate articles based on little more than emotion rather than facts of the sport or the careers the fighters have had.
I read some articles and I can feel myself getting more and more irritated by the inhuman one sided tunnel vision that is displayed by these writers.
by Rusty Nate: Amir Khan finds himself in an interesting position at present. Having lost his last two fights to boxers with inferior movement, speed and experience at the highest level in the biggest arena’s it would seem only logical that he would be considering his future within the sport.
Now I am a believer that a fighter as young as him at an age where his performance physically is not going to decline anytime soon that he can come again and make a success of the rest of his career. Manny Pacquiao took a couple of losses early on (one a pretty bad KO) and now look at what he has become.
I have recently read articles on BN24 as well as other community sites and I can’t quite believe the split in opinion that Ricky Hatton’s come back has seemed to create.
To address the come back itself – Ricky Hatton was once the biggest star in British Boxing and right up in the top 3-4 in the world for fan base and interest. This success was a direct result of his down to earth attitude regardless of fame and fortune making him known as a man of the people and of course largely because of his exciting, come forward, never say die approach to every fight he ever had.
The negative side to Hatton’s career was also well documented and speculated to be the downfall of his career long before he ever retired…..His weight gain from a lifestyle non suited to boxing at the highest level.