WHAT IS THE POINT OF STAREDOWNS

Pre-fight staredown. Some say stare downs mean little. I disagree. The winner of a stare down, if by big margin some of the time has the initial edge in the fight, and some of the time usually ends up winning. Intimidation is a silent weapon in boxing. Some guys have it, other guys have issues dealing with it.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOXING CHAMPION PRE-FIGHT STAREDOWN

And I guess, there are different ways to play the psychological game.
I liked how the old version of George Foreman handled it.
When his opponent went for a stare down, he ignored it, and looked very relaxed and confident.
It must have been frustrating to his foe.

What also pops up in mind is Larry Holmes’s “Let’s have a good fight” to Gerry Cooney after the
referee’s instructions. Another example of self-confidence addressed to the opponent. Benítez’ stare downs were great. Benitez was the epitome of cool and his stare down with Hearn’s is one of my all time favorites Thomas Hearn’s had one of the most frightening death stares I’ve ever seen,. Benitez has the aura of a boxing master, he exudes a confidence like “Who is this crude brute daring to challenge me?”

WHAT BOXING CHAMPIONS HAD THE MOST MENACING, INTIMIDATING AND FRIGHTINING STAREDOWNS?

Wilfred Benitez vs Maurice Hope, in 1981. Foreman vs Lyle, that one was nose-to-nose. Leonard vs Benitez is pretty good too. Toney vs McCallum 1 stare down was awesome and Pavlik vs Taylor 1 was a really good one. Foreman laid a good stare down on Frazier before their 1st fight as well. The two of them trading glares while Joe looks up at George is one of the classic boxing photos. Duran vs Barkley had a pretty good one to. Trinidad vs Hopkins as well as Tito vs. Vargas and Hagler vs Hearns, they both had that killer look. Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello 1 where Pryor stands in the middle of the ring pointing at Arguello with a chilling look was legendary. Vitali Klitschko, and Sonny Liston used the stare down to their advantage by deflating a guys ego before battle.

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WHY MUHAMMAD ALI AND JOE FRAZIER PRE-FIGHT STAREDOWN WAS LEGENDARY.

For one that was a bit different, I liked Ali and Joe’s face off. Them talking it up before Manila was like, “yeah, let’s do this one more time”. This included the smack. Both guys were smiling as it seemed all part of the show before getting down to the real business. And boy, did they give the fans what they paid for.

Imagine if Joe and Ali didn’t talk to each other during instructions. Everybody would’ve thought “What’s up with the them? Maybe this fight will suck!” LOL. We all know better now. 

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MONEY RUINED BOXING AND NOW FIGHTERS HAVE NO KILLER INSTINCT.

Money ruined boxing. Tank Davis beats Shakur by knockout because Shakur is soft at the core. My eye test says so. I can look at a fighter and see if there is killer instinct, you know why? Because I had killer instinct when I was fighting. And I know what it looks like. Besides Tank Davis already smashed him in the gym, I will add allegedly. Devin Haney would barely survive to lose a unanimous decision. You know why? Because of the same thing, no killer in him.

FLOYD MAYWEATHERS LAST REAL FIGHT WAS AGAINST OSCAR DE’LAHOYA. THATS ANOTHER REASON MONEY RUINED BOXING.

There are some fighters that have killer instinct today like Vergil Ortiz, Terrence Crawford to name two more. But not many. And I got to add this. Floyd Mayweather had plenty killer in him coming up. But believe it or not, Oscar DeLaHoya took the killer out of Floyd. He hasn’t been a killer since their fight the same way Hector Camacho didn’t wanna kill anymore after Edwin Rosario hurt him.(Sorry guy’s, it’s the truth).

FIGHTERS TODAY ARE HANGING AT STRIP CLUBS AND POPPING BOTTLES.

These kids today are good don’t get me wrong. They are technically sound and all that. But always remember what Cus D’Amato liked to say. Boxing is 80% mental, only 20% physical. Money has softened the game of boxing. For whatever reason getting rich is the ONLY goal now. Things like honor, belt pride and simply being known as the best means nothing now. All that matters today is the dollar. I’m lying??Ok, fighters today always talking about they got to take care of their family, like fighters of the past didn’t love their families. And half these monkeys really busy hanging at strip clubs and popping bottles. They don’t give a rats a$$ about their families.

HAGLER, LEONARD, DURAN, HEARNS AND BENITEZ ALL HAD KILLER INSTINCT.

Fighters today are always saying things like “I wanna retire with all my mental facilities. Like fighters of yesterday wanted to be punch-drunk and blind. No, all that bullshit is a smokescreen for COWARDICE. They just scared to engage. These new-school boys would rather slap-box safely than do the honorable thing which is put their life on the line to give the fans what they want….A FIGHT!!!They bring up current boxing tragedies to justify their point like no fighters of the past suffered any tragedies. Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Wilfred Benitez all had two things in common. The desire to be the best. And KILLER instinct.

IF YOU BOXED BEFORE DOES THAT MEAN YOUR OPINION IS MORE VALID THAN MINE?

Today’s fighters lack killer instinct. Our fans back in the day knew our champions were superman. Old-school fans knew they couldn’t be like the superman. Which is why when a superman or even a guy that got demolished by a superman spoke, the fans listened. Today boxing has become so soft that EVERYBODY thinks they can do it. Nerds, Housewives, ANYBODY. Now nerds speak and expect people to listen because they read something on Google. The first thing you should ask a nerd is what’s on your resume? You see they have no resume. That’s why they always crying, “JUST BECAUSE YOU BOXED DOESN’T MEAN YOUR OPINION MEANS MORE THAN MINE” .Yes, that’s EXACTLY what it means you imbecile. WTF!

WHY TODAYS BOXING CHAMPIONS ARE NOT SUPERMAN LIKE OLD-SCHOOL BOXERS.

The most important things about boxing are not on a stat sheet Idiots. You see, these new-school fans identify with Today’s fighters and say to themselves “I CAN DO THAT”. There is no superman today. This is why you got nerds and wimps arguing with professionals online. This is why you got current fighters in the same weight division calling each other friendly saying…..”HEY DUDE YOU WANNA SPAR TODAY WITH ME”I can tell you how much that soft $h!t aggravates me.

When I was fighting. If ANYBODY in my area was my weight class, I wanted to kill him. I can’t even imagine all this buddy buddy $h!t going on today. If I was even in the gym with someone my same weight, I’d start a fight some how. “I’M JUMPING ROPE OVER HERE, WHAT YOU THINK YOUR THE BEST 165Ib?Let’s go motherflucker. And when we sparred, it was a FIGHT, not a slap boxing match. Like the kids do today. What to think the famous Philadelphia gym wars was about dumbass ?Desire to be the BEST. Not the richest. THERE’S NO SUPERMAN.

WHATS MORE IMPORTANT IN BOXING, KNOWLEDGE OR WISDOM?

The information age has made everybody an expert, a superman. But knowledge is not wisdom. Knowledge comes from Google. Wisdom comes from experience. The problem is boxing is infiltrated by cowards who have NO business having a voice. WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOUR OPINION YOU JACKASS. The element of danger has been removed from boxing and now anybody can walkthrough a gate that in the past only superman walked through.

The fab 5(I add Wilfred Benitez because he belongs with them)fought each other making legendary fights that last forever. You’d be hard pressed to tell me any fight in the last 5 years that fits that legendary fight mold.

WHY IS RACE SUCH A BIG ISSUE IN BOXING NOW?

The reason why race is such an issue in boxing these days is because there are a bunch of cowards in boxing now. Honorable men don’t look at race. As a matter a fact, boxing was once the most colorblind of sports. Didn’t matter if you was from the slums of Argentina, Panama, Puerto Rico, England, Philippines or the hardened streets of Philadelphia and Detroit. If you were good, you were good. And EVERYBODY acknowledged that you were good.

Race is involved because you have a bunch of nerds who secretly identify with their idols. Making their fighters continued stay on top of the game vital to their self-esteem. IN other words if their idol loses, they are immediately reminded that they are LOSERS. So they do ANYTHING to keep their guy on top. Including spend all their money to support their idol. Argue online against logic and common sense. All vaginal foolishness that has no place in boxing. Do you really think Canelo Alvarez could compete with Marvin Hagler? If you do…….YOUR THE PROBLEM!!

MONEY IS RUINING BOXING. IS THE RICHEST GUY IN BOXING THE BEST FIGHTER IN BOXING?

Who gives a $h!t about cash cow. Real men care about who’s the best, not who has more money. Since when did CASHCOW become a category to measure greatness? So if someone is slick enough to fool jackasses who know nothing about boxing into believing he’s great by fighting setups. And becomes the guy that makes the most money. THAT guy is the greatest in boxing? Absolutely not. Often times the richest are just more business savvy.

WHO IS GREG TOWNES KNOWN ALSO AS PUNCHINGBAGSKUNK?

I’ve been in boxing my whole life. I won the New England Junior Olympic title at 14 years old. Went to 2 national amateur tournaments. Fought 5 top ten fighters in a pro career of 15 bouts. And I say THATS BULL$H!T.

Who gives a $h!t about money? Nobody but nerds. Real fight fans care who is the BEST, not who got more money. Rappers in my day wore team jerseys and Timberland boots. Rappers today wear dresses and carry pocketbooks. But they quick to tell you how much money they got. As Dave Chappelle would say, B!TCH @$$ N!GG@$. FLUCK MONEY says your boy Ghetto Greg.

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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE SPORT OF BOXING?

FOR THE LAST TIME, BOXING IS NOT ABOUT HIT AND DON’T GET HIT. THAT’S A JUSTIFICATION MADE POPULAR BY COWARDS WHO ARE UNWILLING TO EMBRACE THE DANGERS OF BOXING.

The object of boxing is to WIN not fence and dodge all dam night. If your scared of the risk of getting punch-drunk, go take up ballet and get the hell out of boxing. You chicken shit casuals always talking about getting out the game with your facilities. Like the objective is to dodge danger. IT’S BOXING YOU IDIOT’S, IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE DANGEROUS. Reason why 90lb nerds are calling themselves boxers now is because of new school jackasses.

WHY BOXING IS SOFT FAKE AND RIGGED NOW

WHY IS EVERYBODY CALLING THEMSELVES BOXERS?

Some skinny nerd gets bullied. Goes to a planet fitness. Puts on some boxing gloves. Does a choreographed pad routine with some jackass who ordered a book on Amazon and now says he’s a trainer. Now this 90lb nerd goes around saying he boxes, he’s a boxer. WTF!

Mofo told me the other day that he fought professional in the Golden Gloves. WTF!!

Ali vs Liston, old school fighters were not soft

A 4’2, 80lb woman ice grilled me like she can whup my ass the other day. You know why? She don’t know what it feels like to get her jaw fractured in two places. Why? You new school jackasses got her hitting the pads and now SHE thinks she is a fighter.

New school cats are always saying our old-school fighters are punch-drunk and broke.

Sugar Ray Leonard is not punch-drunk or broke. Lennox Lewis is not punch-drunk or broke. Mike Tyson is not punch-drunk or broke. Crazy but shit Mike always been crazy.

All that health shit is a convenient excuse to soften boxing. It’s the same thing they did to football. Softening it up so cowards can sneak in. Back in the day boxing was honorable. Now you got YouTube nerds calling themselves fighters.

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Boxing was a sport where you put it all on the line to become a champion, including your health. And when the smoke cleared, you knew you was looking at a REAL boxing champion who paid his due her dues. Now you got a bunch of safety first posers. And don’t be pointing out a couple of warriors of today. I’m talking about OVERALL!

WAS OLD SCHOOL BOXING TOUGHER?

What really aggravates me the most is when I hear OLD dudes defending this shit. Now these sellouts talking that same bullshit. “HIT DONT GET HIT, GET OUT WITH YOUR HEALTH AND MONEY” (In a vaginal whiney voice).You grey headed jackass. You remember, or SHOULD remember what boxing is about.

It’s not about money. Not even about health. It’s a tool to separate the men from the boys. A tool to separate the diamond from the plain rock. It’s a tool to separate the BEST from the REST.

New school always saying, people realize now it’s hit and don’t get hit. Who is these people you speak of? You speaking for the whole boxing public now? I’m a retired professional fighter, you ain’t speaking for me. These people you speak of are YouTube nerds and casual jackasses, not real fight fans who know the sport.

If I WHUP your ass for nine rounds and you knock me out cold in the 10th round, who won the fight???EXACTLY!!Boxing is not about dodging punches like a chicken. It’s about WINNING.

IS MAKING A BOXING CHAMPION EASIER NOW THAN BEFORE?

I don’t train fighters anymore because I’m way too busy with my business. But I’m tempted to start training a fighter again because it would be easy to get him positioned for a title shot. First I’d convince him of the truth. That 75% of fighters these days ain’t ready for real smoke.

And will not be willing to fight to the death if need be. Then I’d get him in shape to throw punches non-stop for 10 rounds. That’s all he gonna need because these fighters used to fencing for 2 minutes every round. Then I’d have him fight them like a DOG, elbows, low-blows, headbutts. Watch how they start crying to the ref, which is the beginning of quitting. Stay in there chest nonstop punching and watch them fold.

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NO HONOR LEFT IN BOXING

Boxing is soft fake and rigged now. You see nobody wants to have a fight anymore. These days fighters tap gloves DURING a fight. Tap, tap, tap, point, point, point, give me my money crap. If you street FIGHT today you win because these boys ain’t built for that. They like fencing. IN closing

I say you new dudes acting like that coward in the movie “SAVING PRIVATE RYAN “He let his comrade get stabbed to death slowly while he hid in the doorway watching, scared.

You new school jackasses are watching boxing die slowly while your scared in the doorway afraid of getting hurt. Plus his coward ass had all the bullets his OTHER comrades needed, in essence leaving the brave men to die. Kind of like leaving real fighters like me to die.NO FUCKIN HONOR!! Today BOXING has no honor. Consider yourself educated. Accepting correction is growth.

Written by ex-pro fighter Greg Townes, the resident boxing expert for Punchingbagskunk.com and Punchingbagskunk YouTube channel.

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