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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100% credit for this article written 100% belongs to Mark “TheChamp” Booker. Punchingbagskunk Boxing Media Inc. extends a sincere thank you to Mark, pic below with HOF fighter James Toney.

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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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