By: Ken Hissner
At age 74 this writer has been a boxing fan since at age 8 watching the rematch between then World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano and the former champion “Jersey” Joe Walcott on TV with my dad.
I’ve watched many changes especially in boxing. The then great trainers didn’t always pass down their knowledge possibly in fear of losing a fighter they trained. Trainers are in a position where “they do not have a contract with a boxer” as the manager does so there is little protection. You lose a fight today and the boxer changes trainers as if it were the fault of the trainer and not the boxers.
At an early age I loved watching professional wrestling. Several of my favorites were Argentina Rocca and Haystacks Calhoun. With age I realized the results in wrestling was known prior to the match. I was told by one who was involved in wrestling a “blood capsule” was placed in the mouth of a wrestler and when “hit” the blood from the capsule looked like real blood coming out. Granted, they had to be in good enough condition to take the tumbles and falls they did.
In time I grew out of watching wrestling though once watching high school wrestling at state championships in Pennsylvania with three events going on at once I knew that at that level let alone college it was really a tough sport. That is probably where some of the better MMA-UFC fighters have an advantage today.
We now live in a “blood thirsty” society that the more violence the better for the say 20 to 50 crowd enjoy the more blood and violence the better! I don’t even want to get into the NFL’s violence. Do they test for steroids?
So as more American men today rather choose playing a team sport where they can make plenty of money without having to take all the “blame” whereas unless it’s a last play failing the team takes the blame for the loss not the individual as in boxing it’s “safer!” Today in boxing you have some of the best P4P boxers coming from Eastern Europe where they come to the United States “hungry” like the Americans did say in the 50’s and 60’s they have great success. The Ukraine’s Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko and Kazakhstan’s Gennady “GGG” Golovkin are great examples of that today.
So along comes MMA-UFC and I can’t believe how the fan’s go crazy for the violence as they do for American football where the injuries are horrific. A quarterback literally takes his life into his hands waiting to be crushed by a 250 pound “monster” hitting him from the-blindside! I couldn’t believe it when while serving in the Army in the mid 60’s when NY Jet quarterback Joe Namath claimed he couldn’t go in because of “bad knees!” Bad knees? How dangerous would it have been getting inducted and probably leading recruits into calisthenics? You think the greats like Joe “The Brown Bomber” and “Sugar” Ray Robinson were put into combat while serving during World War II?
The Gracie family has brought their development of Brazilian jiu-jitsu into Mixed Martial Arts and made their mark! From this writers point of view I see two guys wrestling to the ground as in a street fight with one on top of the other smashing his face into submission and think “such brutality”. There are skills I don’t watch long enough to pick up on. At least in boxing it is against the rules of “hitting below the belt”.
Now there seems to be a resurgence coming in Bare Knuckle Boxing. Top unbeaten BKB fighter Bobby Gunn once told me “it’s not as brutal as boxing” because one punch usually can end it much sooner than taking a beating over ten rounds with boxing gloves on.
To make long story by now not so short for someone over 60 getting the thrill watching MMA-UFC as one would seeing for example the first Marciano-Walcott fight when the challenger was well behind going into the thirteenth round and pulls out by way of knockout is second to none!
Muchas gracias. ?Como puedo iniciar sesion?
canadian neighbor pharmacy
http://expresscanadapharm.com/# reliable canadian pharmacy
canadian world pharmacy
A pharmacy that truly understands customer service.
buying cytotec without prescription
Always stocked with the best brands.
A trusted voice in global health matters.
how to buy cheap cipro without insurance
A pharmacy that truly values its patrons.
The best in town, without a doubt.
where to buy generic clomid prices
Bridging continents with their top-notch service.
alo789in: alo 789 dang nh?p – alo789
lowest prescription prices online india: india online pharmacy store – cheapest online pharmacy india
canadian pharmacy 365: canada pharmacy no prescription – canadian drug pharmacy
Mexican Pharm Inter: MexicanPharmInter – mexican pharmacy online store
http://interpharmonline.com/# best rated canadian pharmacy
reliable canadian pharmacy: Cheapest online pharmacy – canadian world pharmacy
maple leaf pharmacy in canada most trusted canadian pharmacies online best canadian online pharmacy reviews
india online pharmacy store: online medicine shopping in india – IndiaMedFast.com
http://indiamedfast.com/# online pharmacy india
mexican drug stores online: mexican drug stores online – MexicanPharmInter
https://indiamedfast.com/# buying prescription drugs from india
canadian drugs pharmacy
cheap canadian pharmacy: InterPharmOnline.com – canadian family pharmacy
https://interpharmonline.com/# my canadian pharmacy reviews
safe canadian pharmacies
https://mexicanpharminter.com/# mexican drug stores online
mexican drug stores online: mexican drug stores online – MexicanPharmInter
cheapest online pharmacy india cheapest online pharmacy india IndiaMedFast.com
https://indiamedfast.shop/# order medicines online india
canadian world pharmacy
canadadrugpharmacy com: canadian drugstore online no prescription – canadian pharmacy online reviews
Officiele Kamagra van Nederland: Kamagra Kopen Online – kamagra pillen kopen
Viagra Tablet price: Generic 100mg Easy – Cheap generic Viagra
kamagra gel kopen Officiele Kamagra van Nederland kamagra kopen nederland
Generic 100mg Easy: Viagra tablet online – Generic Viagra online
http://generic100mgeasy.com/# Generic100mgEasy
cialis without a doctor prescription: cialis without a doctor prescription – Tadalafil Easy Buy
https://kamagrakopen.pro/# kamagra 100mg kopen
http://generic100mgeasy.com/# Viagra online price
cialis without a doctor prescription: TadalafilEasyBuy.com – Tadalafil Easy Buy
Tadalafil Easy Buy: TadalafilEasyBuy.com – buy cialis pill
Generic 100mg Easy Generic Viagra for sale Generic 100mg Easy
Kamagra Kopen Online: kamagra pillen kopen – Kamagra Kopen
https://tadalafileasybuy.shop/# Tadalafil Easy Buy
https://kamagrakopen.pro/# Kamagra Kopen Online
cialis without a doctor prescription: TadalafilEasyBuy.com – buy cialis pill
https://tadalafileasybuy.shop/# Tadalafil Easy Buy
Generic100mgEasy: Generic100mgEasy – sildenafil 50 mg price
https://kamagrakopen.pro/# Officiele Kamagra van Nederland
Generic100mgEasy: Generic100mgEasy – Generic 100mg Easy
Sildenafil 100mg price: Buy generic 100mg Viagra online – Cheap generic Viagra online
Officiele Kamagra van Nederland: kamagra kopen nederland – kamagra pillen kopen
https://generic100mgeasy.com/# Generic100mgEasy
kamagra jelly kopen: kamagra kopen nederland – Officiele Kamagra van Nederland
http://generic100mgeasy.com/# Generic100mgEasy
Kamagra Kopen: kamagra jelly kopen – kamagra pillen kopen
https://kamagrakopen.pro/# kamagra pillen kopen
Generic Viagra online: Generic 100mg Easy – Generic100mgEasy
http://tadalafileasybuy.com/# Tadalafil Easy Buy
kamagra gel kopen kamagra jelly kopen Kamagra Kopen Online
Tadalafil Easy Buy: Cialis without a doctor prescription – п»їcialis generic
пин ап вход – пинап казино
pinup 2025 – пин ап зеркало
пинап казино – пин ап казино
Tadalafil price Tadalafil Easy Buy Tadalafil Easy Buy
пин ап казино: https://pinupkz.life/
pinup 2025 – пин ап казино зеркало
пин ап: https://pinupkz.life/
пин ап казино – пин ап
пин ап казино – пин ап вход
пин ап – пин ап казино официальный сайт
Cheap Sildenafil 100mg cheap viagra generic sildenafil
Apoteket online: apotek online recept – Apotek hemleverans recept
https://apotheekmax.shop/# ApotheekMax
Online apotheek Nederland zonder recept: Online apotheek Nederland met recept – Online apotheek Nederland met recept
http://kamagrapotenzmittel.com/# Kamagra Gel
http://apotekonlinerecept.com/# apotek pa nett
apotek online: apotek pa nett – Apoteket online
https://kamagrapotenzmittel.com/# Kamagra online bestellen
kamagra: Kamagra online bestellen – Kamagra online bestellen
Beste online drogist: Online apotheek Nederland zonder recept – Online apotheek Nederland zonder recept
https://apotheekmax.com/# ApotheekMax
apotek online: Apotek hemleverans recept – apotek online recept
Apotheek online bestellen de online drogist kortingscode ApotheekMax
http://kamagrapotenzmittel.com/# Kamagra Gel
Beste online drogist: ApotheekMax – Apotheek online bestellen
https://apotheekmax.com/# Online apotheek Nederland met recept
https://apotekonlinerecept.shop/# apotek online recept
Apotek hemleverans idag: Apoteket online – Apoteket online
online apotheek online apotheek Online apotheek Nederland met recept
http://apotheekmax.com/# Apotheek online bestellen
https://apotekonlinerecept.com/# apotek online
apotek pa nett: apotek online – Apotek hemleverans idag
de online drogist kortingscode: Apotheek Max – Betrouwbare online apotheek zonder recept
http://kamagrapotenzmittel.com/# Kamagra kaufen
Online apotheek Nederland met recept ApotheekMax Beste online drogist
Kamagra Oral Jelly kaufen: Kamagra kaufen – Kamagra Oral Jelly
https://apotheekmax.shop/# Online apotheek Nederland zonder recept
Kamagra Oral Jelly: Kamagra kaufen ohne Rezept – Kamagra online bestellen
Kamagra Oral Jelly kaufen Kamagra Original Kamagra kaufen ohne Rezept