What a fuckin joke

[Edbear]

Too many are too quick to point out the risks and injuries of unrelated activities, thereby completely missing the point. The purpose and intent of fighting is to cripple your opponent such that he cannot continue therefore you win. Otherwise, why are the head and torso the only allowable targets? It's not a game of touch rugby, is it? Or fencing where it is the number of times you get through the opponents defence and touch them to get points.

Motorcycling is not a sport where you are out to clobber the other motorcyclists and the whole purpose of motorcycling is NOT to hit anything or anyone! You wear helmets specifically designed to prevent brain injury. In fact, who would want to box, or watch boxing, if the combatants, (interesting description, no?), had to wear the safety gear of a motorcyclist?

[Clockwork]

Fuck off.

Hows that?

I say old chap. That's not cricket!

[Deano]

Get a life losers.

Boxing, and other martial arts are great. One of the best things to happen in my life for confidence, fitness and self defence.

At least you are weight matched and your opponent stands in front of you - you know they are going to try and take your head off.

Not like being spear tackled, or chopped in half from a side on tackle.

Why are league tackles called hit ups ?

If you can 'take out' a player by tackling them hard as fuck, but legally, isn't that one aim of rugby ?

Of course it is - McCaw and Carter get targetted all the time. If they go off injured, more chance of beating their team.

Boxing is better regulated than rugby too. You get concussed in boxing, instant 3 month lay off. Rugby ?

Was it McDonald that got knocked out 3 times in a season a couple of years ago ? No worries, son, get out there and win the game for us.

You should lobby Govt to ban motorcycles - they are dangerous too.

[Oscar]

Really?
The useless cunt has never fought a genuine fight in his life, and from what Ive seen, he has the boxing talent of a thalidomide baby. and theyre giving him a shot at the NZ title, against some cunt who has lost MORE fights than he has won.
If that useless cunt wins the title, i swear to god, Ill fight the cunt for it myself.

linky
http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/rugby/new...vyweight-belt/

--end of tourettes rant--

Nice rant.
The Russian Judge gives it a 7.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Nice rant.
The Russian Judge gives it a 7.

How 'bout those two silly old cunts that started a bit of biffo on telly the other night? Ex football players that had a 30 year old grudge or some such thing...

[Oscar]

How 'bout those two silly old cunts that started a bit of biffo on telly the other night? Ex football players that had a 30 year old grudge or some such thing...

That was great.
One guy got in a wicked right hook!

[Crasherfromwayback]

That was great.
One guy got in a wicked right hook!

I only caught a quick bit of it out the corner of my eye. He was the geezer without the cane yeah?

[imdying]

Get a life losers.

Getting punched in the face increased your confidence, and you have the temerity to call other people losers? Really?

At least you are weight matched and your opponent stands in front of you - you know they are going to try and take your head off.

Not like being spear tackled, or chopped in half from a side on tackle.

Why are league tackles called hit ups ?

Can't argue with that.

You should lobby Govt to ban motorcycles - they are dangerous too.

Ok you punch drunk git, here's the nice and slooooow version, just so you can understand it. Nobody is trying to stop you from being able to get punched in the face for fun if that's what you want to do. The only people that have suggested that that is where my remarks are aimed at are boxers; presumably because regardless of how many times they've had a beating round the ring, they still recognise at some level that on the whole it's a pretty stupid 'sport'.

[EJK]

Bring back gladiators. Sine missione!

[HenryDorsetCase]

Shit yeah. Plus as a warmup we get to feed christians to lions. Bonus all round!

[Deano]

Getting punched in the face increased your confidence, and you have the temerity to call other people losers? Really?

You are really good at putting words into other peoples mouths or making assumptions. So good I'm not even going to lower myself to answer that one. If you can't work it out for yourself, then perhaps you are the sloooow one.

Ok you punch drunk git, here's the nice and slooooow version, just so you can understand it. Nobody is trying to stop you from being able to get punched in the face for fun if that's what you want to do. The only people that have suggested that that is where my remarks are aimed at are boxers; presumably because regardless of how many times they've had a beating round the ring, they still recognise at some level that on the whole it's a pretty stupid 'sport'.

And again - who said I was responding directly to your comments ?

I'm not a boxer by the way.

My point is that it's a personal choice, just like riding motorcycles. Seen the stats for motorcycle accidents and the aftermath ? It ain't pretty is it ? It has been discussed on here how legislators are basically trying to outlaw motorcycles, or would do if they could.

Then you come along and bemoan the fact that boxing is called a sport ? And you question why someone would want to do something that involves getting punched in the head ? Hey - get good enough and you don't get hit.......much. LOL

Non motorcyclists ask the same thing about motorcyclists ? Why would you want to do something so dangerous that could fuck you up when you crash. "It's stupid".

[imdying]

You are really good at putting words into other peoples mouths or making assumptions.

It's called a straw man, look it up.

And again - who said I was responding directly to your comments ?

Who then?

My point is that it's a personal choice

I'm all for that, it's your life. However having that attitude does not preclude me from calling boxing retarded and questioning whether it is really worth of being called sport at all. If we stick to the professional boxing mooted in my first post, then it is definitely not a sport, merely entertainment. HDC has put forward the case that amateur is miles away from professional boxing in most aspects, and I'll happily concede that as fact; but it is still just punching another dude in the head.

The final nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned is the use of judges. Like all other bullshit wannabe sports (figure skating, diving, drifting), if it requires a judge to pick a winner, it's not a sport, regardless of how finely crafted the rules are. I'm willing to reconsider that view on any of those sports that figures out how to get an unbiased computer program to do the judging. Because shit like this is not f'n sport.

[Edbear]

Reminds me of the tale of two men in dispute. One challenges the other to a duel. As they get ready in the woods, one says, "Hey I'm a lot bigger target than he is, it's hardly a fair fight!"

So the umpire walks up to the bigger man and takes out a chalk. Drawing two lines down the man's torso, he says, "Okay, now it's even, any hits outside the lines don't count!"

[Deano]

I'm all for that, it's your life. However having that attitude does not preclude me from calling boxing retarded and questioning whether it is really worth of being called sport at all.

And my life is going very well thanks. Including the odd punch in the head. Of course I'm going to defend martial arts - methinks this is just another of your trolls.

There are plenty of things that can cause damage to brain cells. If someone chooses to lose a few through their SPORT, which also has a lot of positive benefits. Good on em.

[tigertim20]

Too many are too quick to point out the risks and injuries of unrelated activities, thereby completely missing the point. The purpose and intent of fighting is to cripple your opponent such that he cannot continue therefore you win.

No. Boxing matches today are set to a defined length. they are scored round by round, so a winner can be determined at the end. occaisionally someone doesnt make it to the end, and the winner is decided as a result of that - no different than crashing out of a race because your line and someone elses line meant someone got run off the track.

Otherwise, why are the head and torso the only allowable targets?

Because the head and the body are fairly easy to guard - providing a high degree of safety to a competitor who has actually bothered to train and learn. Points are scored by one person showing their skill and prowess by faking, moving and managing to score points through the others gaurd - just the same as getting the ball past the keeper in soccer.

It's not a game of touch rugby, is it? Or fencing where it is the number of times you get through the opponents defence and touch them to get points.

Do you know anything about boxing? Yes. It is scored. As far as Im concerned, ANY time a fight ends in KO/Injury, it is because the losing opponent was NOT up to scratch, and should NOT have taken the fight, and should not have been competing, because they werent good enough - just like NZ cricketers.

Motorcycling is not a sport where you are out to clobber the other motorcyclists and the whole purpose of motorcycling is NOT to hit anything or anyone! You wear helmets specifically designed to prevent brain injury. In fact, who would want to box, or watch boxing, if the combatants, (interesting description, no?), had to wear the safety gear of a motorcyclist?

Plenty of amateurs DO wear safety gear. They wear heavily padded gloves so that points can be scored without causing the injury of a bare knuckle strike. Furthermore, the large size of the gloves themselves provides a pad behind which an opponent can hide their head in defense. There are plenty of sports/games where hitting is required, or even the goal. rugby union, rugby league, certain forms of motor racing