Examples of legitimate excuses and bullshit excuses

Post fight excuses. Which ones were real and which ones were bullshit ?

 

Bullshit: Oysters. {Oscar}

Good Excuse: Mixed Drinks {Arguello}

Bullshit: Humidity {Robinson vs Maxim}

Good Excuse: Heat Exhaustion {McGuigan vs Cruz}

 

The ref passed out and had to be replaced, ffs:boring:

 

Thanks hut hut for that. Dude is a complete moron

 

Bad Excuse. Roy Jones Jr. "I just can't get up for guys, but they can get up for Roy Jones"

Roberto Duran "I had to take a dump"

 

Thsi thread will probably quickly degenerate into mud-slinging between fan favourites...

 

but if both fighters had the same disadvantage then how is it an excuse?

 

these are bullshit:

Ruiz lost because of his divorce

Tito lost because of 9/11

Pac lost one fight because he wore the wrong socks..and another fight because he wore the wrong gloves

 

These are all legit

Oysters

"my back tightened up"

"I drank my coffee too early"

911

 

who said the coffee excuse?

 

when Mosley lost against Wright he said that he "had a monkey on his back"

i thought "wtf" :dunno:

i rewatched the fight and saw no monkey in the ring at all....so i think it was bullshit :dunno:

 

The ref was a fat bastard, not a 165lb pro athlete with the body fat of a glass of skimmed milk. Robinson blew it by moving too much and throwing far too many punches. Maxim was waiting for him to get tired.

By contrast, McGuigan simply never got used to the heat. Physiologically, it was beyond him. He trained with Duran in a tent with the flaps down and Duran told him that the heat he {Roberto} was experiencing was most discomfiting.

 

That is not an argument. Of course, since selling this website to get money for an arm extension surgery, you no longer have the power to ban anyone. Bang a Gong, Get it On, T-Rex boy.

Robinson moved and threw too many punches. Maxim was accustomed to the heat about as well as Robinson was but bided his time. He knew he couldn't match him for speed anyways.

And Maxim was the naturally bigger man. By rights, the heat should have gotten to him. He just threw less and lasted longer. Simple.

 

It isn't a good excuse. It's not like Robinson had been imported from fucking Iceland and couldn't handle the heat. He fought dumb and burned out. Simple.

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Look at the ref, right from the get-go, leaping around like a lamb.

 

Which fight was it that dlh talked about personal issues?

 

Vinny Pazienza against Roy Jones.

 

The Pacquaio fight.

Personally, he didn't like getting beaten up like that.

 

Joppy because of the ring

 

BAD - Any Excuse Offered Up by a Fighter U HATE
GOOD - Any Excuse Offered Up by a Fighter U LIKE



REED:hammert:

 

legitimate: driving from california to florida the week of a fight because you fear getting deported if you fly.

 

Hmmmm.

You know, not too sure I agree there. You say Robinson, "fought dumb," but fighters of his calibre rarely make such sweeping mistakes. You look at the two types of fighters Robinson appears to be bothered by, & you can see Maxim clearly fitting one of those descriptions. I don't think Robinson moved about the ring in such an unneccessary fashion as to cause defeat --- rather, he was left with little choice by a bigger, stronger man, with a sturdy jaw who wasn't going anywhere.

Given enough size, Maxim had certain advantages against Robinson which would come to the fore. Perhaps they would or wouldn't win him the fight under different circumstances, but they'd always be there nonetheless. Robinson's defeat had plenty to do with Maxim, not just any mistakes the ex-Welter king may've made.

 

Lol


I don't think it was that fight.. It was some fight where afterwards he talked about a "personal issue". I felt like he either took a shit in his pants or something weird... Maybe he came?

 

Yep, i was going to post virtually the same thing.

 

U're Thinking of the Oba Carr Fight...Dela WON, but he Started Fast, Seemed to Peter Out in the Middle, then FINISHED the Fight in the 11th or So....



REED:kidcool:

 

:TLC:.......funny but....probably accurate.

 

Maxim made a simple adjustment by recognizing that Robinson had his number and that late, rather than early, was where his best chance lay.


Any other evening, Robinson wins that fight. He was just suited to outscoring bigger guys who had less talent. Most brilliant boxers have that knack. They can win rounds all night. He just happened to mis-gauge his stamina for that occasion. Dehydration is an insidious thing....it compounds itself. The more water you lose, the less you can afford to lose, etc.

Watch Goldteins movement. Man that guy was DUMB.:kick:Leaping around like a freshly tailed lamb. He did a tonne more moving than the fighters and just had to quit.

Robinson had fought guys who he knew weren't going anywhere and conserved himself accordingly in those fights....I have no idea, other than a mistake, why he would fail to acknowledge that for the Maxim fight.

 

That's what it was

I love excuses when you WON

Wasn't tyson's "I broke my back" after a win?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw47gXsDwjw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

Yep.

The thing with the Oba Carr fight was that Oscar got a cut and Alcazar, Oscars then-trainer, came out with some BS about "pulling Oscar out to Long range because of the cut, and then pulling him back to medium-range so he could land the KO shot".

Total BS. Alcazar couldn't train a dog to not sit.

 

The worst excuses are the ones that come days later. Like during the post fight interviews they give their opponents all the credit in the world and say they have no excuses. A couple days later, out come the excuses. For instance:

Mosley from the Forrest fight. At first he gave Forrest all kinds of credit. A few days later he claimed the headbutt screwed him all up and even went as far as claiming Forrest had went to a Holyfield headbutting camp. .

Roy Jones from the Danny Green fight. Initially Roy gave all the credit to Danny for the win. Couple days later he came out with all kinds of conspiracy stories about how he was cheated during the preparation for the fight and claimed Green used illegal wraps.