Last night after my 6-year-old had bathed, he had a towel over his head and said: "Look at me! I'm a boxer! I'm like Messi!" Me: "Messi isn't a boxer, son. He's a soccer player." Kid: "Oh! I know who's a boxer! I'm KSI then! Or Logan Paul!" I just shook my head. The sport is fucked.
I said this on ESB a few years ago: I once had a girlfriend in highschool (shock, I know) who really tried to talk to me about my interests - bless her - and that resulted into one of my favourite memories of all-time. I was sitting in a French lesson talking to one of my mates about who'd win if Wilder was to grow a pair and fight Joshua. We were talking about it for a good ten minutes, and she perked up with a ****ing golden comment: "Y'know what I think? I think Joshua should man up and fight Ronaldo." The stunned silence she received was deafening. The only way I could not make her feel stupid was by just agreeing, moving on and conceding that Ronaldo could definitely win.
I remember a few months ago one of my 8 year old nephew said somewhere along the lines of Jake Paul and KSI as being the best boxers ever and that Andrew Tate needs to stop being a chicken and go fight them. Bless his soul but I couldn’t help but just laugh and shake my head after hearing that. Boxing is at an era where social media plays a huge part now, sadly.
As a new father I can only imagine the disappointment. I mean, if he turned out gay that would be OK but this...
Shiiddddddd I wouldn't push it! I'd rather him think Steph Curry is the heavyweight champion than him be a maricon. But I digress.
Anthony Pettis vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jose Aldo vs. Jeremy Stephens headline Gamebred Boxing 4 on April 1
