Top 5 Mickey Ward fights...

1. Ward/Gatti I
2. Ward/Burton
3. Diaz/Ward
4 Ward/Neary
5 Gatti/Ward III

 

Phillips
Judah
Diaz
Burton
Gatti

 

GOTTA Have the Reggie Green Fight on ANY Mickey Ward List, Fellas....



REED:hammert:

 

Ahead of which?

 

the shitty ending spoiled it for me. what a terrible stoppage.

 

Over the Years, REED's had a Somewhat CONFLICTED Outlook of Mickey Ward, but @ the End of the Day, Ward Carved a DESERVED Niche in the Hearts of Boxing Fans...REED Included...

Yes, The Level of Fandom & Appreciation Went a Tad OVERBOARD Back in the Day & REED Still Thinks there's Several Other True-to-Life Boxing Stories that R MORE Motion Picture Worthy...But NONE of REED's Opinions R Intended to Detract from the Sheer Level of Fightnight ENJOYMENT REED Personally Got Out of Mickey Ward....

100% True Story, During the LIVE Broadcast of Ward-Burton, REED's Stupid Ass was Doing a Minor County Jail Stint & Convinced a 50 Person Deeeeeeeeep Cell Block to Watch Friday Night Fights::...T.V. Time was Always Voted Upon & Boxing USUALLY Lost Out...This Particular Night, REED Bribed his Way into FNF & Ward-Burton was the Main Event...REED KNEW the Fight would B (Casual) Fan-Friendly & it Certainly WAS....

No Bullshit, @ the End of the Fight, Probably 30 Dudes Gave the Fight a STANDING OVATION...The Brothers had Good Natured Dialogue about the Fight, for like 30 Minutes or So Afterwards...Obviously, the Brothers were Trying to Make a Case for Augustus WINNING, but Begrudgingly had to Give it To Ward, Based on the BodyShot Knockdown...& No Doubt, Ward Placed Himself on the "Radar" of the White Cats who Watched it w/REED...They're Probably Re-Telling this Same Story, on their Way to Watch the Marky Mark/Bale Flick::...

Needless to Say, Ward-Burton is REED's Absolue FAVORITE Mickey Ward Fight...1 of THE Moments that Reached Out & "SPOKE" to REED about Getting More INVOLVED in the Sport of Boxing....



REED:hammert:

 

That entire post and you didn't refer to him as Rudy once.

 

The Thing is, REED Looooooooooooves the Film "Rudy"...To this Day, it's Hard for REED to NOT Tear Up when Rudy Finally Gets the SACK @ the End...But Yeah, the Nickname was Meant to BASH Ward...



REED::

 

All you people that bitch and moan that there are fighters whose lives are more film-worthy than Ward's - make your own damn film! If you don't like it, don't watch the film. This isn't a socialist country you know - we don't just sit around and wait and see what "they" give us. And if we don't like it, there's no recourse in bitching and moaning, as if you're saying, "come on - give us something else. We're entitled."

Make your own damn film. Stop bitching about someone else's.

 

WOW!!!...

Merry Christmas to You TOO, Doub!!!...



REED:TLC:

 

In all seriousness, Merry Christmas to you REED !!!

 

1) Gatti 1
2) Burton (Augustus)
3) Neary
4) Diaz
5) Green

 

<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X3CVpi-E_OQ" frameborder="0"></iframe>

 

One of the things Ward did that was deliberate and effective at once was to give his opponents no distance. None. If he set his mind to it, he'd be on the guy like white on rice (nice little cliche I know). With hostility and fury, he'd give his opponent no space - none. Without space, his opponents' better technique and skills could not be brought to bear.

 

like stink on shit would be the more appropriate cliche.

 

And those are the only 5 Ward fights worth mentioning, so this thread is redundant.

 

How exactly did you bribe the inmates?


Ward - Burton is also my favorite.

 

Ward was fascinating to me in that he had only one offensive weapon, a ridiculously powerful left hook to the body... he had next to nothing in terms of power upstairs, his other punches were swats more than anything else... his defense was downright strange, and utterly useless... his footwork consisted of a slow, flat footed stalking motion, he didnt move his head, his handspeed was negligable at best... but he was completely fearless and could break people in half with that bodyshot... I can hardly think of a fighter who managed to make it into the top ten of a good weight class who had less to work with... his success boggled my mind, and it was because of that liver shot, it was just a killer, easily one of the best thats ever existed in the sport... I mean, he barely breathed on Zab Judah when he fought him, hardly landed anything, but even a remorseless braggart like Zab Judah noted the power of that body shot after a fight where he won every minute of every round... it was almost as if Mickey Ward literally spent years pivoting from his right foot to his left and slamming home that punch on a heavybag all day and all night and figured "well, I wont worry about the other stuff, I can take a punch to the face"

he was a likeable sort, affable, humble, generally gracious to this opponents win or lose... that sort of "aw shucks" charm combined with the fact that he seemed hopelessly outmatched even in his victories made him well liked by fans

 

This, plus Dickie Eklund being jumped by the cops, and you have an instant movie smash. Believe. :Thumbs:

 

::

 

Judging by this post, you have no idea of what the words "socialism" and "capitalism" mean, or how a market works.

 

REED Held what is Called a "Spread", which is Basically like a Jailhouse Party...REED was Fortunate Enough to have Enough Money on his Books that he Could Partake in the Commissary Every Week...Ramen Noodles, Honey Buns, Donuts, Candy, Cool-Aid & Tortilla's were Particularly Popular...

Anyways, REED "Swayed" Votes his Way to Watch Friday Night Fights on the Promise that he'd Host a Spread for his Fellow Inmates...The Rest is HISTORY!!...



REED:kidcool:

 

Crazy. My buddy told me the same thing about his stint. Although "monster garage" was always the overwhelming favorite show. Especially among the brothas.

 

Sounds like someone just completed their first under-graduate course in sociology? No? Or was it economics?

I think your vague response, in which you offer no counterpoint, no point of view of your own except to say that I have no idea what socialism or capitalism are, is a pretty weak argument. Wouldn't you say?

True or False? Movies get made by people/companies in an attempt to make money, not to appease boxing subcultures?

True or False? The response to a movie getting made about Ward's career, as if it were a slight to other boxers, suggests an expectation that movies are made for some reason other than to make money? That they constitute some kind of entitlement that in this case was unjustly awarded to Ward and not some other more deserving fighter?

My guess is I've failed to clarify my point and how it relates to capitalism and/or socialism, and that from the sound of it, your most likely theoretical grasp of these concepts does not allow for its application to examples not straight forward enough to appear in your sociology 101 course work.

 

You drew a correlation between socialism and complaining about a private market offering and desiring an alternative within the context of that market. You suggested that instead of seeking an alternative, the more capitalist thing would be to make your own offering, in spite of the fact that you just implied there is no market for it. There's more fail to be pointed out here, but that's it at a high level.

Also, I'm a professional in my 30s, not a college kid. So you fail again.

 

I honestly have no idea what your argument is. Twice you've said I'm wrong and twice you've provided no coherent explanation as to why.

The point isn't whether or not there's a market for a movie about this fighter or that one. The point is that the response to a movie about Ward that questions his merit as a fighter, as if he's not worthy of a movie, but that some other better fighter should've gotten the nod, implies a certain mentality.

 

Flip-flop Diaz and Green and this is my list as well.

 

It implies they have the desire to see a movie about a fighter aside from Ward. That desire is entirely independent of an economic system. Though I don't even know what comments you're referring to to begin with, there is nothing of that sort in this thread.

 

Well. No. Because this thread was about Ward's top 5 fights.

Let me put it in terms you might understand.

Take the recent movie made about the green hornet. Don't you think there's a large contingent of movie goers who would've preferred a movie about Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Aqua Man or Captain America?

What would be your reaction be to belly-aching on the part of this contingent? As if Captain America had been passed over for the Green Hornet? Wouldn't that seem silly? And wouldn't it suggest the Capt. America contingent viewed the movie production as something other than a money-making endeavor? Something more like an accolade? Or a symbol of the "State's" endorsement? That was unjustly awarded to the Green Hornet of all heros?

But we know that's silly. We know that movies about superheroes aren't doled out like awards or rationed somehow according to consensus merit. Rather, we recognize that to the extent possible, movie makers are creating stories that appeal to masses critical enough to make money, and that have stories compelling enough to transcend comic book herodem, or in this case, boxing.

 

I've already addressed this, but I'll do it again one last time. No, it wouldn't seem silly at all. "Bellyaching" happens in free markets all the time, and it's what often informs or creates an opportunity. The reason why is irrelevant, though 'deserving' and 'moneymaking' are of course not mutually exclusive and often go hand in hand.