Merchant Tells Spinks To Get New Job
By Uncategorized May 19th, 2007I can’t help it, I love Larry.
But…I must disagree somewhat with his stance on Taylor, and his saying that JT clearly deserved to win that fight because he was trying to press the issue, make the fight.
Taylor threw a sad 319 punches over 12 rounds, and I make the case that really, neither guy acted like he really wanted to win, and thus, a draw would have been a most just result.
Spinks threw 542 punches, but 98% were in retreat, and so he landed a sad pathetic 16%, 85 blows. I’m guessing that some comments from readers are enroute to TSS as I write this, referring to Cory as “Cory Stinks.”
And of course, what else is knew, who were the biggest losers? The fans in attendance and those watching on TV. At least Pavlik/Miranda mad up for it, and then some…
May 27th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Larry made a good point that it may be time to change the rules of the sport.
Too many fighters are not delivering action or drama-instead are avoiding both risk and engagement. Most fights that ive seen in the past few years
seem to follow the same plan of “win today and look good the next time.”
For every exciting fighter like manny pacquiao , there are a dozen frauds
like spinks,taylor etc. who refuse to engage and fight. Spinks would do well to look at films of micheal spinks who took it to much larger men like Holmes
and Cooney, without running for his life. And the next time Mayweather calls
himself the greatest fighter ever-ask how often Sugar Ray Leonard and Ray Robinson were jeered during their prime. Asking how many people walking out during their fights because of his safety first style.
May 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Spinks faught a very clever fight against a bigger, stronger opponant. You could argue tha he won. If Larry Merchant is bored by doing his job of getting paid to watch live fights and deliver his analysis (based on no real boxing experience) maybe he is he is the one who should get another job. Oh, he is because HBO agrees with me.