Saturday, June 28, 2008

Fist of Legend




Like in many sports, I always wished I could go back in time. And grab teams and athletes of the past and see how they do in the present. Imagine Babe Ruth playing with today's Yankees, or Jim brown playing with today's Cleveland Browns, or even(as discussed before) Bird's Celtics vs KG's Celtics. To keep things simpler, how about boxing greats like Ali, Frasier, Tyson, Graziano, and of course Joe Louis. I know this is a recurring theme but, I would really like to see these fighters in their prime take each other on. These were the guys that made boxing such a great sport. I used to love watching these PPV matches. Now, i'd rather screw a wooden box filled with broken glass and lemon juice. Just imagine how much money people would put down to watch a Tyson/Ali, Graziano/Frasier macthup. I'm talking at LEAST $1000/PPV. These are prime fights. Not the ones we see now with no names and european hacks trash talking like its the WWE. These guys actually had a storyline in their background. Graziano was a criminal trying to use boxing as a way to make money. Ali was a model Muslim who refused the Vietnam Draft. Tyson was regarded as one of the best of all times and the youngest to be crowned champion.
With UFC becoming the mainstream sport of fighters and boxing becoming obsolete, it'd be great to have a time machine.
the Capt.

1 comment:

Narizon said...

I would love to see the Master himself Bruce Lee v any of those MMA guys. He would kill them...