Comments on: The Real Drama of Boxing vs. the Fake Drama of the WWE and the NBA http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/the-real-drama-of-boxing-vs-the-fake-drama-of-the-wwe-and-the-nba-96/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:35:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Boxing, WWE, NBA: Drama, False Outcomes, Corruption, and Hypocrisy http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/the-real-drama-of-boxing-vs-the-fake-drama-of-the-wwe-and-the-nba-96/comment-page-1/#comment-23857 Boxing, WWE, NBA: Drama, False Outcomes, Corruption, and Hypocrisy Tue, 20 May 2008 18:49:06 +0000 http://www.jabandgrapple.com/2008/05/18/the-real-drama-of-boxing-vs-the-fake-drama-of-the-wwe-and-the-nba/#comment-23857 [...] from www.fpsrantings.com and mikegotgame.wordpress.com wrote a great comment to my The Real Drama of Boxing vs. the Fake Drama of the WWE and the NBA post as well as my update profile and I wanted to respond but not have it get lost over in the [...] [...] from http://www.fpsrantings.com and mikegotgame.wordpress.com wrote a great comment to my The Real Drama of Boxing vs. the Fake Drama of the WWE and the NBA post as well as my update profile and I wanted to respond but not have it get lost over in the [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/the-real-drama-of-boxing-vs-the-fake-drama-of-the-wwe-and-the-nba-96/comment-page-1/#comment-23870 Mike Mon, 19 May 2008 10:59:13 +0000 http://www.jabandgrapple.com/2008/05/18/the-real-drama-of-boxing-vs-the-fake-drama-of-the-wwe-and-the-nba/#comment-23870 We could say the same thing for boxing. The fights are, after all, scripted as well (I smell home cooking every time). Pro basketball may have its share of point-shaving controversies and wacky referees but at the end of each game, the team with the most points win. There's no need for a judge to decide. Boxing, on the other hand, is controlled by said judges. Knocking down an opponent is not a guarantee for a win. A judge and his subjective perceptions determine a match's outcome--not performance. Boxers have their guaranteed pay as well, so losing and getting money isn't exclusive to professional basketball. And the injuries? The drama isn't for boxing alone, and to presume so is erroneous. Who are we to say that there is no drama behind a basketball player's injury when we don't know what happens behind closed doors? I've read so many interviews about NBA players who could not seem to get out of the mental anguish brought by an injury despite having completely recovered. I've even heard of a pro basketball player in the Philippines whose life was drastically changed because of a freak spinal injury during a game that not only affected his career, but his entire life as well. Just because boxing is a full-contact sport (they say basketball is one too because of its roughness), it doesn't mean its "drama" is real compared to other sports that don't involve beating the living crap out of each other through the use of fists. I'm just sayin'. ;) We could say the same thing for boxing. The fights are, after all, scripted as well (I smell home cooking every time). Pro basketball may have its share of point-shaving controversies and wacky referees but at the end of each game, the team with the most points win. There’s no need for a judge to decide.

Boxing, on the other hand, is controlled by said judges. Knocking down an opponent is not a guarantee for a win. A judge and his subjective perceptions determine a match’s outcome–not performance. Boxers have their guaranteed pay as well, so losing and getting money isn’t exclusive to professional basketball.

And the injuries? The drama isn’t for boxing alone, and to presume so is erroneous. Who are we to say that there is no drama behind a basketball player’s injury when we don’t know what happens behind closed doors? I’ve read so many interviews about NBA players who could not seem to get out of the mental anguish brought by an injury despite having completely recovered.

I’ve even heard of a pro basketball player in the Philippines whose life was drastically changed because of a freak spinal injury during a game that not only affected his career, but his entire life as well.

Just because boxing is a full-contact sport (they say basketball is one too because of its roughness), it doesn’t mean its “drama” is real compared to other sports that don’t involve beating the living crap out of each other through the use of fists.

I’m just sayin’. ;)

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