Comments on: Gonna Cry Now! http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/ Bangin’ and Scorin’ Every Trip Down the Floor Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:27:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: thebrotherreport http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/#comment-12158 thebrotherreport Tue, 27 May 2008 15:22:36 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1136#comment-12158 I'm 36 so I got the tail end of Frazier's career and none of Briscoe's but I did see footage of both and I must say they are two of the most underrated fighters in history. I’m 36 so I got the tail end of Frazier’s career and none of Briscoe’s but I did see footage of both and I must say they are two of the most underrated fighters in history.

]]> By: Okori http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/#comment-12157 Okori Tue, 27 May 2008 15:11:19 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1136#comment-12157 It's (and Mizzo can probably do this because I am convinced he knows) Frazier (had a hall-of-fame career with one good eye and one good punch), Briscoe (the number 2 for most of his career at Middleweight behind Carlos Monzon, and fought a Prime Monzon to a draw.), and then Hopkins. It’s (and Mizzo can probably do this because I am convinced he knows) Frazier (had a hall-of-fame career with one good eye and one good punch), Briscoe (the number 2 for most of his career at Middleweight behind Carlos Monzon, and fought a Prime Monzon to a draw.), and then Hopkins.

]]> By: thebrotherreport http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/#comment-12155 thebrotherreport Tue, 27 May 2008 14:18:03 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1136#comment-12155 I'm not saying that Hopkins or anyone that I've named needs a statue tomorrow, what I'm saying is that there are actual real-life athletes that deserve a statue as opposed to a fictional character. I'm not old enough to debate who was more of a Philly fighter between Briscoe/Frazier/Hopkins I’m not saying that Hopkins or anyone that I’ve named needs a statue tomorrow, what I’m saying is that there are actual real-life athletes that deserve a statue as opposed to a fictional character.

I’m not old enough to debate who was more of a Philly fighter between Briscoe/Frazier/Hopkins

]]> By: Okori http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/#comment-12154 Okori Tue, 27 May 2008 13:44:09 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1136#comment-12154 No.... Bernard Hopkins's career is still going. He can't be immortalized in a statue. And before someone says Jordan let us remember: they did his statue in between the first retirement and the comeback. And I think Joe Frazier is more philadelphia boxing than Hopkins. Bennie Briscoe too for that matter. No…. Bernard Hopkins’s career is still going. He can’t be immortalized in a statue.

And before someone says Jordan let us remember: they did his statue in between the first retirement and the comeback.

And I think Joe Frazier is more philadelphia boxing than Hopkins. Bennie Briscoe too for that matter.

]]> By: thebrotherreport http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/#comment-12151 thebrotherreport Tue, 27 May 2008 12:45:15 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1136#comment-12151 So you're gonna compare Balboa to Christ - are you saying he was a fictional character? That's another story for another time. My gripe with the statue is that I can think of a few guys more deserving than he's fictional and you have the nerve to saying in an earlier post that "He's Boxing." Tell that to Bernard Hopkins, Joe Frazier, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Tyrell Biggs, Meldrick Taylor, Rodney Moore or the families of Lonnie Young and James Shuler. So you’re gonna compare Balboa to Christ - are you saying he was a fictional character? That’s another story for another time.

My gripe with the statue is that I can think of a few guys more deserving than he’s fictional and you have the nerve to saying in an earlier post that “He’s Boxing.”

Tell that to Bernard Hopkins, Joe Frazier, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Tyrell Biggs, Meldrick Taylor, Rodney Moore or the families of Lonnie Young and James Shuler.

]]> By: HarveyDent http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/#comment-12138 HarveyDent Tue, 27 May 2008 00:12:50 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1136#comment-12138 That Rocky statue was a prop for a movie...a movie. Nothing's symbolized by that except Sly and the studio were trying to make a dollar. Stallone claims NYC not Philly and what that statue symbolizes is just as phony as a movie backlot. The problem I have with that prop supposedly symbolizing the true spirit of Philadelphia is that there are sports heroes past and present who have authentically symbolized the grittiness and toughness of the City of Brotherly Love. That prop spits on the success Philly teams and natives had before '83 and the futility since then. Maybe if these real people who actually bled for the greater municipal glory than some fictional legbreaker then maybe the championship drought would end. That Rocky statue was a prop for a movie…a movie. Nothing’s symbolized by that except Sly and the studio were trying to make a dollar. Stallone claims NYC not Philly and what that statue symbolizes is just as phony as a movie backlot. The problem I have with that prop supposedly symbolizing the true spirit of Philadelphia is that there are sports heroes past and present who have authentically symbolized the grittiness and toughness of the City of Brotherly Love. That prop spits on the success Philly teams and natives had before ‘83 and the futility since then. Maybe if these real people who actually bled for the greater municipal glory than some fictional legbreaker then maybe the championship drought would end.

]]> By: Mizzo http://thestartingfive.net/2008/05/21/the-jokes-on-us/#comment-12134 Mizzo Mon, 26 May 2008 17:15:19 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1136#comment-12134 Uh....where's BHops or Smokin' Joe's statues? Uh….where’s BHops or Smokin’ Joe’s statues?

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