Can you call this fight?

[Rusty Tromboni]

Great analogy.

He has his moments, doesn't he?

I do think the Wright analogy puts it to rest.

When you think about how talent-laden Boxing history is around 154 pounds (I know, Winky's weight on the scale, not in the ring) you automatically think to the best fighters of all time.

And for all the illustrious careers, how many of those guys would do well against Wright? Not many, I suppose. Not that they wouldn't win, but the fights would be competitive.

Except, that isn't what we think about, typically, when imagining fantasy fights. We want to think about matching the best against the best, or the most thrilling contests feasible. a guy like Wright doesn't really fit into that.

And yet, there he is: Winky Wright spoiler.

Burley has a sexier story. He's a Social Justice Warrior's wet-dream-come true: gay black man denied everything by cruel White male heterosexual, heteronormative capitalist oppressors who go to Church and eat meat and drive Land Rovers, and don't listen to Lady GaGa. (Was Burley ***ish? Did his academic career get cut short due to a learning disability? Did he have food alargens, or deep concern for animals? I get the sense there's more there.)
He sounds like a story cooked up by CNN. You almost have to do a double-take to make sure he really existed.

But at the end of the day, he was his era's Winky Wright. Better, sure. But pretty much the same thing.

Queenie won the internet that day. What's the analogy about coal and diamonds?

[billeau2]

He has his moments, doesn't he?

I do think the Wright analogy puts it to rest.

When you think about how talent-laden Boxing history is around 154 pounds (I know, Winky's weight on the scale, not in the ring) you automatically think to the best fighters of all time.

And for all the illustrious careers, how many of those guys would do well against Wright? Not many, I suppose. Not that they wouldn't win, but the fights would be competitive.

Except, that isn't what we think about, typically, when imagining fantasy fights. We want to think about matching the best against the best, or the most thrilling contests feasible. a guy like Wright doesn't really fit into that.

And yet, there he is: Winky Wright spoiler.

Burley has a sexier story. He's a Social Justice Warrior's wet-dream-come true: gay black man denied everything by cruel White male heterosexual, heteronormative capitalist oppressors who go to Church and eat meat and drive Land Rovers, and don't listen to Lady GaGa. (Was Burley ***ish? Did his academic career get cut short due to a learning disability? Did he have food alargens, or deep concern for animals? I get the sense there's more there.)
He sounds like a story cooked up by CNN. You almost have to do a double-take to make sure he really existed.

But at the end of the day, he was his era's Winky Wright. Better, sure. But pretty much the same thing.

Queenie won the internet that day. What's the analogy about coal and diamonds?

In Thai boxing this weight is the "champ" the heavyweight division is not even taken seriously. Yes this is the weight class that is most universal.