u/tacolasunrise

So in all sports I always see everyone saying athletes are bigger, faster stronger. From mma to football to basketball etc etc… it’s always a debate on who would win. Not that everyone picks the newer person or team every time but there is always a debate and it’s always brought up the advancement or tech, health and science.
Yet you ask a boxing fan this and the only time you really hear that in the mainstream is when we bring up heavyweights. Even then most people get ridiculed when you compare an usyk or a fury to someone like Ali or foreman. Going to the lower weights it’s even more skewed. You would down right get laughed at picking canelo over hagler.
My question is what is it about our sport that almost all generations say the new gens could not touch the old gens. Has boxing advanced since say the 60’s or is there only so much you can do with 2 hands so it’s all about style when it comes to a sport 1000’s of years old?

There are amazing technicians in boxing, people that can touch their opponent whenever they want, while great I never hear one being mentioned amongst the greats unless they have that second gear or have shown they can win a dog fight. Is that because they lack the aggression or because it just doesn’t bring in the viewers?

Like I understand brawlers, while fun to watch for the average fan, purists always put them even lower on all time lists but then comes pure boxers and finally near the top on most analysts are boxers with power and aggression… the boxer/puncher

Is this more us being fans of the violence of the sport or do you need that X factor, that “I’m not leaving anything to chance” attitude along to go with the skills?

Trying to come back from, the worst mistake I’ve ever made. I spent my whole life running from someone because I knew who and what she was. I knew exactly how things would end if I tried to get involved with her. Worst of all I waited until she was about to get married to say anything.
Every other aspect of life I have always looked at myself as this amazing person, I help the needy, I work with those less fortunate, I am a mentor in my community. I built a name I am damn proud of, but over the years I have always had the same issue and it’s always been her. When I cheated with her I threw all that away, my self respect, my sense of humor, my happiness everything I built up. I knew she would never be mine that instant she came to my bedroom but I still did it anyway. I knew what I was doing following her around like a fucking mutt, throwing away any sense of pride, after she went back to him. I knew how pathetic I was feeding her and offering her my bed after they broke up. I spent a whole year making an absolute embarrassment of the name I spent 35 years building.
How can I look in the mirror knowing my favorite part about me meant nothing as long as I made her happy. Now I have nothing and it’s everything I deserve. How can I look at people that respect me or those mentored me to be the man I acted like I was. It’s been 2 years and I hate waking up, I hate seeing the person looking back at me. I laugh at the man I thought I was and that’s the only thing keeping me here is I deserve everything i am going through

So first things first, I never played this game but was recommended after how much I liked Elden rings free world. This is a whole other level, but I wanted to be a conjuror but pure conjuring seems impossible so I shifted to fighting alongside with bound weapons. At first I was killing it with my ice summon and bound bow then coming in to help with bound swords after…
Im starting to fall off now though, my summons are getting beat too quick to regen magicka, I switched to dawn breaker and am starting to work on enchanting/smithing/alchemy to make weapons but am I going the wrong way? Feels like I am not even gonna be a conjuror by the end… are there any stronger than the frost one?

Seems like boxing is starting to have these younger fighters find their voice and actually want some smoke with anyone. Not all, but a few are starting to separate themselves as the ones down to fight anyone. Like boots wants anyone near him it seems like now and As much as I don’t like him, Deebo dev really is starting to come off as one joining the ranks. Who else you got?

For context the ranks he is joining are people like bam inoue, and beterbiev… these are the main 3 I see calling any bluffs, jumping at any fight or clearing out everyone around them… I see a few young names actually backing their talk, but want to see if people got the same thoughts as me…

Seems like boxing is starting to have these younger fighters find their voice and actually want some smoke with anyone. Not all, but a few are starting to separate themselves as the ones down to fight anyone. Like boots wants anyone near him it seems like now and As much as I don’t like him, Deebo dev really is starting to come off as one joining the ranks. Who else you got?

For context the ranks he is joining are people like bam inoue, and beterbiev… I see a few young names actually backing their talk, but want to see if people got the same thoughts as me…

Seems like boxing is starting to have these younger fighters find their voice and actually want some smoke with anyone. Not all, but a few are starting to separate themselves as the ones down to fight anyone. Like boots wants anyone near him it seems like now and As much as I don’t like him, Deebo dev really is starting to come off as one joining the ranks. Who else you got?

For context the ranks he is joining are people like bam inoue, and beterbiev… these are the main 3 I see calling any bluffs, jumping at any fight or clearing out everyone around them… I see a few young names actually backing their talk, but want to see if people got the same thoughts as me…

The worst part about believing the hype people have over you is knowing who and what you really are. I have tried my whole life to be the person people have put on the pedestal. My whole life “he is the smartest, funniest, most honorable” most this most that is the general consensus when I sneeze and I truly can’t take it anymore.
May 8 2024 I threw away everything I liked about me. I spent my whole life trying to be the best person I can but I have always thrown away my morals when push comes to shove. This time I can’t shake how truly disgusting I am. I can’t talk to anyone because “nothing affects you” “I don’t know how to help” or “I can’t believe you are letting this of all things do this to you”
I have tried everything to move on but more and more everyday I catch myself thinking, I can end it now and just be done feeling like this. I have tried everything I can think of but at the end of the day no matter how hard I try I will always be me.

Just to set up the story, I have to start with a few years ago I made a mistake I struggled to get over. I reached out to a few people but felt I didn’t receive the support I felt a good family/ friend group should give.

After this I sunk into depression, stopped talking to anyone, seriously thought of ending myself. I struggled for about 3 years alone but during that time started traveling. Now after another year, I have worked on myself for a long time, and my travels have helped me move on. Met some amazing strangers, but don’t really attach to people. Just riding the wind and having fun.

I won’t say “I’m healed” but even while at my worst my life looks amazing. I have seen 10 countries in the last 4 years, done some epic things like skydiving, surfing etc etc, in every place I’ve been… and a lot of people are reaching back out, saying how they’ve missed me, how they are glad to see me happy and all that. Thing is I don’t care to nurture those relationships anymore. I did my whole life but when I needed it nobody could spare 1 min.

I’ve been called cold, been asked to seek therapy, had people show up to my house I had seen only for holidays during the last 4 years. Have everyone worrying about my well being now that I’m actually happy again basically. I had a couple people I actively kept out of the loop so they aren’t to blame but I just don’t care to nurture those relationships anymore with any of them. I’m free, I moved on, I love my family still but I found I can be ok by myself anywhere. Is this too much of reaction?

So long story short, about 2 years ago I made my biggest perceived mistake in life and have struggled with depression and self worth problems. Recently I’m not sure what happened but out of nowhere I got in touch with someone from my past and I can’t say it was fully her but I found I do want to live, i want to do things, that even when I’m on the verge of ending myself I could have someone like her take a second look at me changed some thoughts.
Obviously I’m still super messed up if my self worth can be lifted that much by 1 person, I do know I am clingy right now and probably came off as desperate. Things were going well but I ultimately pushed too much, and let my past get in the way of something that could have been amazing.
I know I have things to work on and if I want an equally great partner I can’t be the mess I’ve been the last while. I have started working out and leaving my house again, am traveling and been doing things I love but her looking back is what showed me I want more out of life. That if I wasn’t so pathetically caught up in the past I would have seen something amazing in front of me. What were some things that you did, seen or learned that was that slap in the face you needed to wake you up? That you needed to move on from what was holding you back?

My whole life I have always heard how I’m such a good guy, how people look up to me or thanking me for guidance. I have always tried to be that person but I can’t be. Every chance I have gotten I’ve thrown away my core values for one thing or another and just the sound of praise fucking kills me.

I’m not some saint or anything but I try to treat everyone fair and how I’d like to be treated. Try not to lie and help those around me if I can. Just basic decency and people have always gone over the moon about it.

Every chance I’ve gotten though I’ve shown how much of a coward I am. I’ve always preached doing the right thing no matter what. Telling those that look up to me to “nut tf up” and do what’s right even if it’s hard. Then once I have to, I become a snake and become the other man to someone just married. I don’t hold family to the same standard I have beaten men for when I see them hitting their wife’s. Every time my convictions come to a real cross roads I fail.

I can’t look at people in the eyes knowing I’m such a joke. Hearing compliments like that are knives to my heart every time, to the point I don’t leave my house because I hate to show my face anymore. I can’t end it because I can’t do that to my family but I can’t keep waking up like this anymore either…