Feliciano needs to stop fighting
Honestly. I like him, but he has nothing for anyone in the sport right now, except maybe a chin with a bullseye painted on it. A lot of people praised him for his gutsy performance against Cintron. I didn't, if only because I kind of thought this guy's inability to keep his hands up was just a whole lotta trouble careerwise.
But at some point I think you have to distinguish "gutsy" from "suicidal." Tsurkan was just nailing him over and over with these sloppy-but-sort-of-hard hooks, and Feliciano was just mechanically marching right into them, literally EATING them like ice cream cones. He is dangerous to himself, period.
Jesse - there is other work for you out there. Stop before it's too late, buddy.
Editor's Addition by Scott:
I was coming on just now to say the exact same thing. I missed the fight live but watched it today.
Look, I'm all for letting grown men do what they wish within the law. Feliciano routinely getting his brain sloshed around is within the law. But it's not enjoyable to watch at all. He deserves praise for having a lot of guts and being very tough. But you know what that praise and those guts and that toughness are going to get him? Brain damage. That's it.
The guy can't fight back. Someone that cares about him should really talk to him about whether or not he should continue fighting. He gets TV fights because he allows action to happen every second of every fight. But he's getting destroyed out there. It's not fun viewing. It's just sort of gruesome at this point.
He's 15-8-3. Vast riches do not await Jesse Feliciano. He is by all accounts a nice guy, and there is plenty of work in boxing that won't require him getting his face punched in anymore.
Respect his toughness, respect his heart, respect Jesse Feliciano. But I agree -- he needs to get out before something bad happens.
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Amen
As for someone who cares about him to talk him out of this, doesn't his pop train him? If so, I'm guessing there's little hope of that.
by jrok on Apr 26, 2008 8:59 PM EDT 0 recs
Silencing Mouths
Rather than silencing mouth he caused them to be wide open. Some one close to him should just tell him to stop or fuck that the actual trainer should tell him. The trainer is also at fault if he just sits there and keeps his mouth shut.
Anyone caught the Chavez Jr fight last night? Maybe it was just me I don't but for that match to last so long meant that he was not well prepared. I know he was injured but that was like in the six or seventh round. And he already had the Italian boxer knocked out as it was. Especially if he keeps fighting bums he is not going anywhere. Now Camacho Jr wants to have a fight with him. Camacho Jr. During his fight lastnight, Camacho Jr looks like shit with all them crackhead drugs he took along with his father. This kid needs to start getting bigger names just for start ups. I'd love to see Chavez Jr. up against Ricardo Torres. However, I doubt Chavez Jr will even last with him. The kid is good but unless he's more exposed out there who's going to bother. Even certain Mexican boxing fans that I know barely know anything about him.
by CRAZEDANG1280 on Apr 27, 2008 3:16 PM EDT 0 recs








