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Post by TD on Mar 29, 2006 16:46:15 GMT -5
You gotta love a fighter that comes out swinging in a PR!
" Melissa "Huracan" Hernandez is going to let up on Maureen "Moe" Shea"
Basically a CALL OUT with an insult attached.
Well its time to find out where Shea is at. I hope she responds.
Bernie did a nice piece on her...too nice. And she answered like she had heard all the questions already. "soft opponents" but " i'm ready to kick it up a notch" and the usual, lay it off to her managers.
PLEASE. AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THAT---ALARM BELLS. THAT'S THE SAFE OUT, THE TAG TEAM OUT- GO TALK TO MY MANAGER THAT DOES NOT TALK KINDA OUT.
TD
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Post by Bernie McCoy on Mar 29, 2006 19:39:29 GMT -5
One person's PR is another's Macbeth Act V Scene V "a tale of sound and fury signifying nothing".
Melissa Hernandez may indeed be a good fighter, she may even be nearly as good a fighter as she is a talker, although at the present time she's far ahead with the latter skill and seems somewhat short on the former.
Shea and Hernandez could, indeed, be a good fight, two Bronx fighers in a "neighborhood brawl for it all". But both Shea and Hernandez have something to prove in the ring first. When and if, they do, let the build up begin.
For now, talk less, a lot less and and fight more, a lot more. Two bouts doth not a career make, either as a fighter or a matchmaker (I forget what sonnet that's from.....maybe Tom can help on that).
Bernie
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Post by TD on Mar 30, 2006 0:22:07 GMT -5
Bernie,
Your changing direction on yo bad self...do you believe Shea needs to step up? I think so. So she gets a "step up challenge" and you say, NOT NOW. Humm.
The Rule of Local Rivalries...they can sign for the best of 7 and sell out all 7 if they fight their asses off. One thing a fan loves, a fight in and from the neighborhood.
Worse for Shea, she was publicly smacked. To keep quiet or to lay it off to the manager would be a bad sign for a fighter "from the neighborhood".
TD
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Post by Bernie McCoy on Mar 30, 2006 11:09:34 GMT -5
Tom:
Do you purposely ignore points that run counter to your theories or didn't you get by the Willie Sutton quote in the opening graph of my "nice" piece? The primary arc of that article was that Maureen Shea has been through the "training wheels" phase and now needs to "step up" (I think the exact pithy prose was: "Its now time for Maureen Shea to step into a competitive professional future..."). So spare me the hip-hop "changing direction" garbage.
As for these "call outs", have you ever, truly, in your vast experience, seen one that came to fruition? I can't recall any, simply because they are silly and self-centered and endemic of the type of thing this sport needs a lot less of: substituting talking about fighting for actually fighting. Instead of a "look at me" callout, how about a fighter going out and knocking off a couple of credible opponents and then let the sentiment build, naturally, for a bout.
While I'm not isolating Melissa Hernandez with these comments, if she gets a couple of more wins, I'll be first in line to write another "nice" piece about a Shea/Hernandez bout which could be a big fight in a big venue in New York. We agree that "neighborhood rivalries" make for real good matchups and I'd love to see such a bout if and when both fighters have "stepped up" and deserve that big fight in a big venue.
Bernie
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Post by TD on Mar 30, 2006 19:00:59 GMT -5
Bernie...obviously Hernandez WANTS to fight, its Shea who does NOT want to fight Hernandez. It's Shea who you said, should step up. So she gets an invite from Hernandez and what happens...well...still waiting...huh...NOTHING. At least Hernandez tried.
YOU, yourself have referred to "call outs" when speaking about fighters being dodged by other fighters, so why be hypcritical?
Talk is a very important part of the game [ Ali established that] and you are totally wrong about Call Outs being worthless...the are the spark that leads the PRESS onto the trail of a potential match. They capture fan interest. And they are the first shot thrown in any fight.
So are you saying that SHEA shouldn't accept a challenge from Hernandez OR that she's NOT skilled enough to STEP UP to her level? And yes, you do hip hop.
TD
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