01-15-2016, 04:09 AM
(01-14-2016, 09:03 PM)NakiFan Wrote: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/an-attempt-to-sell-another-massacre-joseph-parkers-nemesis-doesnt-buy-tired-hurt-talk
Brian Minto isn't falling for the pre fight talk...
People can presume all they like - everyone is entitled to their opinion, but the one i wouldnt listen to is Brian Minto who is nothing more than a self serving grub who needs no encyclopedia set as he thinks he knows everything. What i have learnt over time with Minto is that he falls out with everyone he does business with. He has unsuccessfully tried to sabotage 2 of Joe's opponents and is nothing more than a bitter twisted individual who thinks the world owes him a favor.
Facts are - you dont swell up bullshitting - it is his first southpaw training camp and he is 24 years old without the amateur pedigree many of the elite heavys have had. He has struggled and obviously been tagged and is unproven against a southpaw .. the very reason he is fighting Jason Bergman. What people fail to understand is that there is 63 active heavyweight southpaws in the world today (fact) Jason is rated 11 in the world out of those - we dont want to walk into Ortiz or Thompson as his first lefty .. Bergman has only lost 2 out of his last 18 and is the perfect opponent for Samoa. This camp and sparring and Bergman is perfectly in line with what his team wants. When you look and see that Charles Martin is rated 8th best southpaw in the world and he is only 3 up from Bergman kind of puts it into perspective a little (considering martin is about to fight for the IBF World title).
I provide you this information to try to give you some insight as to the facts .. Its not a sales job .. I dont have to justify to anyone and it's natural that people form opinions - thats their god given entitlement .. thats what fans of the sport do. I figure it just helps a little with you have some inside info. Cheers .. Stu