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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by oarabbus_ on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:55PM (#18867581)
>I'm reminded of a Quora answer by a guy who loved fighting, one phrase he used stuck out at me. "Great fighters have to kind of like getting hit."

Floyd Mayweather disputes this.

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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by jdietrich on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:30PM (#18867958)
It's not always terribly exciting to watch, but Mayweather's pathological aversion to getting punched is certainly effective.
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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by mac01021 on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:58PM (#18868826)
Never thought I'd hear an aversion to being punched described as pathological.
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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by dmoy on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:45PM (#18869253)
Most boxers will trade punches a lot more. Floyd just apparently figured out that total defense is better.
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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by MisterOctober on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @07:51PM (#18870576)
Indeed -- taking into account the recent revelations about CTE and related issues, Mayweather's "I believe in taking as little punishment as is possible" approach seems to me well-considered.
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Re:The Painful Price of Becoming Jackie Chan by SmellyGeekBoy on Thursday January 10, 2019 @07:41AM (#18873402)
Who'd have thought that being repeatedly punched in the head would have negative long-term health implications?
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