Boxing people are used to revenge as a tactic, because it is very much a part of doing business. You see, when somebody steals your fighter or a booking, or stiffs you on a purse or a commission, you had BETTER get revenge or else the next guy who comes along to do business with you will invariably try to do the same thing. I?m relatively confident it?s the same in a lot of other businesses, except in boxing it?s?.well, it just happens a lot more often.
It doesn?t take terribly long for people in the industry get indoctrinated, As the Hall of Fame matchmaker Teddy Brenner used to say. ?The first year you do it for the money; the next year you do it for the revenge.?
Some don?t like to admit it, but we have a tendency to respect people who have demonstrated a capacity to extract revenge, perhaps because we know that they recognized that they have been violated and they would not allow themselves to rest without doing something about it.
As somebody (I forgot who) once said, ?Those who turn the other cheek get hit with the other fist.?
That?s a thought Antonio Margarito probably does not want to have for a while, or at least until the swelling goes down.
I like to think I have an advanced degree in revenge, honed through experience, but this was an instance where I had to really stand up and take notice. Many of us can only wish in our lifetime that we could get the kind of payback Miguel Cotto was able to exact on Saturday night, literally from beginning to end.Boxing people are used to revenge as a tactic, because it is very much a part of doing business. You see, when somebody steals your fighter or a booking, or stiffs you on a purse or a commission, you had BETTER get revenge or else the next guy who comes along to do business with you will invariably try to do the same thing. I?m relatively confident it?s the same in a lot of other businesses, except in boxing it?s?.well, it just happens a lot more often.
It doesn?t take terribly long for people in the industry get indoctrinated, As the Hall of Fame matchmaker Teddy Brenner used to say. ?The first year you do it for the money; the next year you do it for the revenge.?
Some don?t like to admit it, but we have a tendency to respect people who have demonstrated a capacity to extract revenge, perhaps because we know that they recognized that they have been violated and they would not allow themselves to rest without doing something about it.
As somebody (I forgot who) once said, ?Those who turn the other cheek get hit with the other fist.?
That?s a thought Antonio Margarito probably does not want to have for a while, or at least until the swelling goes down.
I like to think I have an advanced degree in revenge, honed through experience, but this was an instance where I had to really stand up and take notice. Many of us can only wish in our lifetime that we could get the kind of payback Miguel Cotto was able to exact on Saturday night, literally from beginning to end.
