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By: The Walrus Blogs » MMA’s Gentleman Champion » The Haulout

The Walrus Blogs » MMA’s Gentleman Champion » The Haulout — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:38:14 +0000

[...] me over. In a follow-up post to the article about MMA he co-authored in this magazine last year, Jeremy Keehn wondered if MMA could potentially produce a fighter with the appeal of Muhammed Ali. GSP is [...]

By: Conor McCreery

Conor McCreery — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:59:44 +0000

I’d have to say we saw some well manufactured drama in the Matt Serra, George St.Pierre fight that took place in Montreal. Remember GSP actually had to tell the crowd that he would be drinking with Serra that night and didn’t want anyone to cause any trouble — that Serra’s comments about GSP, and his French Canadian heritage were done to “promote the fight”.

So I think on that level some of the “characters” get the notion that additional drama is necessary. And certainly in an MMA context when someone says they want to kill the other guy I take it a bit more seriously than in the WWE world.

And as for “names”. Sure we all know Tyson, Ali, Frazier… but come on now — name me ONE dominant boxer at play now? I would argue GSP has a higher Q rating in Canada then any boxer. I would argue that Chuck Lidell or Brock Lesner probably have the same status in the U.S. — outside of Oscar De La Hoya — who is done as a fighter.

Does anyone care that a Klitschko holds a the heavyweight belt? Does ANYONE who is not Filipino know who Manny Pacquiao is? (And who holds the other belts — anyone… anyone….?)

Boxing has a history and a mythology that MMA does not — but maybe all that is, is a matter of time?

Could Royce Gracie one day be looked at like a Jack Johnson or a John L. Sullivan? Sure why not — it just takes time.

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By: The Walrus Blogs » All the Nerdy Middle-Aged Genre-Loving Men » The Shelf

The Walrus Blogs » All the Nerdy Middle-Aged Genre-Loving Men » The Shelf — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:17:42 +0000

[...] its elaborate construction renders it similarly meaningless. To continue the Walrus Blogs’ lit-crit onslaught, I’d suggest that in Tree of Smoke the classic Saussurian sign system breaks down. In the world [...]

By: Edward Keenan

Edward Keenan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:13:36 +0000

Sorry Grant, I have never heard of any of those people. And even my mother knows who Ali and Tyson are. This is one of those points where there’s really no arguing — you can’t convince me those are household names if no one in my household recognizes the names.