I see a car roll and stop in the desert. Laurie Romero The trunk-popping camera shot is likely intended to recall Quentin Tarantino's many bad-guy movies, or perhaps the final season of the film. Breaking Bad — and pulls out a painted piñata Isaac “Pitbull” Crews It comes with it. Romero begins hitting the piñata with a stick, then stabs it with the stick, and eventually stomps on it.
“I'm not really a villain,” Laurie can be heard saying. “I'm more of an antihero. Villains do evil things. Antiheroes do their best, right? Yes, I'm not a villain. They just don't understand me.”
Villain? Antihero? Call it whatever you like. It's mostly semantics. Rory is called a “heel” in the wrestling world, but he is a pure “babyface” in contrast to the humble blue-collar pit bull.
Narrator of the show featuring this clip of Romero KO 1 Piñata — Gloves removedHBO's Amazon Prime successor service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and showtime all access — describes Laurie as “flamboyant” and “loud.”
It all stems from the fact that he plays the kind of boxer that people pay a lot of money to see lose.
That's his role in his PBC On Prime debut on March 30th. The card doesn't have a traditional blockbuster pay-per-view main event, and the show is hoping to put its finger on the “buy” button deep into the show and put a lot of people in the spotlight. A list of fighters and matchups that may have some appeal.between Tim Tze, Erislandi Lara, Michael Zerafa, Sebastian Fundora, Serhiy BokhatyukCruz, and Romero stand out as a battle of the guys that fans love to hate.
It's a time-honored tradition in boxing. Even though Romero is one of the current top practitioners of this art form, he did not invent it.
And from where I sit, I can see five different types of boxing heels.This is different 5 people you meet in heaven.I like it more 5 boxers you meet in hell:
Archetype 1: Slightly unfriendly trash talker
This is where Romero fits in. This is the category with the fewest villains. However, he also has interest in more serious categories, as Romero once faced accusations of sexual assault. No charge in the end. We have no idea what the truth is, so we can only judge him based on what we witness. That means he has a irritating attitude once his gums start flapping.
He may or may not actually be a bad person. Or maybe his d-bag nature comes and goes. Tyson Fury Another great example of this. From one moment on, he proves to be a great champion of mental health causes and a shining example of perseverance. For the next 20 minutes, he becomes an unbearable thug.
Like Romero, there's often a feeling with Fury that this guy is just trying too hard.
They're total a-holes, but sometimes they're charming and make you giggle.He eventually ran into even more serious trouble outside the ring, but think of a guy like him in his prime Ricardo Mayorga, eating chicken wings on the scale and lighting a cigarette in the ring. Quite a douche vibe, and you'd like to see him get pummeled…but it's mostly harmless.
Archetype 2: The egoist that backs it up.
No one has ever played the “pay to see me lose” card better. floyd mayweather. People who paid to see him had a variety of reasons. Some worshiped him, others simply admired his skill, and some were die-hard boxing fans who never missed a chance to see him perform. But he wouldn't have remained one of the top four pay-per-view grossers of all time if it weren't for people who couldn't bear to ask for cash in hopes of seeing him humble.
How much of the “Money Mayweather” character is the real Floyd and how much is exaggerated for publicity purposes? Only he knows. (Or maybe the lines have become so blurred that he himself has lost his way.) It's hard to believe that someone could actually be that troublesome. But anything is possible.
It's a fine line between “stupid trash talker” and “egomaniac” and fighters like Fury bleed a little. You could also argue something like: Carl Froch or Naseem Hamed Although it falls into this category, Nas only supported it for a long time until he could no longer support it. the result…
Archetype 3: Unsubstantiated Egomania
Hamed didn't stay long after his prime – he experienced some struggles and then lost Marco Antonio Barrera, then showed signs of decline with a comeback win, but then cashed in wisely. But in any case, for one night only, the antis got to see the comeback of the man with the ultimate over-the-top self-worshipping persona, “Prince.''
A better example emerged a decade or so later. It was clearly a more detestable personality, combined with an athleticism that quickly found limits, but refused to come off the stage once the losses started. Of course, I'm talking about adrien broner.
Broner's first loss, humiliation Marcos Maidana, perhaps the most satisfying defeat for fans in modern boxing history. Now he's lost enough (along with some unfair decision wins) that the thrill is gone, just sad. But for a while, I was rooting for Broner to lose and watching him win was as exciting as watching my team win the Super Bowl.
Archetype 4: Suspected cheating and dirty combatants
Now we'll get into the real story.if Antonio Margarito There's no arguing that he's an “antihero” if he intentionally did what most of us believe he did on purpose. It is suspected that he loaded the gloves with hardened inserts in order to defeat him. Miguel Cotto, perhaps among other fights, is pure villainous action.and after the trainer Javier Capetillo arrested Before the fight with Margarito Shane Mosleymost fans cheered Margarito with fiery vitriol.
To a lesser extent, many fans are repulsed by those who have been popped for PEDs. There are also smaller subcategories of rule breakers. Boxing history is full of dirty fighters. fritzie zivic The new heels that appeared just last Saturday, Esteuri Suero. bernard hopkins He often walked the dotted line between “dirty” and “sneaky” and many fans hated him for his often ugly fighting style.
Archetype 5: True Criminal
It's going to get dark soon. While some, like most professional fighters, have kind personalities, there have also been many over the years who have been dangerously evil, dangerously unwell, or both.Something like james butler and edwin valero — the actual murderer — comes to mind. However, for obvious reasons, boxing fans had no chance to root for them after their criminality became known.
However, many martial artists commit various types of serious crimes, do their time, and come back wearing a black hat and ready to step into the ring. mike tyson He was hated and feared as much as he was loved and respected. For some fans, adonis stevenson I could never escape his shadow violent crime. Gervonta Davis He went to prison and just missed a small part of his prime last year, and he may or may not be able to clean up his act as an adult.
When Davis fought Romero two years ago, fans of the fight were sure to see one of their much-hated fighters receive the “L.” Lowry was victorious with a sixth-round KO.
As the losses pile up, fans will eventually realize that watching Romero go down in flames becomes less appealing.
But if you look at how Romero portrays himself, and how PBC's documentary producers portray him, it's clear they believe he still has heel runway. it is clear.
