Rest in Power to a legend who gave the sport everything he had.
Because it was the year you realized the machine had truly broken down.
He fought Igor Borisov in Poland that year. I won’t pretend I saw it live—I didn’t. But I found the result buried on a database: a win. Then a loss to Moise Rimbon. Then silence.
The forums were brutal. “He looks old.” “He’s just here for the paycheck.” “Someone needs to stop him.”
We romanticize fighters when they retire gracefully. We don’t talk about the ones who can’t. Who keep showing up because the silence of a Tuesday afternoon is louder than any punch.
Rest in Power to a legend who gave the sport everything he had.
Because it was the year you realized the machine had truly broken down.
He fought Igor Borisov in Poland that year. I won’t pretend I saw it live—I didn’t. But I found the result buried on a database: a win. Then a loss to Moise Rimbon. Then silence.
The forums were brutal. “He looks old.” “He’s just here for the paycheck.” “Someone needs to stop him.”
We romanticize fighters when they retire gracefully. We don’t talk about the ones who can’t. Who keep showing up because the silence of a Tuesday afternoon is louder than any punch.
