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Zach really goes into detail about this clowns REAL agenda. His 'arguments' are sickening.
In order to justify his article, Carpiniello quotes Steve Acunto, deputy commissioner emeritus of the New York State Athletic Commission. He’s also co-founder of the American Association for the Improvement of Boxing. In other words, he’s an angry boxing legend who’s not thrilled about the rise of MMA.
Read on…
“I think this Ultimate Fighting, it brings out the worst in people,” he said. “I think Ultimate Fighting satiates the barbaric lust of people who would watch cockfighting, dogfighting, bullfighting, or anything that has the ultimate results of hurting somebody, very badly. Very badly.
“I’ve watched it. I’ve seen people removed from the ring in a stretcher because they’ve been struck behind the neck with a knee. They’ve been absolutely out of it. Very shortly, although it’s at its peak in Atlantic City right now, there will be some deaths from this thing. You can’t call it boxing. It’s not boxing. It’s not any one sport, per se. It a sport for hoodlums who kick each other, smash each other in the groin, do things that are absolutely barbaric.”
If you think MMA is going to get legalized soon in the state of New York any time soon, re-read what Acunto said. Then, there is the clincher from Acunto:
“There’s a lot of money in it, but I think it should be stopped in its tracks, like they should have stopped Adolf Hitler in his tracks. You’ve got to stop a bad thing before it catches on and overwhelms you.”
Acunto has just compared MMA to a primary mastermind of the Holocaust. Yes, he compared MMA to the person behind a historical event in which 6 million Jewish people were killed.
Despite Acunto’s old age, his shameful statements must be denounced publicly and in a strong fashion. He must be held accountable.
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Personally, I want to blacklist this guy, but seeing him compare a sport to something as terrible as the Holocaust, I think he deserves some hardcore hate mail.