And after all this, people STILL arent getting it. Its not the DOG FIGHTING, it was the DOG TORTURING. Get it yet?
But we already went over this - why do you keep insisting that there was torture going on? You don't know that, nobody does.
And yes, dog fighting is embedded into southern culture as well as the midwest and other places too, doesn't mean it's right but it should give people an understanding of why/how people get involved into the sport. Shit, cockfighting is still legal in one southern state. Like I said earlier it wasn't uncommon to see hundreds of people in a neighborhood with thousands of dollars in the pot
Here are some quotes from an espn article, regarding Gerald McClellan (boxer) and his trainer:
But up the railroad tracks, on the east side, lies a darker history. Penelton says they had dogfights there in the early to mid-1990s, drawing as many as 150 people, throwing around more than $10,000. The woods and cornfields provided the perfect cover; the Pecatonica River gave them a place to wash the bloody dogs after their battles.
"Wasn't nobody going to say nothing," Penelton says. "We had all the money."
A big misconception of dogfighting, Goodwin says, is that it's rooted in the South. But places such as Detroit and Chicago long have been considered hot spots, and Penelton says he's seen as much as $200,000 wagered at a dogfight in Detroit.
"If people found out how big it was, they'd be shocked," Penelton says. "These guys come to a dogfight like they're going to a beauty pageant or the Oscars. That's how they dress up, diamonds and bling bling. You'd think Michael Jackson or Stevie Wonder was showing up.
"Lots of athletes. Lots of professional boxers, a lot of basketball players. I've seen quite a few of them, too. I don't want to put a name out there."
Penelton, who also boxes and trains, says McClellan got his first taste of dogfighting when he was 11 or 12 and watched a group of kids try to get a wild dog to fight. It escalated to McClellan's owning six dogs as an adult, and limiting his lifestyle.
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And then he saw a much gentler side of McClellan when it came to Deuce. When the dog was losing, McClellan screamed to stop the fight.
"He gave the man his money, picked Deuce up and threw him over his shoulder," Johnson says. "He was crying all the way home, petting his dog, saying he would never do it again.
"He was driving a green Mercedes Benz. Blood was all over the car. Deuce's neck was tore out, and you know what Gerald did? He sewed his neck up himself with a needle and thread. And that was the last dogfight I went to with Gerald."
