Correct me if I'm wrong...but didn't Kamali start this shit(not counting Shawn's seminar advice if it is true) by running his mouth ABOUT Shawn back in like 2001,when he first competed as a pro? He called out all sorts of the Pros. I especially remember his arguments with TITUS. I am not 100% sure,but I seem to remember him talking lots of shit about Shawn his rookie year.....and NEVER came close to backing it up.
Nope, you're spot on.
Kamali came out in his rookie year, talking all sorts of shit about Shawn; saying he'd place ahead of him at the Olympia, and Shawn would never beat him again. That year Kamali wasn't even compared with Shawn.
He starts his shit talking with Titus, Milos Sarcev (still a thread over at MM with Milos talking about the conflict, Milos' board too) and continued with Shawns vendetta.
A year or two pass and Kamali places 17th (or was it 16th?!?!) at the O, and also around this time he apologized to Shawn stating "When I came out as a rookie, I set my sights high, so I called out the best-being Shawn Ray. I didn't do it for any reason other than to push myself to be as good as Shawn Ray." (I paraphrased that FTR).
A few more years go by, the best Kamali can do is his 10th place finish at the O, a questionable qualification in which he does not participate, and continues his smack talking.
Now, with Lift Studios shutting Kamali's site down with the "lack of payment" notice for all to see, I guess it's not just Kamali's mouth writing checks his body can't cash!