When did 'Ducking' in boxing start?

[captain]

Lennox Lewis. He threw his title in a trash can.

[orriray59]

Originally Posted by captain

Riddick Bowe took it to another level

Took it to another level my ass. An entire race of people was ducked back in the early 1900's. Imagine if Jack Johnson hadn't been champion? Let's just say the color line was still drawn.

We wouldn't have:

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Shane Mosley
Mike Tyson
Tommy Hearns
Marvin Hagler
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Joe Frazier
Sonny Liston
George Foreman
Roy Jones Jr.
Riddick Bowe
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis

etc.

[Brand814]

Originally Posted by captain

Lennox Lewis. He threw his title in a trash can.

ahhhh ok. I wasnt thinkin Lewis tbh with you. good shit

[timagen]

Corbett-Fitzsimmons rematch
Jack Johnson ducking Langford

It's probably been around as long as the sport.

[Thread Stealer]

Boxers have always been "ducked", or "avoided", due to being too risky in proportion to the financial rewards of facing them.

[KO-KING]

Since boxing began, no one wants to face a guy that will beat you up

[captain]

Originally Posted by orriray59

Took it to another level my ass. An entire race of people was ducked back in the early 1900's. Imagine if Jack Johnson hadn't been champion? Let's just say the color line was still drawn.

We wouldn't have:

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Shane Mosley
Mike Tyson
Tommy Hearns
Marvin Hagler
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Joe Frazier
Sonny Liston
George Foreman
Roy Jones Jr.
Riddick Bowe
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis

etc.

u mad bro?

What action was more symbolic of ducking than what Bowe did?
Not saying ducking isn't as old as boxing itself, but that throwing your title in the trash, that's taking it to another level.

[Vyborg1917]

How about taking your title to Hollywood for 3 years?

[Cael]

Originally Posted by Cellz831

Jack Johnson was the king at being ducked

more like the king of ducking.

As a champion, he ducked his 4 best opponents.
In his defense, he did beat 3 of them before he became champion

[NeckBreaknAiken]

Ducking is in the eye of the beholder...


People who don't like certain fighters will always claim thy ducked someone. There's generally a lot more to it than meets the eye. For instance, people who claim Lewis was a ducker are simply mad because the worst version of him beat a young, hungry Vitali Klitschko on his best night.


Most people like to claim RJJ ducked a bunch of people. That's equally subjective, and mostly depends on what country the person you ask is from.


Same with Floyd, Pac, and others.

[Chempasillo]

good question....

bowe ducked lewis

barrera & morales never wanted a big part of marquez

mayweather aka the king of duckers...

but when did it exactly start?

I guess with tyson. a lot of heavys realy wanted 0 part of him, when he was prime coming up like a rolling stone....

[NeckBreaknAiken]

Originally Posted by Chempasillo

good question....

bowe ducked lewis

barrera & morales never wanted a big part of marquez

mayweather aka the king of duckers...

but when did it exactly start?

I guess with tyson. a lot of heavys realy wanted 0 part of him, when he was prime coming up like a rolling stone....

You know very little about boxing in general if you say ducking started with Mike Tyson.

[Chempasillo]

Originally Posted by NeckBreaknAiken

You know very little about boxing in general if you say ducking started with Mike Tyson.

I wasnt born in the 50's....and dont have much film about the old days and back in the days everybody fought everybody. it its marciano, ali or larry holmes. never heard ali doing trouble not wanting to face foreman because foreman was bigger or they couldnt come to an agreemant.

[Relentless]

jack dempsey ducked the superior black athletes

[NeckBreaknAiken]

Originally Posted by Chempasillo

I wasnt born in the 50's....and dont have much film about the old days and back in the days everybody fought everybody. it its marciano, ali or larry holmes. never heard ali doing trouble not wanting to face foreman because foreman was bigger or they couldnt come to an agreemant.

I'm not trying to shit on you or nothing... So don't take me as one of these boxing snobs who knows everything about everything when it comes to boxing history.