In a boxing context, what does the term "bum" mean to you?

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  1. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    Robert Guererro fight "scares me"
    "I give him 50/50 chance to beat floyd"
    "robert comes to fight, is hungry, rough and tough"


    "Canelo Alvarez? who has he beaten? floyd would school him, pointless fight"

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  2. mick557

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    Trevor Faus.
     
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  3. PowerBack

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    According to boxrec there are about 900-1100 boxers per division. The bottom 200-300 are probably what should be defined as "bums". Tye Fields is far from a bum, more like a low end Journeyman.
     
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  4. TheVrominator

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    I think it should also be applied to fighters who have great amateur pedigrees but massively underperform as pros, i.e. Audley Harrison.
     
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  5. PowerBack

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    Why? That would be an underachiever.
     
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  6. PowerBack

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    Bums are boxers we have never heard of or never talks about.. Bums are the lowest ranked fighters in boxing, guys with 8-22 records..
     
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    Bums are all champions these days who lose a fight! :) Unseen in this boxing, to lose a fight.
     
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  8. TheVrominator

    TheVrominator Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, they deserve the ridicule associated with the term "bum" because they didn't deliver on their talent.
     
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  10. PowerBack

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    Maybe not. But that doesn't make them bums. Judah didn't deliver on his talent but he has won multiple belts, would you call Judah a bum?
     
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  11. EuroBot

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    Most fighters in the TR stable.
     
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  12. BoxingDomain

    BoxingDomain Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Even Tye Fields is not a bum..see those 49 wins, most of those may have been bums, but Fields by beating them, is not one himself.

    My rankings go:

    Champion
    Top Contenders
    Contenders
    Fringe Contenders
    Gatekeeper
    Journeyman
    Bum
     
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  13. Robney

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    But isn't the rule that if you beat a legend, you become a legend.
    So if you keep beating bums...
     
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  14. EuroBot

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    Yup. That's how Danny Green became one! :smoke
     
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    99% of the HW division
     
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