Often heard boxing cliches you take issue with

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Beouche, Dec 24, 2013.


  1. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    We get them all the time on the boards


    One i have issues with are the people who insult posters for calling a certain boxer a coward

    Yeah yeah we get it. Any boxer who steps into the ring is braver than most out there. Even Audley

    But talk about missing the point

    You compare top level famous boxers with OTHER top level famous boxers, not with the average layman off the street


    Bravery is one of the highest attributes that can be bestowed on a boxer

    It's what will forever separate the best of the best


    Pacquiao
    Mayweather
    Jones
    Calzaghe


    4 of the p4p best boxers of the past twenty years


    yet shameless cherry pickin cowards each one of them :fire:fire:fire


    Did i just insult 4 of the most popular boxers on the board? LOL im gonna get a flaming. But its true


    Cotto, Froch, Marquez, Morales, Bradley


    It's guys like these who show us just what boxing can - and my Laaaawwd should be about - elite cream of the crop guys themselves, but who spent their entire careers actively seeking out the very hardest challenges out there, and in the process giving us - the paying fan - the fights we REALLY wanted to see
     
  2. loughlan

    loughlan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah calling any boxer a coward is stupid but it can't be denied that some are braver than others.

    One of the boxing cliches that really baffles me is "you have to take the belt from the champion". You'd think winning more rounds than the champion would suffice but apparently not.
     
  3. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    "boring" - I can understand this from casuals, but from supposed boxing fans, it's just ignorant. And it's always from haters or fans whose idols just got beat.

    merry x-mas to all even *******s
     
  4. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    "At this point, it's who wants it more"

    Could it be that, one guy has a little more stamina? One guy has more talent?

    Did Ali really "want it" more than Frazier in Manila. I remember Sugar Ray Leonard saying this cliche during Chavez-Taylor 1?

    Chavez wanted it more? How do we measure that?
     
  5. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    :lol: that one baffles me as well



    This one's a little more ambiguous

    Wlad - booooooooooooooooooooooooring

    Rigondeux - no real boxing fan could call a Rigo vs another great fighter boring. He's one of the best pure boxers of all time, and he's active in our era


    :good
     
  6. TJ Max

    TJ Max Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Pacquaio reposts Mayweather's baby D, will Mayweather fight him?
     
  7. Cletis VanDamme

    Cletis VanDamme Boxing Addict Full Member

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    " It could have gone either way " FFS, give us your scorecard, if you can't decide then what is "Draw" there for ?
     
  8. illwill007

    illwill007 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    fruity...
     
  9. VBOX

    VBOX JOURNEYMAN Full Member

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    Calling a green prospect a young hungry lion. So sick of hearing that term.
     
  10. 1_man_army

    1_man_army The Knockout King Full Member

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    YDKSAB - I hate when people use that ****, its so corny and automatically makes me think that the person is a ******ed fanboy who doesn't know what they're talking about. If you disagree with somebody then say why with a reasoned well thought out and logical response instead of hiding behind that crap.

    Robbery - The phrase is often used needlessly when a close fight doesn't go the way they wanted it to.

    Exposed - No fighter can take an L without being 'exposed'. Nobody ever just gets beat by the better guy or bested in a close fight - its always 'exposed'.
     
  11. Holy Grail

    Holy Grail Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "Robbery"

    When fanboys of certain fighters claim robbery on close fights. Close, competitive fight with some hard to score rounds? Sure. Robbery? GTFO and take the loss. The ******ed fanboys don't know the difference between a real robbery and what they think it is.

    Some boxers have a history of claiming robbery themselves which makes them look like whining cry babies and this behavior trickles down to their fanboys. The boxers should be questioning their trainers instead for telling them that they are winning and to be conservative when all the official and unofficial scorecards are razor close.
     
  12. TowersOfIce

    TowersOfIce Max Kellerman ruined HBO Full Member

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    That baffled me for a long time too. Now I take it to mean rounds where there isn't a clear winner go to the champion.
     
  13. illwill007

    illwill007 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Leave JMM alone! :lol:
     
  14. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    All excellent choices. :good
     
  15. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just all the old sayings like you have to take the belt from the champ.