Boxing Myths That Need to Die ASAP

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  1. SquaredCircle

    SquaredCircle Active Member Full Member

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    What things do you hear frequently from casual fans (or even some die-hards) that are blatantly wrong or horribly misinformed?

    To start, given the recent passing of Marvelous Marvin Hagler, seeing people referring to him as a brawler who never took a step backwards needs to go. It's actually absurd to say that because tuning in for twenty seconds to the Sibson, Hamsho, or Hart fights (just for starters) fully disproves that assertion. People describe him as if he was a granite-chinned version of James Kirkland.
     
  2. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    Hagler lived up to his Marvelous name. One of the greatest ever
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pep won a round without landing a punch. It's a load of ****.

    That Armstrong would've won a forth title if it weren't for the draw in the Garcia rematch. Nobody considered that fight for the title, although most did consider Garcia the best middleweight. Sorta like when GGG was seen as the best middleweight but wasn't lineal champion, imagine that but with no alphabet titles.

    The idea that Sanchez was gonna get better and better. If anything, I'd imagine he was going to decline or retire.
     
  4. SquaredCircle

    SquaredCircle Active Member Full Member

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    I wouldn't have been terribly surprised if he caught a loss to Pedroza in the coming year or so. Also can't see him beating Arguello if he moved up.
     
  5. BoxingABC1

    BoxingABC1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't know if this is the right context of 'myth', but "you have to rip the belt away from the champion, you can't edge it", does my head in when people say that
     
  6. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    That fighters have to go out on their shield or be willing to die in the ring.
     
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  7. shza

    shza Active Member Full Member

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    That there are “weight bullies” in a sport with weight classes or that the bigger/longer guy always has an advantage.

    Oh, and the dumbest myth of all: that certain races are predisposed to a certain style of boxing (all black fighters are “slick,” all Mexicans come forward, etc.).
     
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  8. AlwaysFirst

    AlwaysFirst Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That is kinda true though, the bigger guy with longer reach will have a advantage. “Weight bullies” is silly though, everyone have the same “advantage” as long as they weigh in at the same weight.
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's not true, some fighters have susceptibilities to guys who are smaller and can get inside their reach. Ali and Usyk for instance.
     
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  10. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The notion of the lucky punch.
     
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  11. miniq

    miniq Tyson Fury Undisputed HW Champion 18/5/24 Full Member

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    Casuals have many totally wrong opinions about Ali and Tyson, the two most well known boxers of all time. Probably because they've never even watched a full fight of theirs.

    Weight bullies aren't a myth, go watch Broner beating on midgets back in his 130/35 days. PDL still beat him though lol.
     
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  12. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A big myth i see casuals say is Mike Tyson would've beat Buster Douglas if Cus D'Amato didn't die, even though he died before Tyson won his first world title. Its funny. Well no its not. RIP Cus but Mike Tyson is kind of overrated. Dont get me wrong he was an absolute monster and an ATG but people make him out to be some god who folded all of his opponents in 1 round and that he was 10 times better than Ali. Nah.

    People also say Holyfield and Lewis ducked Mike Tyson in his prime. Holyfield wanted the fight before Tyson went to prison and Lewis hadn't even turned pro yet until after 1988.

    Just a bunch of stupid myths forged by Tyson fanboys
     
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  13. Howitzer1888

    Howitzer1888 Active Member Full Member

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    Agreed, if you’re the champ you’re meant to be the best, if you beat the champ you are the champ regardless of how it’s done
     
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  14. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sal had the same amount of fights as Canelo at that age. It's possible that he could've won a few more big fights. There's no basis on whether he would or wouldn't.
     
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  15. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think it's possible when you're going for broke. Everyone gets lucky at some point.
     
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