Boxing 'terms': What they mean and what they mean on the Internet.

"Exposed" Real meaning: When a fighter with flaws has said flaws revealed to he world in often brutal fashion.

Internet meaning: Somebodies most hated fighter finally got beat.

 

Ducking.

Real Meaning - A fighter is scared to fight another fighter because he will know he will lose.

Internet Meaning - The above but without considering things like, money, TV deals, promoters at war, actually any rational explanation other than the fighter is scared.


Its a pet hate of mine and its ****ing absurd.

 

"Bum"

Real meaning: A tramp, or maybe a boxer who is completely out of shape, has no desire whatsoever to win and will happily fall over for the sake of a pay day. Very rare indeed.

Internet meaning: Any fighter who is overmatched, has a moderate record, or in some cases anybody who isn't above domestic class.

This term is often used on ESB and it generally shows ignorance and a lack of respect from casual fans who mainly get their boxing wisdom from the back pages of the Sun newspaper.

 

Cherry Picking

Real meaning: Choosing an opponent who most people consider a soft touch & over whom one enjoys a stylistic advantage.

Internet meaning: Choosing anyone who is not an ATG in his prime

 

China chinned

Real - Somebody who is particularly susceptible to being KOd when caught flush.

Internet - anyone who has ever been KOd in any circumstance.

 

This is the one I hate more than anything....I would quite happily line up and gun down all the chin checkers on here

 

Floored.

Real - Somebody who has been knocked down by a punch.

Internet - Somebody who has been knocked out cold..

 

Hahahaha.....and not even on the GF :-(

 

Schooled

Real meaning: Someone who is given a boxing lesson for 10 or more of the 12 round fight and out classed in every department over the duration of the fight, a la Calzaghe/Lacy.

Internet meaning: Someone that loses a fight 7-5 or 8-4.

 

Michigan - Somebody who has been hurt and is staying on your feet holding.

 

Is that what it was? That's far worse than I thought.

 

Weight Drained

Real meaning: A fighter's conditioning being drastically hampered after dropping down in weight.

Internet meaning: An excuse I'll use to either discredit a fighter's win, or explain my fighter's humiliating loss.

 

Excellent Thread.

 

Knockout artist: someone who scores clean knockouts over a number of his peers.

Internet; someone who knocks over 20+ guys multiple times to force a stoppage. Guys that he outsizes and aren't ranked.