“I’m ready to die in the ring”

Bellew comes to mind straight away with this lol...So the dumb **** with kids would say good bye to life all for the sake of winning or looking a warrior ??? Yeah course he would

 

Nothing but machismo cr@p

 

It’s hyperbole, bro.

 

I think generally it's a metaphor for not being willing to give up, few actually mean they would willingly give up their lives. It's also an acceptance the sport could lead to their death and I guess every boxer has to come to terms with this possibility, so this reality is probably evident somewhere in their subconscious a lot of the time. But yeah, it's overused and a bit throw-away in the way it's often used.....

 

The guy who walked through Julian Jackson’s and Thomas Hearn’s (no headgear sparring story told by Emanuel Steward) punches like they were nothing. McClellan was clearly on the wrong side of crazy, yet he still quit against Benn by counting himself out. Illustrates you the trauma McClellan was going through in the 2nd half of that fight. Yet too many critics go on about ‘quit’. Ones livelihood is worth more than anything.

 

Katsidis would have. My dude was trying to continue against Coyle lol

 

Badou Jack? All these fighters mentioned have massive hearts.

 

This. Every boxer has heard about someone dying in the ring, it happens all the time. So they know deep down what to expect. And due to the likes Roach, McCellan and Ali; we all know what sustained punishment can lead to.

 

The commentators said Mcllennan had no heart, the way he was blinking when he went down my dad was screaming for it to be stopped. Really not looking good for him now.

 

Maybe this is why he has a glass chin, a protective measure from taking too much damage to the head.

 

There definitely are fighters willing to die in the ring.

 

It's a fighter/warrior thing that if you have never been yourself, you wouldn't be able to relate to.

When you step in to the ring with a killer instinct, you won't quit till your dead or the ref counts it off. You'll be willing to leave it all in their rather than quit and let the other guy beat you.

Then again, once you have a family, they have rights on you and your mentality changes because now you live for them, and not for yourself/your pride.

I've always been willing to die when challenged, I don't quit. I can't handle someone calling me out, and me not giving all I got till I pass out/die.

 

Rigo was willing to die in the ring vs Lomachenko. True warrior.

 

Dadoosh and Bingo! That's exactly why boxers at the top flight/ elite level are a breed apart from us mere mortals

 

Joe Yabuki