Biggest ducking in boxing

Hamed retired because food is awesome and he didn't care anymore.

 

Yeah I always kinda figured there was responsibility on both ends from piecing together things I’ve read over the years.. shame though. That would have been a match for true lineage

 

Some of Pernell Whitaker's. His backside nearly touched the ring canvas at times as the punches sailed overhead..

 

When you get into it the evidence is somewhat ambiguous.

For a start I can't see any point where either fighter was obligated to take the fight .

 

I tend to think that a duck has to imply some sort of moral obligation to meet the fighter, such as they are a mandatory, or the outstanding challenger.

 

Fighters like who? How is Roy in person? Seem's real cool.

 

Charley Burley and Holman William's promising each other (on a pinky swear) no less never to face that Dead Kid from the Lower East
Side. Rocky Graziano.
They both checked under their beds for Graziano before they went to bed. The man was terrifying.

 

Floyd skipped the fight with Terrell to fight the actual champion, Ali, instead, I think. Seems a sound choice.

 

I have also heard these stories, but I remain a bit skeptical.

There are problems with this narrative.

The overlap between their careers is not very good, with Foreman peaking while Tyson was in prison.

That means that neither man was under any obligation or pressure to fight the other, and it probably wasn't in either fighters interests.

The one time when the fight could have been made, was when Foreman held the lineal title, and that puts the ball firmly in his court.

 

Jack Johnson ducking Sam Langford. Johnson even pulled out of a signed contract to fight Langford, then skirted him for several years where Langford was viewed as the #1 contender.

 

In reality the politics were a bit more complicated than that.

 

How so, they both sign a contract, one guy bolts.

Langford's manager tired very hard to make this match, Johnson simply didn't want it. It never happens.

There is always politics.

 

In this interview George claims he wanted no part of Tyson, although if I remember rightly he also added that Tyson was wary of me.

Shame it never happened, but I have no reason not to believe him, it's probably like at school when the two hardest lad's stay away from each other!

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I agree with this. I think "duck" has become a too widely used term.

Foreman was never the nr 1 contender. I don't know what Tyson privately thought of Foreman, but he was never seen as a threat to Tyson as far as I can remember. In the late 80's he was more seen as a novelty act, albeit a hard punching one, as I recall. Holy and maybe Ruddock were seen as the only ones even resembling a challenge to Tyson after Spinks.