A step-by-step guide to boxing hipsterdom

Here is the one and only guide you’ll ever need to becoming a boxing hipster. Follow these simple steps and everyone will think you know more about boxing than you do for your niche and bizarre takes.
Step 1: Discredit Americans. Always remember to downplay the accomplishments of American fighters no matter how qualified they are or how much you may secretly like them. Always feign outrage at the American system of boxing and how it’s riddled with corruption. Make regular reference to A-sides, corrupt refs, and the Three Blind Mice at ringside. Brownie points for mentioning doping.
Step 2: Pretend to be interested in amateur boxing. No-one really watches the amateurs but some like to make out that they do. You can be one of these very people by just changing BoxRec to box-am and checking their rankings then pick the first guy whose name you can’t pronounce and then boldly proclaim that he is the future of boxing.
Step 3: Like foreign fighters. Eastern Europeans are the obvious target of praise among boxing hipsters, make sure to include them when you make arbitrary lists. Latin American (brownie points if Cuban btw) and Japanese fighters are also good targets of your adoration. If you wanna get really hipster you can even pick other East Asian fighters from Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Step 4: Become a history buff (or don’t). Become knowledgeable about the sport’s history and bring up random fighters from 100 years ago no-one’s heard regardless of how much they relate to the discussion you’re having. Conversely, you can also choose to downplay historical achievements and claim that the techniques employed in years past could never hold a candle to the fighters of today.
Step 5: Always go against the grain. No matter what, you should always pick the underdog in prediction threads irrespective of how far-fetched it seems. Some day it will pay off and you will look like a genius. If a fighter is overrated, take every opportunity to talk badly about them; if a fighter is underrated and never talked about, talk about them like they’re the best thing since sliced bread.
These are the basics to becoming a boxing hipster. Follow these rules and you will be either ostracised for your weird takes or praised as a mad genius.
(This post is satire and isn’t directed towards any poster in particular, as a proud boxing hipster I just wanted to become even more hipster by being self-referential. If you have any more hipster tips please feel free to share though.)

 

Of course, I forget step 7: use fancy words like hipsterdom to make yourself sound smart

 

Yep, you should claim that clear 50/50 fights were actually dominant performances and that what everyone says is a robbery isn't actually a robbery and that the guy who got a gift deserved the win. That's even more hipster than going with the casual crowd who love to point out unfair decisions.

 

There's no shame in being a boxing hipster. In fact, the forum could use more hipsters, too many fanboys and casuals running around the place. Hopefully this guide should help set things straight around here

 

Embrace your inner hipster my friend, join the wave