Actual fighter fans vs armchair fans

It all depend's some trainer's have had no Amateur or professional fighting experience and yet from what they have watched and studied become very good coaches. So my answer would be on how much knowledge they actually know about what they are talking about

 

Im actually of the opinion that the armchair fans are actually the more passionate fans of the sport than the guy's who compete, basically because the armchair types are the ones who spend most of their time on forums reading, writing, watching anything and everything about boxing where as alot of the guy's who i've come across who actually practice boxing seem to be more focused on learning the sport from inside the ring and focusing more on learning the knowledge that will improve their boxing skills and not neccessarily the all round knowledge of the game such as the history ect

just my opinion anyway, dont take offence if you actually practice boxing. know that i greatly respect and admire any person who gets in the ring

 

tony jeffries claimed to have never seen an Ali fight and doesnt like boxing lol

 

I don't think it makes a difference at all really, if your passionate about it that's all that matters. I've boxed before but there are many posters on here that have never boxed that are a helluva a lot more knowledgeable than me. One of the things that annoys me the most on boxing forum is when some says " you've never boxed so what do you know"

 

I must admit i have had a bit of a transition in this way, when i was in my teens and fighting competitively i had no interest in really watching boxing. It was just the main fights like your Hattons and Naseems and such that i'd really go out my way for.

But now with the inability to train due to working evenings i have found myself watching boxing with interest and studying certain fighters and taking an interest in certain fighters which i never did do before.

I'm not sure why i have started to do this though.

Also about trainers, there are a few trainers i learned valuable tricks of the trade from who have never been in the ring but they knew more about how to fight than i did at the time. I did find that a bit strange but these guys were (along with the ex fighting trainers overcourse) the most respected guys around the gym.

 

I respect everyones opinion if they seem to have half a clue about wha tthey're talking about, there are a few things you can only really understand fully if youve been in the ring yourself though, for example, just how ****ing much those bodyshots really hurt lol

 

The stuff you mention really winds me up. Especially on the general boxing forum where you get stupid fat american brats shouting about how this guys a bum and that guy is glass jawed and this and that.

That sort of thing is laughable. These are the sort of guys who have been in there garage for a week with a set of bag mitts and suddenly they know how easy it all is. But it isn't just them either, some people have no excuse as in the ones who have watched boxing for years but still spout hatred for PROFESSIONAL fighters. These blokes are far from what i'd call a 'bum'. The dedication is phenomenal even at low level fights.