Contenders and former titlists aint bums.....they aint even journeymen......their worst fate is becoming gatekeepers. This is 2014.......there are no more bums in boxing. That shiit stopped happening back in the 50s.:-(
I don't agree with your list. Maidana is not a borderline bum level fighter. Not even close. If he's a bum level fighter, than what does that make Broner? Chad Dawson was far from a bum. Dude was the lineal LWH champ. Dude beat Bernard Hopkins. Granted it wasn't that convincing, but still. Dawson fighting Ward was a mistake, messed up his entire career thinking he could lose that weight and still beat a top level guy like Ward. But not even close to a bum, even after getting KTFO.
LOL! Even if they trained, they have no athletic skills. These are the guys for which NASCAR, X-Games, and Computer game competition were created. :yep
Let's be clear I didn't say they were bums I said borderline. Someone like Sam ***ton or Darnell Boone would fit the bill.
These so called "bums" would knockout the people here who call them bums. It's a pathetic, over used word by keyboard warriors. Professional boxers deserve more respect. These guys can literally die any night they go into that ring. If you don't recognize that, you're naive and have no clue about boxing history and the dangers it poses. Note to morons: If these guys are "bums" but would kick the **** out of you in seconds, what does that make you? The biggest pu$$y in the world? And none of these little bitches would ever call one of these guys a bum to their face. Says a lot about their personal character, or lack thereof.
Um what? Shavers was chinny but he fought in an era that was highly competitive. Not a bum nor a borderline bum.