Boxing snobs, do they exist......

Yes, happends all the time..

If pacquiao or Froch was African American fighters they would be the greatest thing since the invention of fake boobs

thats just how it are

 

true. snobs favor african american fighters. look how much more credit ward gets over froch.

 

I totally agree with danish pride and gooners, it happens especially with european fighters they fail to get full credit for their acomplishments.

 

check out the classic forum :yep

 

Yeah, there's definitely a lot of fighters who get overrated because they're percieved to be slick and many who are underrated because they're are aggressive.

The consensus on ESB is that anyone who moves, is automatically a good boxer. You see it all the time, even with greatly flawed movers like Martinez. I like him a lot, but I don't think he's that skilled at all, whereas someone who moves forward a lot, say Margarito, gets torn apart because they aren't technically skilled, apparently. I'm not saying Margarito is better than Martinez, but there is definitely a lot of fans who will always overrate certain styles, whilst not giving due respect to others.

You mentioned Hatton and Judah and because Judah is a fairly slick, sharp punching, counter puncher, he gets rated highly as a boxer. Hatton is pretty much face first, worked great on the inside and was a terrific body puncher, yet many think he was hit and hold throughout his career. I think Hatton was a much better fighter than Judah, prime for prime though.

I think it's more ignorance than snobbery though. They can't see what makes aggressive fighters effective, and think being slick is the be all and end all. It's clearly not. I know that sounds elitist in itself, but I think it's true.

There's a lot of elitism on the classic forum though. That and the countless younger posters who troll every thread, have really turned me away from the forum recently.

 

Snobbery doesn't bother me as much as childish twats furthering a transparent agenda.

 

lol and whats that the dude asked a simple quistion, this isnt a ****ing conspiracy theory.

:nut

 

Yes, there are "snobs" out there. You know who you are...:deal

 

Yeah I commented on that, don't care how much you dislike him but that was downright ridiculous.

 

Yeah, I don't. People keep on saying he's slick, because he's defensive, yet he gets hit around 30% of the time usually and that's including against 'decent' punchers like Pavlik and Williams. In fact, Pavlik landed a massive 45% of power punches and he only has one power punch in his arsenal, the big right hand. That's not defensively impressive. Against Margarito, Williams threw over 300 more punches than he did against Martinez, yet he landed only 12 more shots, so, against the same fighter, the stats actually say that Margarito is harder to hit than Martinez, yet who is the one who is lauded as slick and who is supposed to be easy to hit?

Initial appearances don't always tell the whole story.

 

Happens all the time..

Brazilians in Soccer
Black in Basket, Football,
White in Hockey
Rich ppl in Tennis
etc. etc.