Ducking - Who actually does it?

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  1. billyk

    billyk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Boxers are always getting accused by fans of ducking particular opponents and it's usually bull****, but what specific occaisons are there when one fighter has clearly shyed away from fighting another (e.g. Bowe with Lewis)?
     
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  2. Shaolin Box

    Shaolin Box Respect Full Member

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    Hatton/Witter
     
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  3. radab

    radab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nearly every fighter does it mate. A better question would be - which fighters don't duck anybody?
     
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  4. Shaolin Box

    Shaolin Box Respect Full Member

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    Winky Wright.:deal
     
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  5. Kostya Zoo

    Kostya Zoo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    what you talking fool winky ducks all the time.
     
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  6. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    He has mastered the subtle arts of avoiding accusations of ducking by simply pricing himself out of dozens of fights. That way, when he doesn't want to face someone, he can just price himself out and no-one notices anything different.
     
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  7. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    And the answer would be 'those that aren't good enough to have any options'.
     
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  8. Shaolin Box

    Shaolin Box Respect Full Member

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    who has he ducked?
     
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  9. billyk

    billyk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I wasn't meaning Hatton-Witter style when Hatton could get more money fighting bigger names even if it would have been nice to see him shut Witter up, I was more meaning clear shitting it, like Bowe when there was just no excuse not to fight Lewis.
     
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  10. radab

    radab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Winky was ducked like crazy, he could never get a fight, so that probably different from a guy who could get all the top fights but ducks out of them.

    I would have said Jermaine Taylor. That run he went through with Hopkins, Wright and Pavlik was insane. One p4p fighter after another.

    Also Izzy and Rafa taking 3 most brutal fights in a row. They'd have to be in that elite group who fight the best whenever they can.
     
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  11. Minto

    Minto The Beast Full Member

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    Valuev is ducking Minto, Pavlik is ducking Abraham.
     
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  12. JETSKI

    JETSKI Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pavlik will break that jaw plus KO his ugly ass...
     
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  13. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    Saying that Pavlik is ducking Abraham makes about as much sense as pissing in your boots to keep your feet warm. Abraham just let the #43 middleweight finish on his feet, and win 4 rounds in the process. Ya -- I'm sure that the guy who fought Zuniga, McKart, Zertuche, Miranda, Taylor X 2, and BHop all in the span of 3 1/2 years is scared shitless:patsch
     
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  14. punchdrunkgench

    punchdrunkgench Boxing Addict Full Member

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    promoters are often the guilty party with regards to ducking as they want to protect there investment therfore they will regularly match there fighter with the worst opponent for the best money!!
     
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  15. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Chad Dawson ducked Adrian Diaconu. Worst case of ducking I can think of, by far.
     
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