How do you rate your own boxing knowledge?

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  1. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    How do you rate your own boxing knowledge?

    Level 1: Better than the Joe average sports fan reads or watches boxing on occasion.

    Level 2: Better than your average person who says he likes boxing and mostly posts in the general forum. This person is familiar most or all of boxing weight classes, major sanctioning organiations, and promoters.

    Level 3: On par with a big boxing fan who watches all the big fights on cable or PPV, frequents a boxing message boards, and sometimes reads boxing material outside the current news paper.

    Level 4: On par with a young historian who has been studying and watching boxing for 10+ years in addition to everything a level 3 does.

    Level 5: On par with a seasoned historian who does research, collects boxing tapes/dvd, authored his own articles, reads boxing books, and can hold his own in a detailed boxing conversation without any computer or book aids.

    Level 6: On par with a senior boxing historian who has authored many books, seen many significant matches live, and is known by insiders and outsiders alike. This person typically has a vote for the boxing hall of fame, or has specialty areas of research.
     
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  2. SteveO

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    I'd like to rate myself high, but I'd have to say Level 2, maybe Level 3 on a good day.

    But in my defense, I've only been following the sport for about 2.5 years and don't know as much history as I'd like to.
     
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  3. Sweet Pea

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    What I know, I know very well, though as far as sheer wealth of knowledge of the history of the sport, there are plenty in the Classic Forum that are more well versed and experienced students of the game. I believe genuinely that my knowledge is on par with that of pretty much anyone who makes their living in the General Forum though.

    I don't believe I fit into any of the above categories.
     
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  4. Mendoza

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    I think this forum has a lot of 4's, some 5's and few 6's though the 6's don't post very often.

    I think I would be close to or at a 5 by now, but I have been watching boxing for 30+ years, and studying it for 12+ years.
     
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  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I'd school anyone in a discussion about Chuck Wepner.....But nothing else I'm afraid.......
     
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  6. Polymath

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    There's too much of a gap between 2 and 3.
     
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  7. Mendoza

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    Ok-- I'll edit the levels a bit. You can say 2.5 if you want. There is no right or wrong / better or worse in this thread.
     
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  8. mr. magoo

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    Truthfully, although I have been watching boxing for over 20 years, I am probably right around a level 4. I like to read materials, watch matches both old and new, and talk on websites, but I don't do any real indepth research, outside of pure discussion and light entertainment..
     
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  9. Russell

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    I'd like to say at my best I'm a four. But it's not terribly hard to be a "historian" in recent years considering the ungodly amount of writing and footage in general that's on the internet now. When you've got he worlds biggest library at your finger tips 24/7...
     
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  10. Joe E

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    You don't know Fritzie.
     
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  11. Maxmomer

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    I know a lot about only a couple of subjects, the rest of my knowledge is pretty basic.
     
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  12. Sweet Pea

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    He's that guy that lost 65 times and fouled a lot.
     
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  13. DINAMITA

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    A cast-iron Level 3. But I hope to think of myself as a level 4 someday. I'm reading and watching as much as I can these days - to the severe detriment of my studies!
     
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  14. Muchmoore

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    Yeah, kind of the same with me.

    I'd give myself about a 2, maybe 2.5.

    Although I have quite a few boxing books and I often read online articles, so perhaps I'm more of a 3 or 3.5.
     
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  15. salsanchezfan

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    .................I guess about a 4. My own knowledge is really pretty limited to the 80's (which I have confidence in) and some of the 70's. A little of the 60's and a little 90's, and you have the basis for quite a bit of conversation fodder.

    Truth be told, I really have zero interest in real old-time boxing, like bare-knuckle up to about the 30's. Doesn't interest me in the least. I might go to hell for saying that, but it's true.
     
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