Journeyman who were pretty good fighters

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  1. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He wasn't very good, but had an insane chin.
     
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  2. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    British level. As is Price etc.

    I think we're talking kind of world journeymen.
     
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  3. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Possibly though I think that when it used to describe a boxer back in the 80s or so, it was used like an boxing in-house insult, to disparage their lack of skills and abilities regardless whether they really belonged to a boxing club or not.
     
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  4. Somali Sanil

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    Yeah suppose he was wasn't he, could've hung with them boys though, more a sparring partner mentality
     
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I reckon you are right. I guess you have to of been of a certain age to get it. Even in the 80s I think I picked its meaning from older fans of the time. I would have thought the last generation that had local boxing clubs showing regular bills, would be those who followed the sport the first decade after the second world war.

    TV probably killed them.
     
    TBooze, Jan 24, 2020
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