Most Overused Cliches in Boxing?

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  1. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    'great old school tactics there from the master'
    When any american fighter fouls he's was to victory with headbutts ,low blows and shithouseing
     
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  2. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Only being able to throw one punch effectively is an 'equaliser' if the boxer is from certain countries. He's just a limited fighter if he's from others.
     
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  3. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    Before 1970 there were no actual punches thrown it was as you just said.
    Brilliant ring IQ there as he rabbit punches and holds. And knees him in the bollix. A real throwback fighter.
     
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  4. brown-bomber

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    “It is what it is”
     
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  5. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Current average humans have an IQ 15 points higher than 100 years ago. Even though our DNA is 100% identical.

    Classic boxing aficionados here are vastly underrating the immense amount of progress not only in all sports but all disciplines of skill-based performance over the last 100 years.
     
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  6. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Wait, what?
     
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  7. Power_tek

    Power_tek Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :risas3:
     
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  8. mirkofilipovic

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    It could have gone either way
     
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  9. HappyClappy

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    "We can only apologise to the viewers for the bad language being used in the corner between rounds. But this is fight between two warriors and the stakes are high"
     
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  10. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    Have you googled 'reversed Flynn effect'? You should....
     
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  11. TWO CENTS

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    "Styles make fights"
     
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  12. Jordan Sherriff

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    “Will need to go back to the drawing board” (Textbook defeated fighter reply in post fight interview)

    “I’m gonna have to sit down with my team and decide what’s next” (When asked about fighting a specific fighter that you want to avoid)

    “Ramrod jab” (Classic British Boxing)

    “You have to take the belt from the champion” (How to justify bad decisions)

    “The Sweet Science” (ffs)

    “Cherry Pick” (surprised no one else has mentioned)
     
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  13. EJC83

    EJC83 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Glass Jaw and the inconsistency of it's use. Khan goes up to a 155 catchweight that he considerably struggled to gain weight for and gets KO'd by a Mexican way over a stone heavier than him on the night and he is labelled as having a glass jaw again. This was the first time Khan had been stopped where he wasn't trying to get back up and carry on, we later found out that the Mexican was almost certainly using performance enhancing drugs.

    Linares gets stopped in the first round against little known Cano, not for the first time he has been stopped without wanting or being able to carry on, the jaw isn't mentioned.

    Both great boxers and neither I would really consider to be glass jawed but there we go, to quote The Dude "That's just your opinion man"
     
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  14. FartWristedBum

    FartWristedBum I walk this Earth like a bum Full Member

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    This is about 99.9% of Barry McGuigan's vocabulary ha ha
     
    FartWristedBum, Jul 4, 2019
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  15. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    All it takes is one punch
    Styles make fights
    Punchers are born not made
    He's an incredible athlete (said about any AA fighter with a bit of musculature)
     
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