Professional boxers quitting the sport after one fight

I have a mate who turned pro after a good ameteur carreer ,he was signed up with Barry Hearn had 4 fights and was actually in the british top ten after those fights ,loved the boxing and training but when making the weight he couldnt be lived with :rofl so as he was too small to move up the weight he jacked it in or else he was going to jail with his temper ,when cutting down.

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=15014&cat=boxer

 

there's no such thing as cowardly when someone decided to step into a ring.
if someone has turned pro then it means they have fought many times before and wanted to find out....

using the word 'coward' associated with ANYONE who tries boxing is baby****.

 

that's the balance a lot of people face.
for some people having the discipline is a way to escape and release their anger - wherever it comes from.

 

cluelessatsch

 

It has nothing to do with being cowardly...just because a person doesnt aspire to be the best in the world doesnt make them a coward. I for one use to love to box...always wanted to go pro for only a few fights. That was my goal... If I had went pro...it would have been because that was my goal regardless of the outcome of my the pro fights...

For instance...I like to run. My goal is to run a 10k in 36 minutes by the spring... I have no desire to be a runner...or break any records I just want make it to that level. Once I do I will be on to the next...

I play pool in a league...I am just about the highest rank there is for a amateur. I would love to compete in pro tournaments... Am I interested in being a pro player? You guessed it...Nope... That doesnt make me a coward because I enjoy going to the top of whatever recreational activity/sport I'm into at the time...

To become an elite fighter you have to have your heart into it... There are many people who love the sport but dont have their heart into it. And that are also some cowards and some people who just don't have the drive/passion... It's something you have to look at on a case by case basis... There is no general conclusion you can attribute to why someone stopped doing something...

 

Anderson Silva


:rofl


Although it was 2 fights.

 

Maverick after Lennox
Maske after Hill

 

U win some, u lose some

 

Very,very intelligent post.Excellent:good:good.Very well put,Stezzie:good

 

Latvia is probably the top of the world when it comes to one loss and done fighters. Rumor has it that some of these fights occur like this: The fight occurs in a gym, with no crowd, just a ref, the boxers, and an official. The boxer padding his record hits his opponent once, the other boxer goes down and stays down and wins the fight. This apparently happens a lot in Africa, with the undefeated fighter going to Germany to fight against one of their prized prospects.

 

I've heard of people with winning records and having a tough time getting fights lined up.

 

gary mason too

 

MOST people who have boxed competitvely at some point, don't have the desire to make it their career. Out of all the people who have trained in boxing, very few of them can make it on an elite professional level. Some boxers are realistic about their chances...some boxers have better ways to make a living than getting punched in their head...some boxers just did it to push themselves and dont have the passion to go much further. And if they got in the ring just to say they did it, then so what? How many people that want to say they "did" something, actually choose to go toe to toe with another person in a boxing ring? Not many. Still an admirable thing to do.

But like someone stated, there are some amateurs or pros that enter the ring with absolutely no hopes for themselves or drive to win, just to say they did it. Thats a bit different. You don't get in there and run around and give up a poor fight just to say you did it, no. If you get in that ring, you give it your all and do everything you can to win. If you win or lose, you show you had the courage to battle for victory.