Truthfully How Cam Anyman In The Sport Of Boxing Be Called A Ducker Or Scared?

If it hurts boxing then it isn't a good business decision.

Since the overall success of the sport should be at heart for every fighter (because if boxing is going strong, so will your paychecks) people should be looking to make the best fights there are.

Ducking is a stupid phrase because very few people actually "duck" others. A lot of the time fights are passed off for better fights or ones that are more relevant to boxing at the time.

Then there are other occasions where "ducking" hurts the business as a whole. Those instances are truly few and far between though....most of the times things just aren't meant to me.

 

Then maybe that's why the business is so ****ed right now.

If the business isn't making money then neither are the fighters. If the business is hot then the fighters have a much better chance of making big purses.

 

May was guilty of ducking Margarito because at first he said he would fight him if Bob showed him the money, then he said he'd punish him for being a D level fighter, it would be easy work. But then when the fight was in his face - three separate offers before Baldomir came available, May came up with all kinds of excuses to duck it. The Arum card, who is Margarito, who has he beat to deserve a fight, it's about legacy, it's about money, we're not fighting to see who is the best, I may go to MMA, I may go to wrestling, I'm retiring, etc. So May's big mouth caused his ducker/handpicker label to become world renowned. He also called Cotto a punching bag and that Cotto would never want to fight me. Again, Cotto then stepped up and wanted the fight but May ducked it. Other examples Tommy Burns hiding from Jack Johnson, and actually Holyfield saying he wanted unification but kept stalling in agreeing to unify with Lewis, until he finally did in '99. It seemed like Holy was hoping Lewis would lose.

 

Like Mike Spinks didn't look scared of Tyson or Joe Gatti didn't look scared by Terry Norris? Both lost by KO 1.

 

Spinks looked terrified of Tyson to be frank. I was a punk when they fought, but felt bad for Spinks. Just the look on his face told the whole story.

 

Floyd kinda offered the fight to Margarito, well, if you can really call it an offer. But he said he'd fight him right before Margarito was going to have a fight. Did he try to make it again AFTER Margarito's fight? Nope. It was more a 'face saving' offer. Sorta like Goosen paying Floyd 8 mill and 1.

 

The little guys become big guys through promotion AND epic fights that turn them into big time players.

Berto could be a big guy if he fights Mosley or Cotto or Margo. You need a little bit of everything (luck included).

If Berto expects to become a big guy fighting dudes like Collazo, Hlstchwayo or some unknown 147 lbs he's ****ed.

 

Roberto Duran?

Tommy Hearns?

 

I don't think that in many of the situations boxer A is ducking boxer B because he is scarred, but because it may be a bad career move at the time, and he is scared he may lose, therefore losing money, etc. etc. But I don't think it is ducking for the fear of getting hit, or beat up... although in some instances I am sure if one fighter is confident he would get beat up, then I can see him being hesitant to engage.... but then again if his confidence is that low, he is in the wrong field.