UK fighters who have too many tough fights before moving on in their careers

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Lenny Daws and anyone remotley close to international class don't go together. :nut

 

Hmmm, I saw the same article. In BN I think.

Anyway, I can understand that line of thinking. But I really think it's horses for courses. Not just in terms of 'finding your level' but also in terms of style.

Hatton, for example, being someone who wasnt particularly cute was always going to have a short career. So it makes sense that he needs to go up the international rankings quicker and avoid wars where possible. So the international scene suits him.

But lets remember that for every Brit that gets a genuine world title shot there are hundreds that dont. So the only real chance of success is through domestic honours with the chance of then going onto world level.

It's unfair as well to say that this is a British thing. It isnt. Across most nations boxers have to go down the hard route with only a handful giving a helping hand. It's the classic Ray Leonard compared to Hagler scenario. One was marketable with great amateur success. The other was not particularly marketable with a modest amateur record. Both become ATGs. One went down what we like to call the 'easy route' in getting opportunities presented to him, the other went down the 'hard route' in having to find his own opportunities. Both became ATG. Because, they were both great.

Maybe it's unfair to use that level as an example, but my point is that it's not a British thing. We've already said as much by naming all the boxers that had international success without doing the 'hard route' of winning domestic honours. It's all about the money at the end of the day. If a boxer is marketable then it doesnt really matter what flag he's waving, he will get his title shot eventually and will either win or bust. If a fighter isnt marketable then he'll have to earn his shot.

It stinks like, but that's life.