What would be the difference between a casual boxing fan and a hardcore one?

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  1. Alsatian

    Alsatian New Member Full Member

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    I'd say I'm a casual to most of this forum, I watch a lot of boxing, not nearly as much as most of you lot. I don't know who the up and coming prospects are, who's making ripples, when they start making waves I take notice.
    Depnds what you count as casual tho?
    I'd say a casual is someone who only watches ppv fights, or only watch mega fights or jump on the band wagon.
     
  2. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    A hardcore fan devotes the majority of his time worshipping Tyson Fury and spreading his holy gospel upon the people

    A casual fan jerks off thinking about a bodybuilder named Anthony who was never any good
     
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  3. DoubleG95Fanatic

    DoubleG95Fanatic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You can't beat it.
     
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  4. Who_Necks

    Who_Necks David Price's Big Suit Full Member

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    This is the answer.
     
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  5. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Casual fan is the one that don't spend 24/7 on ESB arguing and having hissy fit when someone calls their fighter record atrocious. ETC!!
     
  6. Easyrhino

    Easyrhino Member Full Member

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    Hardcore fan = You smoke a cigar while watching a fight and believe that Duran, Hearns and Leonard would all go through Mayweather like a hot knife through butter.
     
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  7. BoxingViewer

    BoxingViewer Active Member Full Member

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    no comment lol
     
  8. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    By hissy fit you mean calling your dumb ass out for false/nonsensical arguments? Maybe if you were able to formulate proper arguments with facts, I would have taken you more seriously.

    But as such, you're part of the educated heaping pile of smelly trash that is the Casimero fan base.

    :risas3:
     
  9. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    To me it's pretty simple. No casual is posting comments on a boxing website. For those of us who do post it's just a matter of how hardcore we are.
     
  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    That's an easy one

    Hardcores are aware of the fact that Charlie Edwards, Shakur Stevenson and Inoue are lesbians, casuals are not
     
  11. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    If you say "TKO6" to them and they don't stare blankly at you.
     
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  12. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol: garbage test.... The difference between a casual and a die hard is how much invested to watching and educating themselves about the sport.
     
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  13. lobk

    lobk Original ESB Member Full Member

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    Thread should be “why don’t you love Floyd like I do”
     
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  14. Ducklerr

    Ducklerr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Casual: pays for PPV
    Hardcore: gives his computer AID$ on Russian streaming site to watch one of Fast Eddie’s 10:1 mismatch undercard scraps
     
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  15. One more round

    One more round Member Full Member

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    There needs to be a few more categories

    decent casual-one who watches ppv once in a while but does not claim to know much. They enjoy the odd big fight.

    Casual idiot-doesn’t know anything or watch much but claims to know everything.

    veteran casual- was a casual in the 90’s but not watched a fight since. Still thinks they know everything.

    veteran hardcore-can tell you everything you need to know about old fighters from the last century but nothing about the modern era

    intermediate casual- has a bit more in depth knowledge of the more prominent fighters, mainly from social media rather than watching fights. Has a good interest but not obsessed. Watches fights a bit more regularly and knows a bit from the past.

    junior hardcore- loves boxing and has a good knowledge of past and present fighters. Making the effort to watch fights and educate themselves by listening to hardcores on the forum. A good prospect to be hardcore.

    Hardcore idiot- obsessed with boxing and knows everything that you will ever need to know. However, they are not a good judge of the sweet science and often have odd opinions that do not make sense. They think only they know everything.

    Hardcore- they are obsessed, know the majority of fighters inside and out but also understand the art of boxing and form credible opinions that are usually respected.

    If I keep putting in the hard graft, one day I will reach hardcore idiot status.
     
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