Quote Originally Posted by Swashbuckling Gordy

I think Boxing is much more about character.

I dont actually look at athletic abilty and think its the be all and end all i put great boxing down to mental fortitude .

Great Athletes dont make great boxers alot of great fighters are great athletes but not all .

I think people are more intrigued by an 8 round brawl at their local leisure centre rather than a world class boxing match.

Whilst i realise Premiership footballers have a far higher skill level than most boxers im more attracted to fighting character .

Boxing has always been shady alot of boxers are shady i dont think of boxers as truly professional its more showbusiness i dont say that to belittle boxers but alot of boxers themselves even at world class are not as disciplined as Alan Shearer or Jonothan Edwards or Johhny Wilkinson .

Boxing as much about what you got below the waist as what you've got upstairs.

Whereas Premier footballers lived a closeted life boxings much more working class , fighters are much more easy to identify with .
your very right its known as being very disciplined ...but like riddick bowe couldnt hack the Marines ...but how any of those Marines could stay composed to fight for 12 rounds ....,it does take a special type of person to be a boxer ....NORMAL people cannot stay calm enough or apply sound technique under pressure....alot of it has to do w/ being naturaly good at boxing or having done it since you were a kid ....its very bizarre though how boxing can attract all types