Quote Originally Posted by amat View Post
...you have to really BEAT a champion! Can anyone else stand this notion? I can not. That is like saying the Heat have to lose 5 games to lose the NBA title because they won it last year. Boxing is scored on a round by round basis. There should be no advantage for the champion on the scorecards. Very annoying and I think only Fairweather fans think like this, at least I hope so.
I'm a little conflicted with this thread. I have always understood this axiom to mean, you have to take the fight to the champion. No waiting for the champion to make the fight, be aggressive,take the fight to the champ, act like a champion and beat the champ.
I never thought it had anything to do with scoring and everything to do with attitude.