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    Default Re: Should a fighter ever be referred to as a bum or tomato can?

    Quote Originally Posted by ykdadamaja View Post
    Of course some fighters are bums or tomato cans. They need to be called that. Some guys should not ever enter fighting, and it isn't because they have a fighting spirit or not, but some guys really do not qualify for being in sports period.

    Rod Salka- a BUM and a Tomato Can

    Andrew Golota- had promise but on many occasions was "bummy" in his approach.

    Mike Alvarado- yes, he can fight. But, he is a BUM. Drug abusing BUM. Get your life together homes!!

    Riddick Bowe- a Champion, but in all due respect, at the latter half of his career, became nothing more than a lousy, lazy, fat assed bum. The sanctioning organizations should have been ashamed to know he was their champion holding their belt.

    Some times being a bum has nothing to do with fighting ability, it has to do with the lifestyle you choose that causes you to lose focus and enter into the ring in shit shape and giving piss poor performances with no direction in your career. That makes you a bum.

    Arturo Gatti- a strong fighter who came to fight and came prepared to win, he just didn't have it when faced with elite fighters. He was not a bum.

    Emmanuel Augustus- good, technical fighter that got robbed more than he won. Came prepared, in shape and with focus on the task at hand. He was no bum, he just got shitty ends of the deal.

    Get my drift?!?!



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    Default Re: Should a fighter ever be referred to as a bum or tomato can?

    ok ok, Seldom was a bum.

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    Default Re: Should a fighter ever be referred to as a bum or tomato can?

    Rod Salka is not a bum. He's a lightweight and is coming off probably his most impressive display of boxing. Mike Alvarado is a drug addict who prior showed he could adapt his style to win.

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    Default Re: Should a fighter ever be referred to as a bum or tomato can?

    Quote Originally Posted by holmcall View Post
    ok ok, Seldom was a bum.


    You mean Bruce Seldon?

    He wasn't a bum. Why..... he was an Olympic-quality diver.

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    Default Re: Should a fighter ever be referred to as a bum or tomato can?

    Quote Originally Posted by holmcall View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ykdadamaja View Post
    Of course some fighters are bums or tomato cans. They need to be called that. Some guys should not ever enter fighting, and it isn't because they have a fighting spirit or not, but some guys really do not qualify for being in sports period.

    Rod Salka- a BUM and a Tomato Can

    Andrew Golota- had promise but on many occasions was "bummy" in his approach.

    Mike Alvarado- yes, he can fight. But, he is a BUM. Drug abusing BUM. Get your life together homes!!

    Riddick Bowe- a Champion, but in all due respect, at the latter half of his career, became nothing more than a lousy, lazy, fat assed bum. The sanctioning organizations should have been ashamed to know he was their champion holding their belt.

    Some times being a bum has nothing to do with fighting ability, it has to do with the lifestyle you choose that causes you to lose focus and enter into the ring in shit shape and giving piss poor performances with no direction in your career. That makes you a bum.

    Arturo Gatti- a strong fighter who came to fight and came prepared to win, he just didn't have it when faced with elite fighters. He was not a bum.

    Emmanuel Augustus- good, technical fighter that got robbed more than he won. Came prepared, in shape and with focus on the task at hand. He was no bum, he just got shitty ends of the deal.

    Get my drift?!?!



    NO!
    Agreed. With the NO that is.

    No way could I even think of Calling Golota a bum. Bipolar maybe.
    Bowe: After 3 fights with Evander he was the one that ended up slurred speech. That trilogy took everything from him- and was a shell by Golota II IMO.
    Not sure why Gatti or Augustus name was mentioned.

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