Confidence v Arrogance

[IamInuit]

What is the difference being confident about your boxing skills as opposed to be considered arrogant?

Pretty deep question. No hard and fast rules but I'm thinking much like Mr. @Spicoli

The line can be fine. Arrogance can be confused with confidence because imo confidence can cause or rather introduce arrogance be it sport or anything else. Arrogance however can also be a cover for ignorance. We can all confuse arrogance for confidence or the reverse. People can over compensate or simply be the smartest guy in the room. Imagine sitting in a room with Einstein and thinking you have got the upper hand once the conversation shifts from math or physics to the social ailments of society only to find out he stands out in that aspect of life also? I bet many of his peers/contemporaries considered him an arrogant prick.

For boxing its a real mishmash. Floyd had incredible confidence and you could just read it all over him and yet was never really over the top with arrogance. The "Money May" thing was part of the show like Ali's shtick. Ward to me comes across as an arrogant spoiled olympic brat that deep down does not have the confidence and over compensates. Like Park Si-Hun telling you he beat Roy Jones before he asks to take your order.

@Master the first half of that signature you use

Do not let success go to your head

would have to play huge in this conversation and lend itself to a false sense of security or confidence that may entail arrogance. The spoon feeding of boxers today with a steady diet of no hopers is part of it.

[Fenster]

You can ooze confidence without being a flash cunt.