Quote Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
Quote Originally Posted by sexydarin
Even gifted athletes who were born with it, had to work their asses off to get to the top. If they didn't work their asses off then they never would have made it.
Yeah, but that's because they are surrounded by other gifted athletes. Staying in practice and practicing for to unlock "greatness" are different in my mind. You can only unlock greatness in people who have greatness within them.

We talked about this in an older thread, but I will say again that I do not think of boxers when someone says the word atlhlete. (this comment is not a threat to anyone's well thought out opinion.)
I would agrre with u there.
There is a difference between the Athlete and the Boxer.
The Athlete is restricted only by his own limitations in the skill or cardiovascular fitness departments.
The Boxer is faced with the obstacle of another highly trained opponent attempting to physically prevent him from succeding with his objective.
Whereas the athlete's primary goal is to be the best he can be and attempt to perform to the best of his abilities by running as fast as he can, swimming as long as he can or jumping as high as he can, the boxer must approach his task with a mentality prepared to take physical punishment before being able to attempt to exert his own will upon the opponent.