Mate, would you believe it, I think I started a thread in the past with an identical title.
It really does disgust me when I hear fighters being denigrated with this word, particularily by individuals who contribute nothing to the sport.
Mate, would you believe it, I think I started a thread in the past with an identical title.
It really does disgust me when I hear fighters being denigrated with this word, particularily by individuals who contribute nothing to the sport.
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I can relate Pride,
Last week I started another thread criticising people who never boxed needlessly criticising fighters.
It really makes my blood boil hearing that.
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When I fought I used to dream of having a fight at a decent venue... Never mind doing what these guys do every 6 to 10 months...
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"There's nothing special about him." -Sergiy Dzinziruk
Yeah I know exactly what you mean.
The fact is that journeymen, veterans and prospects make up 90% of the fight game. Every fighter can't be a world champion. Respect should be allowed for all fighters, not just the best.
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"There's nothing special about him." -Sergiy Dzinziruk
Good Post POB..Have some rep....People today do not use the word BUM when referring to boxers in the correct context it was made out to be,,,,
Guy started using that word back in the late 1920's and was a term mostly used by promoters and managers for fighters who once had potential or were once on top and threw it all away by not training and living the high life.....Once their money was gone the guys had pretty much wasted their glory years and their skills had eroded....They had nothing else to fall back on but boxing...By this time guys were getting beaten by fellows they would have sparked out 3 yrs earlier or laboring ugly decisions where they would get the nod based on their name only.... with little reguard for the fact they put zero effort into training etc....Until the point their name was no longer a draw and these guys would then have to fight under assumed names in nowhere venues.... they would be basically tramps going one town to another being a punching bag for local favorites
Hence forth why they were referred to as bums because they could have made something of themselves and they wasted their careers pretty much begging for $20 paydays (Most of the time only 5 or 10 dollars) just to be abused in the ring
It was not a name ment for fighters who come out and train hard and do their best but fans disliked...or even for second rate fighters that were suspect or were ko'd a lot...Those guys were called Palooka's...big difference...a Palooka is a guy who had heart but not the goods....
No fighter who gets in there trains to the fullest is a bum...it takes a lot to get in the ring....Heart and training...Hell anyone who has ever boxed knows how tough even 3 min can be...even if you are in shape and start boxing that 3 min of fighting is hard to maintain let alone 10 or 12 3 min rounds....
Guys that refer to fighters as bums I just laugh off...show's ignorance
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More like 99+%, but I take your point.
There is a strange breed who call themselves boxing fans but seem to passionately despise virtually all boxers, bar their own two or three favourites. You don't get it in other sports. No golf fan, say, would describe a player who finished 30th in the Masters as a bum or garbage because he finished a few shots behind Tiger Woods.
Odd.
Pride of Boston is a Bum
seriously, some people just say bum to mean that the fighter lacks a quality that person/fan likes. thats the truth to it...HONEST!
p.s Pride of Boston is a Bum!hehehe got you again
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