Pete Buckley to retire - hats off to an unsung ring hero

[Kev]

In your post Bilbo you seem resigned to that fact.

As Buckley was resigned to the fact that he would never become anyone great. He accepted that.
I believe a true fighter would never surrender their ambition.

I realise that to him it's just a living. With that amount of losses it's clear he doesn't really care about fighting all that much

I don't know, maybe he just didn't get the chance.

You obviously know better than me how the system works but I expect that the best he could have realisitically hoped for was modest domestic honours, maybe a British title shot.

Given that that was his limit he probably felt he could make more money fighting regularly for a paycheck rather than fight every 3 or 4 months and have a 30 or 40 fight career.

You're career is just about to take off and you're full of hope and optimism.

Maybe if you lose 3 in a row and realise you'll never be a star but you still love boxing then maybe you'd do the same?

But what am I saying, your Irish all you have to do is turn pro and you'll sell out in Dublin!

[donnydarkoIRL]

In your post Bilbo you seem resigned to that fact.

As Buckley was resigned to the fact that he would never become anyone great. He accepted that.
I believe a true fighter would never surrender their ambition.

I realise that to him it's just a living. With that amount of losses it's clear he doesn't really care about fighting all that much

I don't know, maybe he just didn't get the chance.

You obviously know better than me how the system works but I expect that the best he could have realisitically hoped for was modest domestic honours, maybe a British title shot.

Given that that was his limit he probably felt he could make more money fighting regularly for a paycheck rather than fight every 3 or 4 months and have a 30 or 40 fight career.

You're career is just about to take off and you're full of hope and optimism.

Maybe if you lose 3 in a row and realise you'll never be a star but you still love boxing then maybe you'd do the same?

But what am I saying, your Irish all you have to do is turn pro and you'll sell out in Dublin!

I completely understand where you're coming from mate believe me.

I can also identify, who knows I could end up in the same situation soon enough I just feel in the interests of his own health, there are easier ways.