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    Default Re: Pete Buckley to retire - hats off to an unsung ring hero

    Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
    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!

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    Default Re: Pete Buckley to retire - hats off to an unsung ring hero

    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny View Post
    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.
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