Most incorrectly and overused terms in boxing (by fans)

[TitoFan]

Orlandito exposed himself!!!

Literally.

[holmcall]

"Another Eastern Euro monster"

[walrus]

Anything Teddy Atlas says.

[denilson200]

Let's start with "ruined".

With all due respect to my friend Brock, but....... Maidana didn't ruin anybody.
He gave Floyd a hell of a fight, probably more than Floyd expected. But ruined??
No.

To me, ruined is where the other fighter is never the same after that.
Usually a grueling, punishing fight, where the fighter suffers irreversible wear and tear.

Another is "cherry-picking".

It's overused for sure. Cherry picking occurs... but not every soft touch a fighter intermixes in between tough fights should be considered cherry-picking. Once a cherry-picker, always a cherry-picker. Meaning that fighters that become known for that tend to do so more often than everybody else. But not everybody is a cherry-picker.

How about "exposed"?

That's a really overused term. What is exposed, anyway? To me is where the fighter's record was built with smoke and mirrors (parade of tomato cans, for example). A bogus record just waiting to be exposed by the first good opponent a fighter faces. That is exposed. But it's overused. Every time a fighter loses, he's been exposed. B.S.



I'm as guilty of using these terms as anybody else, but usually try to reserve them for cases that truly merit their use.

Where to begin ?

There are so many things that people say in boxing that are over-used. The ones that come to mind :

"Styles make fights" (Like they are trying to sound enlightened without actually having to make any analysis whatsoever)

"Gunna bring my A game" (Yeah because he normally brings his C and D game to a fight)

Before The Fight : "Its been a perfect training camp, everything went to plan and I feel 100% coming into the fight."

After The fight : "Things didn't really go well in training. I injured my hand in sparring early on and didn't get the rounds in I should have. Also, I was attacked by a bear while I was out running, he mauled me pretty good. Thats why my performance was a bit off tonight"

"I just didn't have it tonight. I dont know what it is, I just didn't have it tonight." (Usually said by a fighter who thinks on anothe night he would have had him)

'im in the best shape of my career' (zzzzzzzzzzzz)

"I don't want to take anything away from (opponents name), but......" (This is a classic one)

''That wasn't the real (......) in there tonight'' (Using cliches and talking in the third person. Thats annoying)

"Once he hits you, you stay hit" (What does that even mean ? One of the commentators said it before the Deontay Wilder fight)

"I never watch tapes of my opponents" (Classic macho boxer talk where he's tryna act like a real bad ass)

[SlimTrae]

[QUOTE=denilson200;1316167]

Let's start with "ruined".







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"I don't want to take anything away from (opponents name), but......" (This is a classic one)

''That wasn't the real (......) in there tonight'' (Using cliches and talking in the third person. Thats annoying)

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Top two- That wasn't the real me in the ring tonight LOL!

[Dark Lord Al]

Derry Matthews - world champion

[Bill Paxtom]

Dark Al Lord

The most incorrectly and overused term in boxing.

Dark Al Lord, is knowledgeable in boxing.

The 'boy' is a joke.

[Dark Lord Al]

Dark Al Lord

The most incorrectly and overused term in boxing.

Dark Al Lord, is knowledgeable in boxing.

The 'boy' is a joke.

My name is overused in boxing ? well that's nice to know.

I don't think even you could call me a boy , but if you think I have youthful looks then thank you for the compliment.

[ono]

I hate the notion that a challenger has to 'take' the belt from the champion. Winning the fight on a round by round basis often doesn't appear to be enough. And that's wrong.

[Dark Lord Al]

I hate the notion that a challenger has to 'take' the belt from the champion. Winning the fight on a round by round basis often doesn't appear to be enough. And that's wrong.

Good point oh bearded one.

[ryanman]

I hate the notion that a challenger has to 'take' the belt from the champion. Winning the fight on a round by round basis often doesn't appear to be enough. And that's wrong.

It's bollocks.

[ono]

I hate the notion that a challenger has to 'take' the belt from the champion. Winning the fight on a round by round basis often doesn't appear to be enough. And that's wrong.

It's bollocks.

You can't just waltz back into my life and utter the words 'it's bollocks' and then disappear again 😄

[TitoFan]

Let's start with "ruined".

With all due respect to my friend Brock, but....... Maidana didn't ruin anybody.
He gave Floyd a hell of a fight, probably more than Floyd expected. But ruined??
No.

To me, ruined is where the other fighter is never the same after that.
Usually a grueling, punishing fight, where the fighter suffers irreversible wear and tear.

Another is "cherry-picking".

It's overused for sure. Cherry picking occurs... but not every soft touch a fighter intermixes in between tough fights should be considered cherry-picking. Once a cherry-picker, always a cherry-picker. Meaning that fighters that become known for that tend to do so more often than everybody else. But not everybody is a cherry-picker.

How about "exposed"?

That's a really overused term. What is exposed, anyway? To me is where the fighter's record was built with smoke and mirrors (parade of tomato cans, for example). A bogus record just waiting to be exposed by the first good opponent a fighter faces. That is exposed. But it's overused. Every time a fighter loses, he's been exposed. B.S.



I'm as guilty of using these terms as anybody else, but usually try to reserve them for cases that truly merit their use.

Where to begin ?

There are so many things that people say in boxing that are over-used. The ones that come to mind :

"Styles make fights" (Like they are trying to sound enlightened without actually having to make any analysis whatsoever)

"Gunna bring my A game" (Yeah because he normally brings his C and D game to a fight)

Before The Fight : "Its been a perfect training camp, everything went to plan and I feel 100% coming into the fight."

After The fight : "Things didn't really go well in training. I injured my hand in sparring early on and didn't get the rounds in I should have. Also, I was attacked by a bear while I was out running, he mauled me pretty good. Thats why my performance was a bit off tonight"

"I just didn't have it tonight. I dont know what it is, I just didn't have it tonight." (Usually said by a fighter who thinks on anothe night he would have had him)

'im in the best shape of my career' (zzzzzzzzzzzz)

"I don't want to take anything away from (opponents name), but......" (This is a classic one)

''That wasn't the real (......) in there tonight'' (Using cliches and talking in the third person. Thats annoying)

"Once he hits you, you stay hit" (What does that even mean ? One of the commentators said it before the Deontay Wilder fight)

"I never watch tapes of my opponents" (Classic macho boxer talk where he's tryna act like a real bad ass)

LOL.... these are all good ones.

[corvette]

The use or mis-use of the word great.

[No Contest]

Ducking. It seems like people like to throw this out whenever their favorite fighters don't get the fight they want.
Shot. Someone has a bad loss and all of a sudden they are shot fighters. They then come back and have some good victories, go figure. Could it be they just weren't as good as you thought they were?