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This started in another thread but I think it deserves a thread of it's own.
What boxing cliches (or cliches in general) irk you the most. For me the "if aint broke don't fix it" is in my top 5, gives me the shivers anytime it's mentioned as detailed below.
Many men have fallen victim to this horrendous cliche. So far what Pavlik has done has worked for him, however to be a world class fighter you have to adapt and augment your style to fit every opponent. It's no good saying "I beat Taylor using this method so therefore I'll beat Kessler or Calzaghe or whoever".
Every fight is different. For example Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather (I don't like using this analogy because the fight is mentioned to often but it's the one that springs to mind) Ricky trained with Billy the preacher Graham. He said he trained in the same way as he did for his other 43 fights. One the main aspects of his training was the "body bag", chasing a chain smoking Billy Graham around the ring hitting a black sumo outfit the size out Butterbean is hardly ideal when trying to mimic one of the slickest fastest defensive fighters in the world. But the method had worked for him countless times before. When questioned on it, Hatton's words were "if it's not broke don't fix it".
That cliche should be erased from the English language. Possibly to be replaced with something slightly less catchy like... "if it has worked before there's no guarantee it will work again, we need to prepare for each fight as if we've never fought before because each fight brings a new fighter, we need to find out what areas need improvement adjustment and tweaking, then we can fix them".
What boxing cliches (or cliches in general) irk you the most. For me the "if aint broke don't fix it" is in my top 5, gives me the shivers anytime it's mentioned as detailed below.
he has a 0 in the loss column. if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Every fight is different. For example Ricky Hatton vs Floyd Mayweather (I don't like using this analogy because the fight is mentioned to often but it's the one that springs to mind) Ricky trained with Billy the preacher Graham. He said he trained in the same way as he did for his other 43 fights. One the main aspects of his training was the "body bag", chasing a chain smoking Billy Graham around the ring hitting a black sumo outfit the size out Butterbean is hardly ideal when trying to mimic one of the slickest fastest defensive fighters in the world. But the method had worked for him countless times before. When questioned on it, Hatton's words were "if it's not broke don't fix it".
That cliche should be erased from the English language. Possibly to be replaced with something slightly less catchy like... "if it has worked before there's no guarantee it will work again, we need to prepare for each fight as if we've never fought before because each fight brings a new fighter, we need to find out what areas need improvement adjustment and tweaking, then we can fix them".
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