Your Boxing Pet Peeves

[TheGreatA]

Myths.

Using Bert Sugar as an authority.

Thinking today's boxers are automatically better than those in the past.

I'm not against picking Miguel Cotto against Carmen Basilio but saying things like "today's fringe contenders would have easily beaten all of the greats in the past", "boxers have evolved" or "today's fighters are better athletes thus they are better boxers", etc.

No, Nikolai Valuev is not a better athlete than a prime Muhammad Ali and Ricardo Mayorga doesn't outbox Sugar Ray Robinson.

Of course it goes the other way as well as Thread Stealer proved, some tend to look at those days with rose-colored glasses, forgetting that most of boxing was controlled by the mob in its glory days... Although the mob was probably less corrupt than today's promoters...

[Bushbaby]

Floyd refusing to fight anyone who has a chance of beating him,then making excuses as to why he shouldnt fight them,then fighting someone who he knows he can beat,then prattling on that he is the greatest ever with nothing but a cherrypicked resume,that really sucks!!!!

[Thread Stealer]

Of course it goes the other way as well as Thread Stealer proved, some tend to look at those days with rose-colored glasses, forgetting that most of boxing was controlled by the mob in its glory days... Although the mob was probably less corrupt than today's promoters...

Sometimes it's not even old days like the 1940s, it's even fairly modern like the 1980s.

When complaining about catch weights today, I've actually heard someone use Sugar Ray Leonard as an example of a fighter who wouldn't resort to catch weights.

[Silkstone]

You know I actually enjoy the triangle theories, the haters, the nuthuggers, the turncoats, and the excuse makers. Lets face it, could you imagine how horrifically boring the forum would be without them? My personal favourites are posters who (and you can spot these) go to great effort to use haughty language and 50-cent words in their posts and replies - as though everything they say is right out of a thesaurus. All the while, however, their posts are riddled with grammatical mistakes or mispellings.

[gingeralbino]

how a boxers chin goes from granite to glass 1st time he's KOd
My main pet peeve:
Imaginary ATG lists that very few, myself included have. I dont have an ATG list, so I never comment on where certain fighters would be (unless it is above or below a certain fighter i know about) People harping on about (insert name) doesnt reach the top 50 etc when they dont have a top 50 and are picking a number out of their ass.
I know some posters are knowledgeable enough, and have actually taken the time to make such a list, but they are few and far between

[rob6465]

Idiot fans who won't respect a fighter because they don't like him personally. I'm a cotto fan but I respect Floyd and pacman's boxing skills and career. I might have my opinion on why a certain fighter ducks others but will still see fighter as a good fighter. Clottey, mosley, pacman, floyd are all good fighters !

[Thread Stealer]

Myths.

Using Bert Sugar as an authority.

Bert Sugar, period.

[oaklandstephen]

when someone loses once or twice and people say they should retire.

[ChiTown2Diego]

nuthuggers.

boxers that don't make weight.

cheaters.

athletes who whine and don't work hard like these guys (props to my Blackhawks):

[pistol whip]

Boxing fanatics and the Boxing media!!! From openly saying their entertainment dollar is more important than a boxers health to calling boxers who have a hundred times more corage then any normal man cowards. I honestly feel like boxing has a collection of the dumbest and most ignorent sports fans/writers on the planet.


Boxing would be perfect if it wasn't for the fans and the media.
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