People on here and 'Shot' fighters

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Alexis Arguello is shot.

(too soon?)

[THE REED]

Alexis Arguello is shot.

(too soon?)

uh, yeah...

[Thread Stealer]

Alexis Arguello is shot.

(too soon?)

Yeah, a bit too soon.

I listed "shot" fighters awhile ago and tried to make it really obvious by mixing in fighters of a long-time ago with bullet wounds (Stanley Ketchel, Randy Turpin, Floyd Mayweather Sr.) along with more recent ones like Kassim Ouma and Hasim Rahman.

All these people said "what are you talking about, he's not shot, he's just a little past his prime"

[djtmal]

Speed+weight drain is why oscar lost, hes past prime but i wouldnt go as far to say shot

pretty safe to say after that whipping from manny pac, he's shot now

[Spray_resistant]

Athletes are not robots who can perform the same way every time out and everyone has off days.....some more than others though.

[$partacus]

Firstly the term 'shot' is normally used in BS when a fighter has a sub-par performance or is out of prime, that doesnt make him shot!

Shot should reffer to when theyre really old, out of shape, cant take punches and have a massive losing streak.

Also people on here under-rate wins against 'shot' fighters

Lets say for arguements sake that a young unbeaten prospect fights some unknown with an unbeaten record with lots of K.O's. They manage to beat the fighter with ease via late TKO, people go crazy and say that theyre going to be the best p4p champ.

Thing is this unknown fighter probably has no boxing brains at all, and has fought tomatoe cans all their life and just swings wildy hoping for a lucky shot to hit (maidana/prescott for type)

However lets say they fight oscar de la hoya instead, and manages to K.O him late on. Whats do the crowd say? 'OH well oscar is shot.' So therefore it doesnt count? Oscar still has the same boxing brain and same style as when he was younger, he just physically is a past his prime.

Therefore a win with oscar would be more beneficial, as it shows that the propsect has the tools to fight world class well schooled fighters, rather than knocking out some south american brawler.

So next time a fighter beats a past prime fighter dont just say 'oh well theyre shot' they still deserve lots of merit for getting past their boxing brain.

Prescott swung wildly because Khan was buckled by a jab.
Let me guess, Barrera isn't shot either?

[el malo]

De La Hoya was a great example of a shot fighter in my opinion. No speed, no reflexes, no power, he had nothing.

cosign, if u look up shot in the boxing dictionary a pic of oscar would be there. oscar been shot since bhop imo.

[Toney Loc]

Victor Ortiz is shot.

[JACK D. RIPPER]

Alexis Arguello is shot.

(too soon?)

i hope you die

[Dirk Diggler UK]

i hope you die

Why would you "hope"? Death is an inevitability.