Why is it said the loser of a fight dared to be great

[1lparm]

Not directing this at any particular person but I hear it alot after a very good fighter loses to an elite fighter. A few boxing coaches with YouTube channels have said this most recently about Steph but why is t anyone saying the same about Inoue? Didn’t both guys dare to be great in this fight?

The chances are after Bud Spence we will hear it again from the losing camp. It’s odd no one says the winner dared also.

[_Rexy_]

It’s stupid because “daring to be great” has always been said when guys go up one or multiple weight classes for the big fight/big chance


if anything, Inoue dared to be great. Steph just fought on the road

[Jsmooth9876]

Crawford and Spence aren't daring to be great, they're just fighting another guy in their own weight class lol.
Inoue jumped a weight class and took on the best fighter in the next one up, that's daring to be great. Charlo jumping 2 weight classes is going for greatness. I had someone tell me Tank was daring to be great by fighting Ryan Garcia lol.....

[GhostofDempsey]

Daring to be great involves exceptional risk that a fighter doesn't necessarily have to take. Moving up weight classes and taking on bigger and tougher challenges, taking on opponents at their best, giving rematches to fought opponents or seeking rematches after losing or getting KO'd. In a sport where too many fighters are trying desperately to preserve the "0" in the loss column and cherry picking, we need more fighters like Inoue, Loma, Pacquiao, Teofimo and the like.

[dannnnn]

There is so much cherry-picking and soft matchmaking that just taking a tough fight is "daring to be great" these days.

I suppose Spence and Crawford are both daring to be great by finally taking a fight which could/should have happened about three years ago. Gotta move heaven and earth just to get the top two fighters in the weight class to fight each other, something that should be standard.

[Willy Wanker]

The standards these days are so low that not cherry picking and merely fighting who the public wants you to fight is considered "daring to be great." Lmfao

[uppercut510]

daring to be great involves exceptional risk that a fighter doesn't necessarily have to take. Moving up weight classes and taking on bigger and tougher challenges, taking on opponents at their best, giving rematches to fought opponents or seeking rematches after losing or getting ko'd. In a sport where too many fighters are trying desperately to preserve the "0" in the loss column and cherry picking, we need more fighters like inoue, loma, pacquiao, teofimo and the like.

and haney

[Convict45]

Mayweather fought a few losers who were great.

[Boxing 112]

Not directing this at any particular person but I hear it alot after a very good fighter loses to an elite fighter. A few boxing coaches with YouTube channels have said this most recently about Steph but why is t anyone saying the same about Inoue? Didn’t both guys dare to be great in this fight?

The chances are after Bud Spence we will hear it again from the losing camp. It’s odd no one says the winner dared also.

Because for some reason they like giving credit to an American going abroad to fight, 10x more credit than someome from Europe/Asia going abroad to fight.

[Smash]

daring to be great often ends up with too much on your plate

or even stopped in 8!