Comments Thread For: Gervonta Davis suggests retirement awaits in 2025 ahead of Lamont Roach showdown

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

He's going to do the exhibition circuit and get paid ridiculous money for mismatches.

That's basically what he's been doing anyway.

[BustedKnuckles]

Thats not what the dictionary says the difinition of champion is. thats your interpretation, why say something thats just not true, youre trying to take a general speaking term and make it your precise, your hate is getting in the way of a general conversation.

1. Oxford
a person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition.
"a champion hurdler"

1 Merrin Webster
: a winner of first prize or first place in competition

Collins
A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.

You don't "surpass" all "rivals" by supposedly looking better than them when NOT fighting them. You surpass by beating them, end of story. Let's stop reinterpreting words. I know that's common with this generation, but it's wearisome. Just invent some other word that means imaginary champion.

[djtmal]

Let me guess. He'll be proclaiming himself the goat while doing exhibitions with 0-0 kickboxers

[Smash]

id say its a fake retirement, floyd did one way back when he didnt like the look of his opponents at 147 so bailed out for a while

[Roadblock]

You don't "surpass" all "rivals" by supposedly looking better than them when NOT fighting them. You surpass by beating them, end of story. Let's stop reinterpreting words. I know that's common with this generation, but it's wearisome. Just invent some other word that means imaginary champion.

If you want to stop reinterpreting words you better petition the dictionaries they are the gold standard of words, I had a worker doing some formwork the other day and he done a great job and the foreman said to him youre a champion Joe.

Funny thing about the English language and how words mean different things to different people.

[BustedKnuckles]

So what you're saying is that, despite incredibly clear definitions in two of three sources you cited, which disagree with your interpretation, you decide that in the third source, to "surpass" all "rivals" means to pass the eye test for Roadblock on BoxingScene forum?