Lets get the label "WARRIOR" correct!

[BadMagick]

YES,YES this is a great post! Are u a fighter yourself?

Aspiring to be one. I'm training myself right now (to get into shape), until I can get into a real gym.

[ChrististheAnswer2]

Aspiring to be one. I'm training myself right now (to get into shape), until I can get into a real gym.

I'm training to be a fighter as well, I just started last summer, I've sparred but haven't actually fought a real match yet. Man training to be a fighter is hard, its the hardest training I've ever done and I play D3 ice hockey too.So I get mad when idiot posters come on here and insult fighters and put them down, I guess it makes them feel better about themselves.

Anyways good luck with your boxing!

[BigJay27]

Anyone who throws fists at each other for a living is more of a warrior than you or I are; they, therefore, deserve the title. They all risk their lives when they step in the ring, and they all take shots just the same. No, they all aren't crazy or dumb enough to just go and exchange blows.

Achilles was considered the greatest warrior to ever live, and he was never hurt (until his fight with Hector in which his achilles tendon was cut and he later died), but he was considered a warrior nonetheless.

Why should these guys, who regularly risk their lives, whether or not they go to war with each other all the time, be any less of a warrior than the other people?

1 One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
2 One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict.

That's how warrior is defined, and, in my opinion, both Tarver and Jones fit the definition perfectly. Perhaps you have some skewed view on what a warrior should be, as Martin has on what boxers should be (he thinks they should needlessly go to war, rather than use the sweet science like Mayweather does, to him, these guys are not true prize fighters because they are safety first rather than fan's fun first), but they are, indeed warriors.

What an excellent post. You beat me to the punch, no pun intended. But I do agree somewhat about the Warrior standard that boxing fans put on fighters. They do get in the ring, which takes more balls than most of the people around here have, and some like to use the sweet science, some like to just let 'em fly. I guess what I'm trying to say is there are the fighters like Mayweather, Tarver, Jones....then there are the "warriors" like Holyfield, Bowe, Barrera, Gatti etc. Just my opinion which usually sucks anyway.

[Easy-E]

In the buildup to Jones/Tarver I listen to Roy Jones and Antonio Tarver refer to themselves as warriors and it got me thinking...are these guys warriors simply because they lace up the gloves???

My conclusion is absolutely ****ing not, they are in no way warriors and anyone who thinks they are needs to have their head examined.

In boxing we have become far too accustom to calling every fighter out their a warrior simply because they fight for a living, well lets put that **** to bed!

Do we call all champions great because they have a belt? **** no, so why should we call all fighters warriors just because they fight.

Case in mother****ing point...Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales...are they warriors...absolutely...think about these two for a second, not just their epic war but what they have done in the past 5 or so years...they define exactly what a warrior is.

Now look at Roy Jones and Toney Tarver...what have they done to deserve the title WARRIOR, sure Tarver got his ass whupped by Harding in their first fight and came back to win the second but is he a warrior for that? Hell Jones has never done anything remotely related to "warrior status". (but they are referred to by us and by themselves all of the time as warriors)

Point of the thread is this, if Roy Jones and Toney Tarver and any other fighter who puts on gloves professionally is a warrior then we have a problem...by making this mistake we disgrace true warriors like the ones we will witness on Saturday night.

Not all champions are great and not all fighters are warriors...opinions anyone...especially the Jones contingent...

i would say that all those who lace up the gloves are "techniclly" warriors, but i understand you point. castillo, corrales, morales and many other fighters truly deserve to be called warriors, they are in a league of their own

[Kid Achilles]

Achilles was considered the greatest warrior to ever live, and he was never hurt (until his fight with Hector in which his achilles tendon was cut and he later died), but he was considered a warrior nonetheless.

I hate to be a Greek mythology dork but it was Paris's poisoned arrow, guided by the god Apollo, that did him in via heel wound.

[Pak men]

Barrera calls himself a warrior for fighting 12 rounds with no defense. And getting into slug fests. I call these people sluggers not boxers or warriors.

Barrera is no warrior. He's been ****-ducking PAC for years now. And true warriors aint a ***** in the ring. Also, true warriors don't label those who destroyed them as leftovers when all the while they can't back up that insult.

Barrera is no warrior. A wussy, probably.

[Londonerzz]

Remember wat happened to LJ, GMac, Watson.....

all boxers who go into the ring are courageous and deserve the term warrior.

[Manny_P]

only one person deserves to be called a warrior in that ring and it's Ultimate!

[RAESAAD]

They are all Warriors as in what the defintion states but I kind of know what you mean.....Jones was more of a warrior for getting back in the ring with Tarver than for anything he had done previously iMO..But all boxers are warriors in one way shape or form but some truely stand out as true warriors more than others no doubt about that.

[ChrististheAnswer2]

Barrera is no warrior. He's been ****-ducking PAC for years now. And true warriors aint a ***** in the ring. Also, true warriors don't label those who destroyed them as leftovers when all the while they can't back up that insult.

Barrera is no warrior. A wussy, probably.

You truly are a moron, get over your pacman obessision.