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You know you’re a boxing fan when :-
- If you’re ever stood with a person opposite you, you wonder what it would be like to left hook them to the liver. Not because you want to hurt them, more that you just wanna execute it.
- You pump out crappy jabs when you go for a run (even sometimes throwing in Floyd’s “box the midget” 24/7 line when no-one is in close proximity)
- You try to explain to people the beauty and of staying up at 5am to watch boxing.
- You appreciate ******ed morons like Paris Hilton just cos they give boxing a mainstream shout-out.
- You shadow box in the mirror, and you should have perfected your favourite combination quite nicely (jab, right hand, left hook to the body)
- You have a boxing songs playlist – Going The Distance, Eye of the Tiger, Hurricane, No Easy Way Out, How You Like Me Now etc.
- You can’t enjoy boxing films fully because of the actual boxing scenes.
- If you ever approach something which requires you to move your head, a low-hanging branch from a tree, you bob and weave your head away from it.
- If someone you’re very comfortable with is standing in front of you, and has his hands casually by his side, you jab to their stomach and get out before their counter-punch. If you have a history of doing this with them, you might even jump in and clinch them, to smother their counter-punch. And if you’re super-duper comfortable, you'll saying “like Hopkins, just like Hopkins” while you hit them on the hip a few times in the clinch.
You also incorporate phrases from the boxing world into everyday life. Such as:
- “Are you ducking her? What, are you on vacation?” – ie, when your friend is avoiding a girl.
- “He can’t handle your speed, son!” – ie, when your friend overtakes another car on the motorway.
- “Be an Ellerbe and get me a drink. But if you’re gonna do it, do it with love. Thanks Lenny”
- “Don’t give me ****. I’m firm but I’m fair” – ie, at the start of a relationship with a girl and you’re establishing the ground rules.
- “I’m gonna **** you till you love me”
- “I want you to be my number 1 nuthugger”
- “Beyonce’s shot. Not Roy Jones shot. More Paul Williams shot”
- “O RLY? Yeah, and ****man Hatton were winning that second round vs Pac by a million miles” ie, when someone makes an outrageous boast that you know is nonsense.
- “I'm going to bed. Lights Out, baby. And **** the B*tchsko sisters too.”
- “Don’t pull that Bob Arum **** on me” – Arum being synonymous with lying.
- “You’re blowing it, son” – when your friend is hesitating at approaching a girl, and other guys are closing in.
You know you’re a boxing fan when :-
- If you’re ever stood with a person opposite you, you wonder what it would be like to left hook them to the liver. Not because you want to hurt them, more that you just wanna execute it.
- You pump out crappy jabs when you go for a run (even sometimes throwing in Floyd’s “box the midget” 24/7 line when no-one is in close proximity)
- You try to explain to people the beauty and of staying up at 5am to watch boxing.
- You appreciate ******ed morons like Paris Hilton just cos they give boxing a mainstream shout-out.
- You shadow box in the mirror, and you should have perfected your favourite combination quite nicely (jab, right hand, left hook to the body)
- You have a boxing songs playlist – Going The Distance, Eye of the Tiger, Hurricane, No Easy Way Out, How You Like Me Now etc.
- You can’t enjoy boxing films fully because of the actual boxing scenes.
- If you ever approach something which requires you to move your head, a low-hanging branch from a tree, you bob and weave your head away from it.
- If someone you’re very comfortable with is standing in front of you, and has his hands casually by his side, you jab to their stomach and get out before their counter-punch. If you have a history of doing this with them, you might even jump in and clinch them, to smother their counter-punch. And if you’re super-duper comfortable, you'll saying “like Hopkins, just like Hopkins” while you hit them on the hip a few times in the clinch.
You also incorporate phrases from the boxing world into everyday life. Such as:
- “Are you ducking her? What, are you on vacation?” – ie, when your friend is avoiding a girl.
- “He can’t handle your speed, son!” – ie, when your friend overtakes another car on the motorway.
- “Be an Ellerbe and get me a drink. But if you’re gonna do it, do it with love. Thanks Lenny”
- “Don’t give me ****. I’m firm but I’m fair” – ie, at the start of a relationship with a girl and you’re establishing the ground rules.
- “I’m gonna **** you till you love me”
- “I want you to be my number 1 nuthugger”
- “Beyonce’s shot. Not Roy Jones shot. More Paul Williams shot”
- “O RLY? Yeah, and ****man Hatton were winning that second round vs Pac by a million miles” ie, when someone makes an outrageous boast that you know is nonsense.
- “I'm going to bed. Lights Out, baby. And **** the B*tchsko sisters too.”
- “Don’t pull that Bob Arum **** on me” – Arum being synonymous with lying.
- “You’re blowing it, son” – when your friend is hesitating at approaching a girl, and other guys are closing in.
good read man.
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