what is a gatekeeper

[Sam Donald]

no idea what this means tbh

somebody educate me

[DeadLikeMe]

Who is Demarcus Corley?

[Salardo]

A Gatekeeper is somebody who is not good enough to be or beat a world champion, but he beats pretty much all the other guys. So he keeps contenders from getting a world title shot because those contenders have to get passed the "gatekeepers" first, but usually they don't pass that test. Because the gatekeeper will beat everybody except the world champions.

[White_Knight]

A man who obtains gates and does not relinquish them.

[The Gambler1981]

A guy that separates the men from the boys~ they can be at any level really but they will generally beat the guys that aren't real while the real deals will almost always beat them (unless there is some weird match-up issue).

[DARKSEID]

A fighter that's strong enough and well rounded enough that he belongs on the upper levels, but is not good enough to be considered truly elite.

A gatekeeper will beat 90% of all fighters, but always fall short against the top 10%.

If you beat a gatekeeper, then that means you're the real deal and you deserve a shot against the best.

[Public_Enemy]

It can be a past prime fighter who can no longer fight at the championship level. But they can still be a good measuring stick for young up and coming fighters. Once the young fighter beats the gate keeper, they could be ready for a title shot. If the young fighter loses, he may need more fine tuning or he just isn't that good. Gate keepers don't have to be past prime though. Two I can think of are Shane Mosley and Randall Bailey.

[Frank Ducketts]

Doesn't/hasn't won the title. Always on the cusp, and ends up short or has won a title and lost it, or has never won the title. He/she is right there though outside the gate, but can't step inside that gate until they win a chip.

[Salardo]

Doesn't/hasn't won the title. Always on the cusp, and ends up short or has won a title and lost it, or has never won the title. He/she is right there though outside the gate, but can't step inside that gate until they win a chip.

But that is not the meaning of "gatekeeper". The term gatekeeper is not about that guy not being able to step inside that gate, it is about that guy preventing others from stepping inside that gate.

[kromefish]

I'd add Zab Judah and Sakio Bika to the list.