"the objective of boxing is to hit and not get hit"

[ElMeroChingon]

Stop it already. Its not. The objective is to win. All this crap about sweet science this and that is nice and all but its not all there is to boxing. Boxing is about using your preferred style to triumph over your opponent and his style. Saying "boxing's objective is to hit and not be hit " doesn't make you look smarter or knowledgeable.

Yeah i can't stand those guys either, when i think of the "sweet science" i think of Roberto Duran. He will stay with you the whole fight, all while not getting hit as he was putting a beating on you. Thats the definition of sweet science, not all this running/holding/clinching thats infested out sport the last decade. Thats fighting like a b!tch to "survive".

[Vasyl’s dad]

If you can hit and not get hit, why wouldn't you want to do that?

Nobody is saying there is anything wrong with it. Its just not the objective of boxing.

[Mayweather41-0]

Arturo Gatti disagrees

[Madjab]

OP sounds like a dude that got outboxed on fight night or something lol