How long has the word "cute" been part of Boxing terminology?

[Golden Boi 360]

You hear it all the time. A fighter or his style being called "cute".

What was the earliest you heard the term being used?

[_Rexy_]

I remember in my first amateur bout the ref said I had a "cute jab" and asked me if I knew how to keep a secret...

[NORMNEALON]

I remember in my first amateur bout the ref said I had a "cute jab" and asked me if I knew how to keep a secret...

-" hey little boy .....do you like trench coats ????"

-" no."

-"well that's good , cause iam a take mine off ."

[Marchegiano]

You hear it all the time. A fighter or his style being called "cute".

What was the earliest you heard the term being used?

Since the 1780s

[_Rexy_]

-" hey little boy .....do you like trench coats ????"

-" no."

-"well that's good , cause iam a take mine off ."

“Do you like movies about gladiators?”

[NORMNEALON]

-" and what are you going to tell your parents little boy?!"

-"you werent here ."


LMAO

[TheMyspaceDayz]

I remember Angelo Dundee would use it whenever he felt Ray Leonard was showing off. Furthest back my brain goes ATM. Pretty sure it has always been a derogatory term.

[Thuglife Nelo]

Term is referred to showmen using “tricks” or fancy styles unexpectedly. For example a bad example of this representation would be Jermall Charlo thinking its a compliment about his purse opposed to the fight itself.

[NORMNEALON]

I remember Angelo Dundee would use it whenever he felt Ray Leonard was showing off. Furthest back my brain goes ATM. Pretty sure it has always been a derogatory term.

The term has been around for ages . It is a refrence to a boxer fighting "dirty" and getting away with it . Bernard hopkins was "cute."

[Lomadeaux]

Forever. "Stop tryin to be cute!" I heard this stuff when I was 5.