Phrases that need eradicating from boxing.

[famicommander]

Not a specific phrase but everybody on this site seems to know with 100% certainty the exact length of every fighter's prime.

Floyd beat Canelo? The 43 fight veteran, reigning unified and Ring champion, with six defenses was "too green"

Floyd beat Pacquiao? Floyd, who retired after one more real fight and is two years older, was "prime" but Pacquiao, who is still a world champion five years later, was "washed up"

I'm not even a Mayweather fan but it seems his prime lasted the entire length of his career while every one of his opponents magically peaked either way before or way after he beat them.

[GhostofDempsey]

Stop calling fighters bums.

I agree about marinating. It only leads to fights going past their expiration date.

[KTFOKING]

-Brave performance

Not a phrase but comparing every Brit to American fighter to Calzaghe vs Lacy.

[ralex]

I hate that. I always say that nobody who has ever been in a boxing gym would ever call a prizefighter a bum, even if he was 0-50

ehhhh. If someone is 0-50 they probably are a bum and shouldn’t be fighting lol

[£-4-£]

Fighter is losing the fight... cornerman says: "keep doing what you're doing"

[HewJohnson]

Marinating. I ****ing hate marinating. I see "fans" on social media talking about fights like Garcia/Haney or Davis/Garcia and they're saying "naw, too soon. That needs to marinate for a few years"


**** sakes, thats not fan talk, that's promoter fan talk.

Marinating is bull crap.

Fighters like De La Hoya, Pac, etc. didn’t need to marinate any fights. They fought the best competition there was that moment, and more than once most of the time. That’s how you build a buzz and hype. That’s how you determine you are indeed THE BEST.

[The D3vil]

“You have to take the belt from the Champion”

I.e The notion you have to beat the reigning champion by a wide margin to take his belt for no reason what so ever.

Ooooooh, I ****ing hate that one

[davef]

he young doe

[SN!PER]

"Mexican style"

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Not a specific phrase but everybody on this site seems to know with 100% certainty the exact length of every fighter's prime.

Floyd beat Canelo? The 43 fight veteran, reigning unified and Ring champion, with six defenses was "too green"

Floyd beat Pacquiao? Floyd, who retired after one more real fight and is two years older, was "prime" but Pacquiao, who is still a world champion five years later, was "washed up"

I'm not even a Mayweather fan but it seems his prime lasted the entire length of his career while every one of his opponents magically peaked either way before or way after he beat them.

Yes! I hate it when professional fighters even world champions get called “green”.

A novice amateur who’s had a handful of senior contests is “green”, a professional fighter who’s boxed hundreds of rounds is not.