Why decorated amatuer fighters become rotten pros

[Crazylegs77]

Interesting vid, good to keep in mind how some fighters are treated coming up, and why as pros they tend to become divas. Most of these guys never worked a day in their lives, everything is done for them, they just show up and train. So they are clueless about the real world. Being told no is foreign to them. Thoughts?

[Dr Rumack]

The scoring system is completely different and the fights only last a few rounds.

Leave the psychoanalysis to the professionals.

[Black Barty]

Seriously, this guy is clueless... As if it was easy to become a decorated amateur.... As if all great amateurs were rich kids born with a silver spoon in their mouth... These guys work their a.sses off to win the national championships, qualifiers etc. Oh, and a lot of promising amateurs quit or become part time fighters because they can't find sponsors. It's not all fun and games.

Btw a lot of good pros with no amateur careers to speak of never worked a day in their lives (Canelo or Broner for example) and they, too, tend to have a huge sense of entitlement.

[oneon11]

Why decorated amatuer fighters become rotten pros?

Probably because casual boxing fans expect these guys to fight like MMA fighters & not boxers.

[SplitSecond]

Seriously, this guy is clueless... As if it was easy to become a decorated amateur.... As if all great amateurs were rich kids born with a silver spoon in their mouth... These guys work their a.sses off to win the national championships, qualifiers etc. Oh, and a lot of promising amateurs quit or become part time fighters because they can't find sponsors. It's not all fun and games.

Btw a lot of good pros with no amateur careers to speak of never worked a day in their lives (Canelo or Broner for example) and they, too, tend to have a huge sense of entitlement.

broner's had like 300 amatuer fights

[Daylyt]

broner's had like 300 amatuer fights

lol some boxing fans right, they just talk to talk.

[Crazylegs77]

broner's had like 300 amatuer fights

Broner is actually the perfect example.
Just look at his behavior after his loss.

[intoccabile]

Broner is actually the perfect example.
Just look at his behavior after his loss.

Yordanis Despaigne is another.

[AddiX]

Almost all the top fighters had highly decorated amateur careers, this thread is bs.

It doesn't gurantee they'll be successful pros, but it certainly gives them a huge advantage in experience and technique.

[Luilun]

Some of it has to do with power or stamina in an amateur bout the guy can lack power and squeak by with 3 round decisions also they could be good 3 round fighters but lack stamina to fight 10 rounds or the discipline to train for 10 or 12 rounds. Than theres the chin some fighters never get dropped as amateurs take off the head gear and they get dropped I personally knew 2 amateur boxers who never got dropped in the amateurs but got dropped or knock out as they started their pro careers These two fighters were Edger Alvarado and Malcolm Franklin both were pretty good amateurs and I never seen them get dropped at sparing nor an amateur bout and we all know how their pro career ended up a flop. I was at Fights Gym in San Bernardino for 4 years as a trainer so I followed them through those years