Pet Peeves in boxing

Now I'm not talking about the peeves that we ALL have such as The best not fighting the best because of politics, ducking, bad refereeing calls, corrupt judges, evil promoters, multiple ABC belts etc

Nah...we all hate that. Those are not pet peeves per se.

What are some of the "small" things that get on your motherfucking nerves that may not bother others...or at least not to the same extent.


Mine:

I hate when fighters refuse to look the other in the eye during pre-fight staredowns. Some guys look at the floor, others look at the ceiling. I hate that shit. Stare the opponent in his eye!!

I hate "cutsey" mid-fight facial expressions. you know..the "cool" pouting of the lips that you'd see from a Chris Byrd or a Shane Mosley.

I hate overly modest fighters. This is a hurt business, this aint tennis.

What are some of yours?

 

I get frustrated when fighters I like won't let their hands go. This happened to Mosley for a few years after the first Forrest fight. He didn't start punching again until he hooked up with Joe Goosen for the Wright rematch. Ridiculously frustrating.

 

Refs instantly breaking clinches instead of letting guys fight out of them. It's so endemic now that guys just stop moving as soon as anything approaching a clinch happens.

 

Excessive glove touching and hugging. A glove touch prior to the fight and a hug afterwards is fine, but anything in between seems like some sort of non-verbal contract that they will keep it a 'soft' fight.

 

great example! I hate that very much. It's most annoying.

 

I hate when fighters greet their defeated opponents insincerely following a fight, and when they put their hands on the other's head.

I hate when Lampley won't shut the fuck up about punch-stat numbers.

I hate when fighters use Grant gloves because their fists are too fucking weak to use Reyes. Really? You're a professional boxer and you can't even punch someone without hurting your hand?

I hate when fighters react to the slightest bit of success by show-boating.

I hate when fighters throw pussy-footing lead right hands, and are obviously scared of getting hit above all.

I hate fighters who throw rabbit punches by accident (of course I hate when they do it deliberately but that's a different list) because they're so fucking sloppy they can't help it.

I hate when fighters constantly pull their trunks down in a nervous habit

I hate when fighters happily defer all of their decisions to their manager and promoter - makes them harder to root and less human.

 

Good one.

 

The human-hand is one of the worst-designed things in terms of providing a striking tool. Its full of small bones and tendons just ready to break at the slightest hint. Nothing wrong with trying to protect it. Its a weak link. The back gets bigger and better for delivering power, the hand never gets any stronger, only weaker, over time.

 

Very good list! That's what I'm talking about.

Good callon the pulling trunks down as a nervous habit and the last one.

 

yes...also I hate excessive holding

 

I consider clinching and the treatment of it by referees as anything except a foul to be a big problem that doesn't qualify as a pet peeve.

That being said, I'm not opposed to the thread becoming a general gripe session, that includes pet peeves, but may include larger, more foundational issues as well.

More:

I hate when fighters wear skirts instead of trunks

I hate when fighters repeatedly miss with over-hand punches, throwing over the ducking heads of their opponents, but fail to adapt accordingly with punches underneath

I hate when fighters are too afraid to throw their power shots (e.g. Cintron)

I basically don't like defensive minded fighters - that's not to say I don't appreciate good defense - I just don't like styles and fight strategies designed around not getting hit

I hate when fighters try to game the referee in order to win a point deduction (e.g. Hopkins, JMM in 1st Pacquiao fight)

I hate when fighters refuse to give their opponents any credit

I hate when fighters give their opponents credit they don't deserve

I hate when Steward insists on pretending he knew exactly what was going to happen at all times

I hate when Max justifies and gets behind the very things that have fucked this sport up, such as bad decisions, mismatches, and everything else that has nothing to do with a legitimate sport

 

I hate it when a fighter who thinks they're being fouled looks to the referee for assistance rather than just fouling back if need be. It reminds me of wide receivers constantly looking for interference calls in football nowadays.

Inactivity as someone else mentioned. It's like you can see on your TV that fighter A (usually Rocky Juarez) could take the fight if they would just throw some punches, but they never do and it drives you nuts.

 

True.

 

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Dawson vs Pascal was the ultimate example of that for me. I swore off ever watching Chad again.

 

In general, I hate when fighters' sense of range and distant sucks, such that their punches repeatedly fall short or over reach.

 

This annoys the hell out of me as well, especially for well established fighters.

 

Bert Sugar

 

:clapagain::clapagain:

 

Good one.


Fat heavyweights.

 

Fat middleweights

Really Fat Middleweights

Weight-Classes, YO!!!!! :cheer:

 

hippity hop fighters

 

it is a pet peeve of mine when fighters don't turn their punches over and as a result they slap with their punches. you're a professional damn fighter, fuck's sake

 

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Names?? {Broner/Russell/Judah???}


I hate weight-cheats.

What Gatti did to Gamache was unacceptable. Ditto Castillo vs Corrales part-deux.

The tricks that Pac, Floyd, Alvarez and especially that fat fuck Chavez Jr are playing on opponents is ridiculous.

Guys are basically weakened on the scales before the fight, like Joaquin Phoneix vs Russell Crowe. Or, they are coming in at massive, disproportionate weight advantages. Gatti got a taste of his own medicine when he was Baldomeered.

I'm not laying this blame at the door of any one fighter, but it happens and its shite.

 

so true and so annoying

 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OySgqiUNKQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=105s

 

What is Floyd doing to opponents in terms of weight? He and Pac are two of the only fighters in the sport who actually belong in the division they are in. I agree Pac's catchweight shit is BS.. if you're referring to Floyd vs Marquez, that was one fight and that was not a catchweight Floyd asked for.

 

Yes, okay then, it was one fight. As I say, its not the preserve of any one fighter, If you wanted a list, in decreasing order of culpability, I would say

Pac
Chavez Jr
Gatti
Castillo
Alvarez
Bumdomeercat
Floyd

 

And when he was Gomezed? Or Alfonsoed.

 

Nah he was all fucked out by that stage anyways, Gamache could have taken him that night. He would have been Ga-Mashed ::