Boxing Cliches

This forum is littered with cliches. Feather fisted, weight drained, took him to school, etc. But what are your favourite boxing cliches?

"Dynamite in both hands"

"He's on queer street"

"I'm not gonna make any excuses for losing, but (insert excuse for losing here)"

"I've had a great training camp, everything went fantastic"

styles make fights

"I'm not saying I think he's using steroids or anything, but (goes on to very heavily imply the opponent in question is MOST DEFINITELY using any and all banned substances known to man.)"

' Schooled.'

That one drives me up the wall.

HumanWindmill wrote:' Schooled.'

That one drives me up the wall.

Curious. Any particular reason? *hastily makes reminder to use the term as often as possible when in conversation with Windy*

No idea, mate. It just irritates me.

*Hastily makes reminder to be as obnoxious as possible when in conversation with BALTI and he uses the term.*

'exposed'

comes up whenever a fighter loses.

Ha! I'll keep that term for special occasions then! I will admit though, it's certainly a term which is bandied about with excessive regularity.

"shot" is another cliché which seems to see overuse. One loss and a guy's 'shot'. Good job no-one told people like Braddock and Foreman that...

Same as the aforementioned 'exposed', really.

"I'm in the best shape of my life for this fight."

"Boxing lesson."

"Robbed."

"never write off a great fighter..." (as long as he's fighting pacquiao).

Did everyone miss the fact that the OP was asking for your favourite cliches? You've all turned what could have been a celebration of great boxing lingo into a moan-fest... a moan-fest that I am more than happy to join.

'He blocks punches with his face.'

'Ricky Hatton has gone from being The Hitman to just being a hit man.'

To be fair, I did think both were quite funny the first time I heard them. But that seems an awful long time ago now.

I would say pretty much anything Jim Watt says comes out of a handbook of phrases.

Here's some of my pet hates:

"Speed Kills" - Although it's true in some cases, thought I would class Malignaggi quick lol.

"His punch resistance is gone!" - Some people said that about Hatton, I like ot think that it had more to do with walking around at 13+ stone and boiling down to LW/WW and getting knackered.

"He has a punchers chance" generally = "He has no chance, has a good hook though"

What about: A good biggun beats a good little 'un....

and the man who beat the man who beat the man..

but my favourite: Hopkins just 'knows too much' for him at this stage

I would say pretty much anything Jim Watt says comes out of a handbook of phrases.
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Agreed. Was watching some old fights from the early '90's last week and it occurred to me that Watt has been trotting out the same cliches for 20 years now! Two notable ones of his:

"these are arm punches he's throwing, no real spite in them".

"the Vegas judges favour aggression".

Ah, yes. Good ol' Jim Watt and his "arrum puncheese."

"Remarkably quick for a big man."

Is Jim Watt's middle initial 'T', by any chance..?

BALTIMORA wrote:Is Jim Watt's middle initial 'T', by any chance..?

Probably.

It would stand for ' thirty ' because he's not very bright.

I'm not sure who's more annoying; Watt or Larry Merchant.

Watt is the most annoying man in the world....

BALTIMORA wrote:I'm not sure who's more annoying; Watt or Larry Merchant.

I've said before that Merchant is like a knackered, useless old sheep dog. Kindest thing to do would be to lure him round the back of the barn with a lamb chop, let him eat it (if you're feeling generous) then give him both barrels of a shot gun right between the eyes and fling him in a ditch. Sadly HBO are like the cruel pet owner that can't let go even when the animal is suffering.

Sugar Boy Sweetie wrote:I've said before that Merchant is like a knackered, useless old sheep dog. Kindest thing to do would be to lure him round the back of the barn with a lamb chop, let him eat it (if you're feeling generous) then give him both barrels of a shot gun right between the eyes and fling him in a ditch. Sadly HBO are like the cruel pet owner that can't let go even when the animal is suffering.

You're all heart, Sugar Boy!

"Dear HBO, please find enclosed my proposals re your commentator line-up for the forthcoming season..."

Worth a go, Sugar Boy.

It's a thought BALTI. Certainly cheaper than severance pay!

Hell, they could make a 24/7 for it, or at least a '...360' episode.

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