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“Cans” are what make up the entire UFC roster, a bunch of non dynamic “strikers” who roll around on the ground and put everyone watching to sleep. Who cares who even wins honestly?
Boxing fans aren’t retards, we know the deal, and we hardly pay attn to titles or the alphabets. Just a bunch of trinket negotiating props. We as fans and in some cases practitioners of boxing know what we like and when we see two fighters we like showing us they can gradually get even better we say, “hey they are exciting and killers, they should fight!”
In MMA the promotions hand you a card and say “Damn look at this INSANE and SICK card featuring “ranked fighters” and title matches, this is gonna be so exciting dudes!!! You want this fight!” And y’all go “wow!!! Thankyou Dana for giving us the fights we want to see!!!”
And then you watch a bunch of cans do boring shit that never gets exciting. Even college wrestling is more exciting.
Okay, okay, all jk aside, here’s the scoop. Either you like boxing or you don’t! If you don’t, then don’t bother trying to figure it out, because it’s not worth learning about if you don’t give a fuck in the first place. Like trying to force yourself to be a surgeon when blood makes you vomit.
Like I certainly don’t force myself to watch MMA because I know I’m just gonna get mad at the tv again
But seriously WHAT DEFINES A CAN in boxing? I can't understand how this is so hard for boxing guys to define.Wilder had a lot of WBC title defenses but his reign was extremely weak. All you have to do is count the champs, former champs, and contenders he fought. Look for fighters that were actually rated at the time in the independent rankings (ieg., Ring Magazine, TBRB, etc).
Sanctioning body rankings are different. We see guys get title shots all the time but it doesn't necessarily mean that they're any good. The WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO rankings mean squat. They're only used to determine a mandatory challenger for each of those sanctioning bodies.
@Kovalev's "Man Bag" you said "All you have to do is count the champs, former champs, and contenders he fought." wasn't every fighter he defended against a contender? Literally getting to a title fight in one of the major 4 sanctioning bodies makes you a contender. Blabbing on about AJ fought better guys or his contenders > your contenders reeks of "My Dad can beat up your Dad" silliness. Maybe AJ's competition was more difficult then Wilder's but that is certainly subjective. How can 10 defenses of a major title against guys with 25 fights on average and less than 2 losses average be a bunch of CANS. Is a Can any fighter who you don't like? Is it anyone with more then 2 losses? AJ has 3 losses so is he a can?
Seriously WTF is the definition of a CAN in boxing? In MMA Jay Ellis is certainly a can with a 16-109 record. What is the line in boxing?