Biggest ego in British boxing?

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 18 Nov 2013, 03:37

Will be difficult to separate some of them...

mickey1975 · Post by **mickey1975** » 18 Nov 2013, 04:18

It wouldn't. Haye by a mile. He has a massively distorted opinion of the publics perception of him.

TJ77 · Post by **TJ77** » 18 Nov 2013, 04:22

Hands down Team Khan" thats not an instruction Amir" like he'd listen anyway.
What he lacks in chin he makes up for in self importance.

mickey1975 · Post by **mickey1975** » 18 Nov 2013, 04:27

TJ77 wrote:Hands down Team Khan" thats not an instruction Amir" like he'd listen anyway.
What he lacks in chin he makes up for in self importance.

At least he has a go.

palooka · Post by **palooka** » 18 Nov 2013, 10:36

I voted for Froch; I really think he's in danger of regarding himself as the ultimate male; the international superstar remark hasn't helped and shows his mindset and he's utterly convinced Groves is being massively disrespectful by daring to question him.

youngrell · Post by **youngrell** » 18 Nov 2013, 10:46

With recent events (i.e Haye), I think you'll find the Poll may be a little slanted. While there is no question Haye has a massive ego, I plumped for Khan and Froch.

At least Haye realised he's not the best in his division. Khan and Froch, despite losing, still seem to think they're better than the people who beat them.

TopGun · Post by **TopGun** » 18 Nov 2013, 10:48

Amir khan.....tough poll though!

daviddee · Post by **daviddee** » 18 Nov 2013, 10:49

I voted for Hearn but I never seen Froch.. So it's now close. Froch will go down as a p4p all time great. Well in his head anyway

BAP1 · Post by **BAP1** » 18 Nov 2013, 12:47

It's a toss up between Adam Booth and Amir Khan, honorable mention to Eddie and Froch though. It's a shame we could only vote for two

DD

expe · Post by **expe** » 18 Nov 2013, 13:13

Could have done with more than two options. Haye is the worst, Froch is bad as is Hearn, DeGale seems to regard himself very highly and I'm not sure Khan is actually smart enough to have a big ego, his team do though.

Andypittcov · Post by **Andypittcov** » 18 Nov 2013, 13:20

Having a big ego helps in boxing surely

Tommy Gunn13 · Post by **Tommy Gunn13** » 18 Nov 2013, 14:09

I voted other,Chris Eubank Jnr has a massive ego considering hes done nothing of note in the game...

lillywhite14 · Post by **lillywhite14** » 18 Nov 2013, 14:19

Its a tough one for sure!

Bit harsh on Eddie being in there. Never really come across that way to me.

orbtastic · Post by **orbtastic** » 18 Nov 2013, 14:34

mickey1975 wrote:It wouldn't. Haye by a mile. He has a massively distorted opinion of the publics perception of him.

His perception is distorted/formed by what's fed back to him directly.

If you look at twitter, for example, he's got nearly a million followers - Four times the amount Froch has got. He's active on social media, he's on instragram, facebook, the lot. He's constantly on TV, he's constantly being asked by fans for photos wherever he tips up - He plays the game and knows how every single phone works so he can do with a selfie with the fan and so on.

It's not being fed back to him en masse that people think he's a pudendum. Haters gonna hate is how he views it.

TJ77 · Post by **TJ77** » 18 Nov 2013, 14:38

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:I voted other,Chris Eubank Jnr has a massive ego considering hes done nothing of note in the game...

Fair shout

banjo · Post by **banjo** » 18 Nov 2013, 17:12

Hands down James Degale, spends more time being a celebrity than a fighter.

Kyle1991 · Post by **Kyle1991** » 18 Nov 2013, 19:28

Why is hatton even on that list?

expe · Post by **expe** » 18 Nov 2013, 19:43

banjo wrote:Hands down James Degale, spends more time being a celebrity than a fighter.

Attempting to be a celebrity.

Rockys gum shield · Post by **Rockys gum shield** » 18 Nov 2013, 19:47

Froch for me, he's out of control with his tongue and often I find myself cringing when I see him interviewed now days.

lefty · Post by **lefty** » 18 Nov 2013, 19:48

Andypittcov wrote:Having a big ego helps in boxing surely

Having confidence in yourself helps but if you start thinking you're better than you are and thus underestimate your opponent/s then that's going to be your downfall surely.

banjo · Post by **banjo** » 18 Nov 2013, 21:10

expe wrote:
banjo wrote:Hands down James Degale, spends more time being a celebrity than a fighter.
Attempting to be a celebrity.

Tru dat.

banjo · Post by **banjo** » 18 Nov 2013, 21:18

Rockys gum shield wrote:Froch for me, he's out of control with his tongue and often I find myself cringing when I see him interviewed now days.

I generally don't mind him but he don't half blab on about being a warrior or a gladiator.

hurlock · Post by **hurlock** » 19 Nov 2013, 00:02

No joe calzaghe?

Andypittcov · Post by **Andypittcov** » 19 Nov 2013, 04:21

columbo wrote:
Andypittcov wrote:Having a big ego helps in boxing surely
Having confidence in yourself helps but if you start thinking you're better than you are and thus underestimate your opponent/s then that's going to be your downfall surely.

Anybody that gets better at anything has to think they are better than where they currently are.

palooka · Post by **palooka** » 19 Nov 2013, 09:22

Andypittcov wrote:
columbo wrote:
Andypittcov wrote:Having a big ego helps in boxing surely
Having confidence in yourself helps but if you start thinking you're better than you are and thus underestimate your opponent/s then that's going to be your downfall surely.
Anybody that gets better at anything has to think they are better than where they currently are.

What you think can stay inside your head though; if you shout the loudest about being incredible it's not long before people think you're a bell end. Those with quiet confidence are the real deal; I feel that those bigging themselves up are doing it out of insecurity and it seems a bit hollow.