The sport of boxing

[mickey1975]

Why does everyone say this. Its boxing, stop it. I don't watch the sport of football or the sport of rugby league. Behave

[maverick23]

Why does everyone say this. Its boxing, stop it. I don't watch the sport of football or the sport of rugby league. Behave

Does everyone say that?

The only guys I’ve heard refer to it as that are Mayweather Jr and Eubank Snr. I agree though that it’s annoying!

[Bleak]

Why does everyone say this. Its boxing, stop it. I don't watch the sport of football or the sport of rugby league. Behave

Does everyone say that?

The only guys I’ve heard refer to it as that are Mayweather Jr and Eubank Snr. I agree though that it’s annoying!

I remember hearing a lot more recently, especially Hearn. I seem to to remember it being used a bit in America as posted above .

[Boxerbeetle]

Mayweather was the first person I noticed saying it regularly. Really annoying phrase.

[oogiebe]

I hardly ever hear that, You play sports, you don't play boxing.

[margaret thatcher]

boxing is obviously a sport, it's just rather redundant to say it like that

[Steveh583]

Why does everyone say this. Its boxing, stop it. I don't watch the sport of football or the sport of rugby league. Behave

it is so so so so annoying. mayweather started it and i wanted to twat him every single time.

[Coco]

I hardly ever hear that, You play sports, you don't play boxing.

You only play sports with a ball(play football, basketball etc), sports that finishes with ing pair with go(swimming, skiing, running etc) the rest is with do(karate, gymnastics, yoga etc)

[gerryd77]

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[gerryd77]

I hardly ever hear that, You play sports, you don't play boxing.

You only play sports with a ball(play football, basketball etc), sports that finishes with ing pair with go(swimming, skiing, running etc) the rest is with do(karate, gymnastics, yoga etc)

So you go boxing?

[margaret thatcher]

see, now these yoga ladies gonna be thinking they bad asses, cuz 'you dont play yoga'

[KiwiRider]

So you go boxing?

Bluddy oath mate!
Not anymore though, I used to box and go to the boxing club, every fortnight I would box at a boxing match or competition.
If I'm watching, then I'm going to the boxing.. Hope that helps

[Coco]

I hardly ever hear that, You play sports, you don't play boxing.

You only play sports with a ball(play football, basketball etc), sports that finishes with ing pair with go(swimming, skiing, running etc) the rest is with do(karate, gymnastics, yoga etc)

So you go boxing?

Yes to be grammatically correct it is go boxing, but it always sounded a bit strange.
More realistically you GO TO a place, so I usually would say I am going to the gym, or maybe going down the gym.
Or even I am going training.

[mickey1975]

Why does everyone say this. Its boxing, stop it. I don't watch the sport of football or the sport of rugby league. Behave

it is so so so so annoying. mayweather started it and i wanted to twat him every single time.

You would most probably have missed.

[coghaugen11]

Eubank Sr doesn’t refer to boxing as a sport. He doesn’t consider it a sport.

‘Dirty blood-business’ were his words back in the day.

That’s been replaced by ‘art and craft’ today.

[JC]

Why does everyone say this. Its boxing, stop it. I don't watch the sport of football or the sport of rugby league. Behave

it is so so so so annoying. mayweather started it and i wanted to twat him every single time.

I don't think he did. I think it's more of a general Americanism the likes of Lampley, Kellerman, Merchant and their predecessors used in order to sound dramatic. It's definitely been picked up in the UK too in recent times though (maybe in part because of Mayweather using it a lot).

[Steveh583]

Why does everyone say this. Its boxing, stop it. I don't watch the sport of football or the sport of rugby league. Behave

it is so so so so annoying. mayweather started it and i wanted to twat him every single time.

You would most probably have missed.

Cricket bat from behind. WWE style

[banjo]

Boxing has always had an air of pretentiousness about it

[Boxerbeetle]

Boxing has always had an air of pretentiousness about it

Like when journalists describe rounds as “stanzas”

[ironbeard]

Boxing has always had an air of pretentiousness about it

Right...like a septic tank freshly opened and about to get pumped.

[JamesPhilips]

"The sport of boxing" is definitely an Adam Smith phrase