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Great fighters who would always had problems with opponents they were favourites to beat.

Iran Barkley for Tommy Hearns.

Sandy Sadler for Willie Pep.

Those are examples of fighters who had a nemesis, rather than fighters who had Achilles heels.

EG: FIGHTER: Tommy Hearns
ACHILLES HEEL: Chin

Etc

Counter-puncher wrote:Those are examples of fighters who had a nemesis, rather than fighters who had Achilles heels.

EG: FIGHTER: Tommy Hearns
ACHILLES HEEL: Chin

Etc

Stop nitpicking. A person can also be referred to as someone's Achilles heel.

keithmoonhangover wrote:
Stop nitpicking. A person can also be referred to as someone's Achilles heel.

A nemesis isn't an Achilles Heel. An Achilles Heel is a fatal flaw; nemesis is the personification of divine retribution for those who show hubris against the gods.

Or, possibly, against those who conflate the names of two different mythological concepts & then get in a flounce 'cos they insist that they are actually the same thing.

God, I feel like goodnight fvcking Irene for the second time in a day

A person is not someones Achilles heel. An Achilles heel is an intrinsic part of someone's makeup- literally a body part or physical element- that is weak or defective, though metaphorically it would also describe weaknesses in, say, confidence or concentration or other intangibles.

Put it this way, if a person was someone's Achilles heel, then Achilles' 'achilles heel' would have been whichever fvcker killed Achilles cant remember his name, or Achilles himself would have been hectors Achilles heel. Which they weren't

My Achilles heel is PART OF ME. The dude who fvcks me over is my nemesis.

I prefer the technical term 'potential banana skin' myself.

Who was it anyway? Hmmm.

Counter-puncher wrote:Who was it anyway? Hmmm.

Paris.

Datsue wrote:

Counter-puncher wrote:Who was it anyway? Hmmm.

Paris.

Ah yes, sneaky pudendum, showpony, nice line in phrasemaking and.lady-wooing sh1t, Trojan equivalent to achilles' bumboy patroclus, kinda lancelot-esque dude you wouldn't want to leave your helen/guinever around, not unless you wanted her to find something else to hang her towels on anyway.

Boxerbeetle wrote:I prefer the technical term 'potential banana skin' myself.

Its one they use when the.dude isn't african so they can't call him teak-tough

Counter-puncher wrote:

Datsue wrote:

Counter-puncher wrote:Who was it anyway? Hmmm.

Paris.

Ah yes, sneaky pudendum, showpony, nice line in phrasemaking and.lady-wooing sh1t, Trojan equivalent to achilles' bumboy patroclus, kinda lancelot-esque dude you wouldn't want to leave your helen/guinever around, not unless you wanted her to find something else to hang her towels on anyway.

That is the best description of a mythological character I've ever read.

I'm here all week bruv, do remember to tip your server, try the veal, etc

Counter-puncher wrote:
Ah yes, sneaky pudendum, showpony, nice line in phrasemaking and.lady-wooing sh1t, Trojan equivalent to achilles' bumboy patroclus, kinda lancelot-esque dude you wouldn't want to leave your helen/guinever around, not unless you wanted her to find something else to hang her towels on anyway.

That's Zack Snyder's next Hollywood pitch sorted then.

Thinking about it I may have conflated the Shakespearean and Homeric renderings of Paris, but still, I'm categorically sure the guy was a bit of a pudendum.

Holyfield was Tyson's.

Marquez for Pacquiao is the obvious one these days

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handsofstone wrote:Marquez for Pacquiao is the obvious one these days

Counter-puncher wrote:Those are examples of fighters who had a nemesis, rather than fighters who had Achilles heels.

EG: FIGHTER: Tommy Hearns
ACHILLES HEEL: Chin

Etc

you got it wrong - another fighter can be an Achilles heel - think about it

your definition might be literally accurate but we do not live in a literally accurate world and we certainly do not communicate in literally accurate modes of speech. so if you don't want to acknowledge the title of the thread don't F....ing post a reply

shane mosley - Vernon forrest see, it's easy

Ken Norton for Ali he just struggled badly against him

The other fighter is the guy who fires the arrow into your Achilles heel.

Paris, in the original.

misterpunch wrote:
shane mosley - Vernon forrest see, it's easy

Shane Mosley, being unable to slip the jab from taller fighters

Vernon Forrest, taller fighter who took advantage of mosleys Achilles heel

See, its easy.

audley Harrison,a ring and anyone with a pair of gloves

Oscar Dela Hoya - Shane Mosley.

Counter-puncher wrote:The other fighter is the guy who fires the arrow into your Achilles heel.

Paris, in the original.

David and golieth if we're going old school

Was it Jason who unscrewed the plug on Talos' ankle?