To be in any fight sport you've got to be tough, or at least be able to pretend you are tough. Mentally you've got to show no weakness from the pre fight press conference to the ring and that includes acting tough on the ring walk, right?!
Watching Anthony Joshua and Bianca Walkden get interviewed on the stage at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year awards on Sunday night I wondered how either softly spoken character spent their sporting lives beating the living daylights out of people.
The two on the left seem nice, just don't get in a fight with them. Image: PA Images.
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Usually sports like boxing, taekwondo and MMA are associated with toughness, machismo and the kind of thing that would have you running a mile from someone just because of their snarl.
KnockOut Promotions fighter Justin Overton decided to also go against the grain on his ring walk at KOP59 at the weekend, deciding instead to swap tough for sexy- or at least that's what he was trying to pull off:
Most fans didn't seem too impressed on social media:
Whatever your thoughts on the decision to dance rather than walk to the ring with menace it clearly didn't work as Ruben Esparza was victorious with a unanimous points decision victory.
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It was a good effort by Overton but there's better dances out there in fight sports:
Dancing your way to the ring obviously doesn't work, perhaps everyone should stick to being menacing. Or just being really good when it comes to the fight, it seems to work for AJ!
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