in the clearing stands a boxer
and a fighter by his trade
and he carries the reminders
of ev’ry glove that laid him down
I wonder if boxers ever wear their championship belts when they're out and around on the town?
You know the things I'm referring to? Those huge bellybands encrusted with rhinestones? About half the height of the boxer?
It's difficult to imagine fitting it into your standard belt loops, and you'd look like one of those old retired guys with your pants hitched up to your armpits if you ever did manage it.
Most boxers aren't that well known apart from the heavyweights and a few others like Sugar Ray Leonard or Oscar de la Hoya. Nobody knows who the junior featherweight champion is. At least I don't.
So it'd be nice if he had a small, decorous ribbon or medal that he could pin on his lapel to denote his mastery of the Sweet Science.
Rather than something that belongs above his mantleplace, if even there.
Because it looks like a hernia truss.
Well, it does.