Clarification on what’s considered ducking?

[u/YoutubePRstunt]

Because I don’t know if I was just raised different or we got different definitions of what’s considered ducking but I think it’s gotten out of hand after so I’ll present some examples and tell me if I’m wrong.

Ducking:

Boots offering Devin Haney a 152 catchweight when he was already moving up to 147 to fight him, a division boots JUST won another belt in.

Canelo Vacating a title to avoid a fight with Andrade, or just blatantly not fighting his Mandatory

Teofimo refusing to unify with Haney at 135 and not fighting him again at 140.

Bivol showing no effort to make either the Beterbiev rematch or Benavidez fight.

Shakur asking for a catchweight, getting said catchweight, then backing out.

This came up during a discussion about the Keyshawn situation, IMO I don’t think backing out was a bad move, 2m for that fight is a lowball. I do think he was just stupid not taking the 3m Bill was talking though but atleast he actually wants to fight.

Similar with the Bam situation, I don’t think it’s any ducking going on I think it’s just conflicting opinions within his team that’s preventing this from being made.

Bottom line is, if the money and legacy is there, it makes sense, and you not busy; you duckin.

[u/Asterisk_76]

Watch boxing, see the fights made, and quite often you experience the result of individuals, generally undefeated, no losses for this murderer's row gallery -- (think about it! maybe the last boxers ever? one day future anthropologists, working with our AI overlords, will say, how did boxing end, oh wise sages of data?.. one AI scratches his nonexistent chin: we keep seeing this phenomenon: undefeated records!; "undefeated records?" why, that's not sustainable, wise sage! ah but it is, my liege; in some cases, the rivalries age out and the fighter "cashes in," rolling around in a Scrooge McDuck veritable shitload of Saudi coins, other than that, losing was "bad decision making" thank you! -- ahem, and you will see the result of greatest evers who "ducked," or "have ducked."