Well, the professional leagues are separated from the amateur leagues by the fact that the competitors receive money in the professional leagues. The majority of those who compete in professional leagues don’t make enough money at it to live on.
By common usage, the same is true of most “professional” boxers.
I guess we have different meanings in mind for “professional”—doesn’t it mean ‘someone who does something for a living’?
Well, the professional leagues are separated from the amateur leagues by the fact that the competitors receive money in the professional leagues. The majority of those who compete in professional leagues don’t make enough money at it to live on.
By common usage, the same is true of most “professional” boxers.
(And here I am revealed as one who hardly knows shit about any sport whatsoever.)