# If you were a boxer, what music would you make your entrance with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424 "2009-08-05T16:15:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/41 "2009-08-05T20:47:34Z")
I would use “Empty Spaces” by Pink Floyd. The album version, only the instrumentals from about :20 to 1:00. Bad assery\* at its finest and who other than Pink Floyd would create something so awesome? 😉 \*As long as you don’t imagine flowers having sex while listening to the song, it sounds very bad ass and evil. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/42 "2009-08-05T20:57:43Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > I would use “Empty Spaces” by Pink Floyd. The album version, only the instrumentals from about :20 to 1:00. Bad assery\* at its finest and who other than Pink Floyd would create something so awesome? 😉 That’s such a damn fine selection, I’m really surprised it isn’t more commonly used already. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/43 "2009-08-05T21:17:31Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > That’s such a damn fine selection, Thank you. > [@](#): > > I’m really surprised it isn’t more commonly used already. I wonder the same thing and just assume the rights to use the song are too expensive. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/44 "2009-08-05T22:07:45Z")
Lynard Skynard’s The Breeze or Mr. Saturday Night Special The first says, “I make this look easy” and the second says “I’m only good for killing”. After I become heavyweight champion of the world, I’ll hire John Williams to compose my own entrance theme. Something with all the menace of Vader’s march and Jaws, but with a good bit of gladiator entrance trumpeting brass. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/45 "2009-08-05T22:13:48Z")
_I Love the Dead_ by Alice Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/46 "2009-08-05T22:15:08Z")
**White and Nerdy** by Weird Al ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/47 "2009-08-05T23:22:15Z")
> [@Mr\_Buttons](#): > > Du Hast - Rammstein > > Just because it’s what I used to listen to before wrestling matches in high schools. Gets the testerone pumping nicely. [Sonne by Rammstein](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfHlA3fmJG0) was written for the Kalitscho brothers … but they decided they didn’t want it … I personally love the song. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/48 "2009-08-05T23:23:22Z")
“Imagine,” by John Lennon Just to lull the opponent into a false sense of security. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/49 "2009-08-05T23:33:15Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Springsteen’s “I’m Going Down.” Or “_Glory Days_” _The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald._ ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/50 "2009-08-05T23:45:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “Imagine,” by John Lennon > > Just to lull the opponent into a false sense of security. Jeff Monson came out to that when he fought for the heavyweight title. Unfortunately, he lost. I’d probably come out to Fuck the Bullshit by 311. Or maybe Voodoo Child. I used to love how Hogan walked down to the ring dancing and miming that song. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/51 "2009-08-05T23:48:33Z")
Something from S&M-rock plus classical! Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel, just for giggles Keep Their Heads Ringin’ by Dr. Dre if you want a more urban feel ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/52 "2009-08-06T03:11:41Z")
Dazed and Confused - Led Zep ``` pretty much my story, anyway ``` ---
**Author:** ![im2evil4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@im2evil4u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/im2evil4u)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/53 "2009-08-06T04:04:48Z")
Smack My Bitch Up - Prodigy ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/54 "2009-08-06T12:48:37Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTy-e6qEWRE) Wolf Like Me- TV on the Radio I’ve had daydreams about this. I’ld time it so I hit the ring howling during the end. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/55 "2009-08-06T13:06:51Z")
“It Isn’t Easy Being Green” or “Barney” (theme from the TV show). ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/56 "2009-08-06T14:54:45Z")
All I Need Is A Miracle - Mike and the Mechanics ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/57 "2009-08-06T15:12:27Z")
Black Bonnet Girls by the Electric Amish ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/58 "2009-08-06T15:35:06Z")
Maybe some John Philip Sousa - something to get pumped up to. Stuff like [The Thunderer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nJPUD57L7c&feature=related), [Stars and Stripes Forever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znEePD1nJxo), [Entry Of The Gladiators](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qICwWBsBVl8&feature=related), and the [Washington Post March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCxegQupMU&feature=related) are all good but maybe too well known. And the [Liberty Bell March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PizaJJQgto&feature=related) is right out. Maybe [Comrades of the Legion March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUjY8gKcau0&feature=related), [Bullets and Bayonets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV7KP6-Ls0I&feature=related), the [Directorate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PY5PXmoDAo&feature=related), or the [West Point March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXwn71T8bD4&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/59 "2009-08-06T22:24:57Z")
Fighters - I don’t know, but I feel that since the other two men in the ring get played in let’s bring on the referee with “Theme from the Third Man”. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424/60 "2009-08-06T22:30:00Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe some John Philip Sousa - something to get pumped up to. > > Stuff like [The Thunderer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nJPUD57L7c&feature=related), [Stars and Stripes Forever](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znEePD1nJxo), [Entry Of The Gladiators](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qICwWBsBVl8&feature=related), and the [Washington Post March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCxegQupMU&feature=related) are all good but maybe too well known. And the [Liberty Bell March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PizaJJQgto&feature=related) is right out. Maybe [Comrades of the Legion March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUjY8gKcau0&feature=related), [Bullets and Bayonets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV7KP6-Ls0I&feature=related), the [Directorate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PY5PXmoDAo&feature=related), or the [West Point March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXwn71T8bD4&feature=related). So you want to get laughed at before you get the shit beat out of you? To each his own, but getting knocked senseless is enough for me :). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-boxer-what-music-would-you-make-your-entrance-with/505424.md?page=4)