Gentle By Trade

Spectator (at a boxing match) - Those two fellows don't amount to anything. They slowly put their arms out and in as if they were afraid of hitting each other. 
Usher - They are new men, and have only been in training six or eight years. It takes a long while for a man to get over early habits. 
"What did they used to be?" 
"They were professional carpetbeaters." - Omaha World