Originally posted by RetroSpeed05
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What I can not understand is the fans of the sport cheering this mentality. I read it on NSB all the time. Arum & TMT certainly aren't solely responsible for it. The "fans" have played a massive role in it as well by paying for bull **** PPVs just to see their favorite fighters in person.
This upcoming UFC fight is the real deal.
It'd be like Canelo/GGG at 160 for MW crown, and a stacked undercard.
And that's what I hope comes from this. Boxing will start to get penis envy as a UFC star transcends the sport a la Tiger Woods, Floyd, Pac, Jordan.
Boxing will need to compete at casuals switch focus. And this includes chicks bc Conor is now being sold by Rolling Stone as "sexiest" and blah, blah. But that's how Oscar got to be so massive. He had women going ape ****, in addition to guys showing up to see him fight.
NSB'ers don't want to hear it, but casuals (the people who truly make a PPV huge) don't give a **** if it's boxing or MMA. They're turning up to see a big event--to be a part of a cultural phenomenon.
War Conor, War RDA!
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