Networks and the little guys

I try to like the very low weight classes but honestly it is hard to be excited for a fight when the guys fighting are the size of a high school girl Agreed and whenever I've attended live fights they are always the undercard i dread and just want to get through as quick as possible as the chance of a ko is real slim pickings

Wish they'd start covering the champs from Japan as well. Guys like Yamanaka and Uchiyama are a must-watch. They're both defending their respective title before 2013 ends. But unfortunately, no American network will be televising their fights. Uchiyama is all action, really want to see more of him stateside

Quote: Originally Posted by .:: JSFD26 ::. Sure people wanna see KOs but as long as there's action they wont be disappointed. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android Brutal KO's or not smaller guys just don't sell. People in general aren't interested. It's only hardcore fans who enjoy watching flyweight bantamweight..etc Not saying this isn't true but has this theory ever been tested? Has any one of the networks ever pushed a little guy like they push GGG? Or the same way they have tried to shove Broner down our throats when he was on HBO? Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

Brutal KO's or not smaller guys just don't sell. People in general aren't interested. It's only hardcore fans who enjoy watching flyweight bantamweight..etc And then you get 20 pages of crying about Rigo's predicament. He already has a lot working against him, plus he competes in a division most viewers don't wanna watch, even some hardcore fans in this thread.

I almost never find entertainment in the little guys. They just tend to have ****ty fights almost all the time since the gloves weigh as much as them

Sure people wanna see KOs but as long as there's action they wont be disappointed. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android Dont know where retards get the perception that these guys cant punch. Look at segura, marquez, viloria, chocalatito, sosa, solis all of these guys have great power and ko most of their opponents.

Sorry, they don't interest casual fans. It's not fair, but it is what it is. People don't care about watching people that much smaller than the average man, especially because the chances of brutal one punch KOs are small. Sure people wanna see KOs but as long as there's action they wont be disappointed. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

I thought after the Viloria-Estrada fight HBO or Showtime would announce one of these little guys' fight but nope... Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

That's why there's Shiming on HBO2, to catch guys like this on the undercard.

I try to like the very low weight classes but honestly it is hard to be excited for a fight when the guys fighting are the size of a high school girl

We've always been reasonably lucky in the UK with the smaller guys usually getting ok-ish some screen time from the broadcasters (if not the same amount of pounds in their pockets as the big boys). Dave McAuley from Northern Ireland used to be fantastic value for money at Flyweight and his toe-to-toe battles with Bassa were epic and guys like Robbie Regan and Pat Clinton used to get a fair crack of the whip as well. I am hoping Paul Butler who is the current Super Fly will get the media coverage he deserves because he's exciting as well. If anyone gets a couple of spare mins checkout the Bassa-McAuley world title tear-ups....they are forgotten classics.

Estrada-Segura deserves to be on HBO.....man, that fight is gonna be awesome.....

Casual fans have no idea how big the fighters in the ring are. They could not tell a middleweight from a lightweight. Casual fans dont even watch HBO/Showtime fights. Casual fans are people that make PPVs reach over 1MM buys.

Its a pity that this fight didn't get the attention that it deserved.

At least put them on PPV undercards. They could have probably got a good little guy fight on the Bradley/Marquez undercard for the same price as that opener between the two part time bar fighters. Or even the Ward/Rodrguez card with just a one fight broadcast. Another good chance to throw a nice little scrap to open up the card. Yeah I agree, those guys would make for fun undercards on PPVs and they probably wouldn't cost much to air either. People just don't like watching little guys fight but who's really watching the opening two bouts on a PPV undercard anyway? Just us hardcore fans... so it'd be great to get fights we would really enjoy in those slots.

Sorry, they don't interest casual fans. It's not fair, but it is what it is. People don't care about watching people that much smaller than the average man, especially because the chances of brutal one punch KOs are small.

It works out for some of them to not fight in the US. I'm not sure what Marquez or Segura made las night but I bet it wasnt bad. Both men have huge followings in Mexico and that fight probably had great ratings in Mexico last night. Not to mention the people watching it on American tv. Another good example is kazuto Ioka. I read he makes 300,000 to 400,000 for most of his fights. He's has a huge following in Osaka and Japan in general. He fights at 108 will probably be moving up to 112 soon and lining up another showdown with Yaegashi. That will be a huge fight in Japan and they would both make a substantial amount more to fight in Japan. US tv networks won't dish out that kind of cash of fighters no one has ever heard of in America.

Yeah I agree these little dudes should be on Showtime or HBO. Its better then the s**ty fights they put on sometimes.

At least put them on PPV undercards. They could have probably got a good little guy fight on the Bradley/Marquez undercard for the same price as that opener between the two part time bar fighters. Or even the Ward/Rodrguez card with just a one fight broadcast. Another good chance to throw a nice little scrap to open up the card.

Gotta check this Segura Marquez fight out on youtube cuz I'm hearing it was a good 1 Non stop, back and forth aggressiveness, heart, power, knockdowns and a ko, as well as 11 full rounds of action is a great fight. I have and will always be thankful for the lowerweights. 112 is about to be stacked soon...even more so then it is now!