It time the fans took action and boycotted Floyd's fights until he steps up, stop making excuses and fights Pacquiao.
One of the reasons why Floyd has not fought Pacquiao as yet is because he can get away with it.
The real boxing fans have wanted this fight to take place for the past 5 years but Floyd will continue to duck because he knows the fans will buy his fights no matter who he fights.
He got a contract with Showtime now, so Floyd will still get his guarantee no matter what.
But a boycott will pressure showtime in forcing the fight on Floyd or they could lose over $100m
The fans have the power, we just got to stop let ourselves be treated like mugs and pay $70-80 to watch a exhibition over a overrated hypejob.
So who will join me?
Poll coming
For what it is worth some of us have been on this bandwagon a long time...I stopped paying for fights when you could not go to the local pub and watch. In San Francisco the Mexican bars were great because they would have the fights....illegally. I would at the time, not be averse to paying a five dollar door charge for a good fight.
Ever since it became prohibitive to show the fights this way I stopped buying em. I would pirate them, but not buy them. Its ridiculous....kind of like the cost to eat out these days but even worse. What they want for a fight is too much and has been for some time. Fvck them....I can catch a stream, listen to a round by round and I am good....
I would rather buy something like the Ronda Rousey fight for 25 bucks. Floyd ain't getting sh1t from me until he is so broke he is searching the dumsters for the meaty chicken bones....then I will gladly help him out.
For what it is worth some of us have been on this bandwagon a long time...I stopped paying for fights when you could not go to the local pub and watch. In San Francisco the Mexican bars were great because they would have the fights....illegally. I would at the time, not be averse to paying a five dollar door charge for a good fight.
Ever since it became prohibitive to show the fights this way I stopped buying em. I would pirate them, but not buy them. Its ridiculous....kind of like the cost to eat out these days but even worse. What they want for a fight is too much and has been for some time. Fvck them....I can catch a stream, listen to a round by round and I am good....
I would rather buy something like the Ronda Rousey fight for 25 bucks. Floyd ain't getting sh1t from me until he is so broke he is searching the dumsters for the meaty chicken bones....then I will gladly help him out.
i started my own boycott since floyd fought baldomir (epic snooze fest). that's the money i will never recover.
I never paid for it, but that 48 minutes of my life I will never get back. You owe me Floyd.
But we need to get the message out to all boxing fans.
Floyd does not run boxing like he says he does, the fans do, united we can put an end to these cherry picks and really choose his opponent.
No need to worry. ZERO chance I'll be buying any of his PPV's. NONE. If he fights Pacquiao I'll put my money down. If he doesn't I'll be that much wealthier.
Most people complaining don't even buy PPV Floyd at this point could fight anyone and do close to a million buys.
There is no opponent out there right now that the public is demanding him to fight. The people wanted Canelo and they got it and he earned it by beating Austin Trout. Mosley beat Antonio Margarito and the public wanted that fight and they got it.
These up and coming fighters have to make a name for themselves in the sport and the public will get behind them to get a fight against Floyd. If guys like Marcos Rene Maidana, Shawn Porter, or Keith Thurman get solid wins or become Floyds mandatory then the fans will ask for that fight. There are not many options at 147 because Floyd is fighting twice a year now so I would rather have him face Khan now with a good under card (which we will probably get) and wait for a solid contender to emerge by September.
This is the WBC rankings (Tell me how many of those names you recognize)
1 .- Manny Pacquiao (Phil)
2 .- Luis Carlos Abregu (Argentina)
3 .- Amir Khan (GB)
4 .- Ed Paredes (US)
5 .- Ionut Dan Ion (Romania/Canada)
6 .- Leonard Bundu (Sierra Leone) EBU
7 .- Zab Judah (US)
8 .- Robert Guerrero (US)
9 .- Jessie Vargas (US) AMERICA
10 .- Kell Brook (GB)
11 .- Antonin Decarie (Canada)
12 .- Paul Malignaggi (US)
13 .- Aslanbek Kozaev (Russia) CISBB
14 .- Dennis Laurente (Phil)
15 .- Jean Carlos Prada (Venezuela) FECARBOX
I watch them free on boxguru...I cancelled my HBO & ST because of that site. it's boxnation commentary. i have yet to pay since i started watching on that site...
I was saying this before the Ortiz fight that if you keep paying for BS fights the ones you want will never happen. The greats of the pasts had to fight each other because the cherry picks didn't make them any money.
And this goes for both Floyd and Pac.
Come on Showtime announce that Floyd-Khan fight now and we'll see how much this boycott affects your PPV sales, and how low the sales will be after the fight. Then we'll settle this argument on who is right or wrong.
A lot of people believe Floyd is a cherry picking coward and only fools pay to watch his fights. He will fight Pac eventually, when both of them will already be irrelevant and people who are willing to pay to watch the megafight now would not care anymore.
Life sucks sometimes you want something to happen and it never happens, then you leave it alone and it happens, but you don't care anymore.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BS bubble at its best. Echo chamber ****p. You guys need to wake up. Floyd is the champ right now and your streaming assesss are not what pays his bills
You need to wake up n see the bigger picture.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BS bubble at its best. Echo chamber ****p. You guys need to wake up. Floyd is the champ right now and your streaming assesss are not what pays his bills
Thats what you call being desperate. Pac seems like a nice guy but who is he fooling with this sh*t ? " It's not about the money " GTFO with this lol
“I have carved my own niche in the annals of boxing. There’s no reason why should I be desperate to fight him? But since the boxing fans worldwide are seeking and demanding for Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, I don’t want to disappoint them,” he said.
He is one of the most down to earth fighters. Came from nothing. Why criticize someone who is looking to do something good for everyone?
http://sports.inquirer.net/140591/pacquiao-to-mayweather-lets-fight-for-charity
Thats what you call being desperate. Pac seems like a nice guy but who is he fooling with this sh*t ? " It's not about the money " GTFO with this lol
Until he fights pac theres no other fight that matters
This is what you call an exaggeration.
Fights like Mayweather vs Garcia, Maidana(if he beats Broner again), Thurman(if he keeps winning), Bradley(if he leaves TR), Cotto(if he miraculously beats Martinez, Martinez, Lara, all matter.
Plenty of options out there for Floyd that will make for his last 3 fights very interesting without Pacquiao. Right now, things are looking dim because GBP is forcing Maidana-Broner II, Angel Garcia says his son is not ready for Floyd, Thurman needs to build up some more so does Lara, etc.
Yes , Floyd - Khan is a sh*t fight , have to agree with that but I'm just tired of hearing this " oh , he has to fight Pac " , no doesnt have to " fight " anyone if you understand what I mean. He's not a contender going for a title shot.The reality is that Floyd is on top of boxing and he decides what he wants to do. And regarding Pac , after he got ko'd by Marquez ppl were saying he should retire , he comes back , beats an handpicked opponent and now Floyd " has " to fight him ? Why aren't people pressing for a Pac - Bradley rematch instead ?
Well, first because pac-brad was already a definitive result everyone knows pac won that fight regardless of the judges.
Besides the significance of this being the biggest fight in the history of the sport. Stylistically, this is the only fighter that can beat floyd and this has been known for like 5 years now. You have the two proven best offensive and defensive fighters of an era; possibly all-time... and we're all gonna support them wasting our time/money with them fighting bradley and khan? Theyre already mid 30's many consider this fight past its prime and it just goes by year after year with us putting more money in their pockets.