It is probably wishful thinking but is it possible that the powers who put this piece of trash together will finally see that the fans are fed up with this garbage (minus the TMT/Haymon fans who just wanna see dey fighters get paid).
Fans have been put through a lot of garbage cards and we all have just kind of shrugged it off, but I've never seen fans and boxing writers, experts, commentators and so forth come out with such distain for a card. Espinoza knows it, GBP knows it, Danny Garcia knows it, lord knows if Al Haymon has contact to the outside world but I'm sure he knows it. If the numbers tank, which I'm hoping they do, I really hope that everyone just says "wtf did we just put together, maybe fans won't just watch anything " I live in NYC and try to go to as many Barclay's fights as possible but I wouldn't even spend the gas money to get to this one. Also I am a Showtime subscriber who even watches almost every Shobox card, I will not be tuning in, I may stream it on my computer or maybe go out for the night but I refuse to give them an extra viewer to help them justify this piece of **** showcase card for the ages.
I hope everyone in NY does the same as me and refuses to buy tickets so i tanks in sales and I hope fans do the smart thing and not watch this on Showtime so it tanks in numbers. Also as much as I want to see Garcia and Peterson lose for taking such easy fight, I would rather this fight go exactly as planned and have Jacobs, Garcia and Peterson all win in dominant fashion so there is zero justification from GB and Showtime afterward.
This is the only real way a message can be sent and I can only pray they get the message and ****ing change the way things are handled in the future
HBO gotta be laughing their asses off at Showtime for having this horrific card
All the GB/Haymon/Showtime fanboys always try their best to trash HBO & TR but they would NEVER put on a card anywhere the level of this garbage
Pacquiao vs Rios was a horrible card. If the fighters on this card decide to let their hands go, it could turn into a great card, but I doubt it. I am a garcia fan but I cannot approve of this fight. This fight belongs on Friday night fights. This card would be infinitely better if they put Brian Sutherland on the Card.
if u dont like it dont watch it simple as that how the hell can u 'fans' not understand that consept?? pac vs rois was a garbage fight that i had no interest in so i didnt buy it,. I will always support danny and haymon so I will tune in no matter what
Lmfao who the f**k supports an adviser/manager/promoter???
HBO gotta be laughing their asses off at Showtime for having this horrific card
All the GB/Haymon/Showtime fanboys always try their best to trash HBO & TR but they would NEVER put on a card anywhere the level of this garbage
if u dont like it dont watch it simple as that how the hell can u 'fans' not understand that consept?? pac vs rois was a garbage fight that i had no interest in so i didnt buy it,. I will always support danny and haymon so I will tune in no matter what
How are you going to drop knowledge on he but can't spell concept doe?
I'm a Garcia fan, have been since the early days and he has the talent and skill to beat some of the best, has already proven it by beating Khan and Matthysse but this can't be defended. Salka???? LOL
if u dont like it dont watch it simple as that how the hell can u 'fans' not understand that consept?? pac vs rois was a garbage fight that i had no interest in so i didnt buy it,. I will always support danny and haymon so I will tune in no matter what
That's true. Everyone will tune in anyway.
There's a better chance of something changing in the sport than me reading that long ass dear diary blog you just posted...
LOL
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Obviously, they don't give a fvck about these so-called backlashes. Why do you think they keep making these garbage fights? It's not like this is the first time they did this. The trio Haymon/Schaefer/Espinoza have been doing this for a long time now. Backlashes without corresponding action are nothing. Don't buy tickets. Cancel your subscriptions. Spread the word...via twitter, facebook, emails...
What backlash? Keyboard warriors' backlash? That's nothing if people keep buying tickets and not canceling subscriptions. So far, there have been no consequences. People are just yapping. Come fight night the stadium is full. Reason why they keep making these garbage fights.
What backlash are you talking about?
You don't know what the ratings will be and you don't know what ticket sales look like so what are you talking about when you say there is no backlash? Those keyboard warriors are the people that watch the fights, so I would consider that backlash unless proved otherwise. Also all boxing writers and people in boxing are ****ting on this fight. At this point, how much more backlash would you expect?
What backlash? Keyboard warriors' backlash? That's nothing if people keep buying tickets and not canceling subscriptions. So far, there have been no consequences. People are just yapping. Come fight night the stadium is full. Reason why they keep making these garbage fights.
What backlash are you talking about?
If you want to change things you need to take this stance for every bad card. In reality some posters just pick and choose fights based on networks, which won't facilitate any type of change.
Sadam is right-put on good compelling matchups and people will watch.
Only if the ratings tank.. if it gets decent ratings then it wont change a thing, but if its the lowest rated showtime card then yeah, there will be changes..
HBO had huge ratings for gamboa-crawford, because it was a compelling matchup.. Compelling matchups still sell, and hopefully promoters and networks realize that
I don't think anything will change. There will always be great fight cards, good cards, mediocre fight cards and very poor cards like this one. Fan boycotts never work because 99% of the fans just do what they want and don't join boycotts.
Need for the ratings to come back very poorly, less than 500k viewers would send a message. No excuses for Champions to not at least fight Top 10 guys in their Divison or at least their Mandatory's even if that Mandatory is not a big name. But fighting the 79th ranked dude one division below you is pretty fukin pathetic for a "Champion" and I like Danny Garcia but this is terrible