Khan has come in on betting websites and is now paying the same as Pacquaio to beat Floyd
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The problem is pay tv isnt just going to let boxing move to free tv because they'll lose a bunch of subscribers, so there's gong to be a fight for the better guys and you might end up with Tuesday night fights again with a bunch of never heard ofs and has beens.
The sport is killing itself by becoming elitist where if you dont pay for it you never see it. Which is fine for todays fighters but not for growing the sport.
Here in Aus its almost dead because every fight above espn is ppv even fights like Leapai v Scott, so most fights are watched by a few 1000 people if that, and the general public doesnt know any of the fighters. The only ones people know are Mundibe, Green and Geale and thats all related to Mundine who became famous playing Rugby which is on free tv.
The best way for a fighter to make money is to be seen by the biggest audience and then if they make it big they can get a huge following on ppv or paytv. The problem is they want the money straight up so you get the Bertos etc making big $ habing never fought anyone.
If you want to take boxing to free to air it will have to be at least decent names ans good fights which means outbidding HBO etc so someone has to commit alot of money and be prepared to make a loss for a while.
The other problem is boxing doesnt have alot of advertising time and it can be over 30 seconds.
You have to hurt Khan to beat him, of course thats not exactly hard but its a fair bit harder than it used to be.
He still leaves himself open but its more once or twice a round compares to 4 or 5 times a round.
easy to says hell get KOed but hes actually only been stopped twice in 33 fights. Once you rely on a KO to win your struggling.
FLoyd ducked him as blatantly as you can duck anyone.
The first time was was bad after the vote thing but the excusers thought they had an out with the Khan hasnt earnt it BS. Despite Khans overall resume being vastly superior to anyone else being considered.
The second time was just embarrassing and was definitive proof that Floyd was afraid to lose to Khan. The what has Khan done line just falls over when you fight a guy whos 3-3 in his last 6 fights, has no draw, doesn't have a single good win in ever and lost to Karass.
While 9-3 seems one-sided for what was a close fight, you can't says its wrong.
Santa Cruz didn't win more than 3 rounds clearly did he ? And you aren't supposed to even out the close rounds.
If you think one fighter is just edging every round then you give him every round.
It's a bit like the Cotto Canelo fight where almost every round was close but Canelo seemed to do that little bit more and it ended up a lopsided scorecard.
The right guy won I thought anyway.
What ?
Being defensively minded is not popular in any sport I can think of.
People want to see aggressive attacking play.
In what sport are defenders paid more than offensive players ?
You are always going to get the odd fascist that doesn't believe in democracy.
People claiming the election was rigged, people who can't except a British Muslim of sub continental background could be voted the best chance of beating Mayweather.
In the end the people spoke and they wanted Khan. Not Bradley, not Pacquaio, not Garcia or Maidana but Amir Khan.
What less -280 or + 350 mean?
We use the metric system
For example PAC is paying $1.33 to win
Meaning for every dollar you bet you win back 1.33 including your $1
Aussies dont reign in any sport.
All the best athletes are playing Australian rules football the ultimate game.
Most watched sport per capita in the world.
Ever played it ?
No ! Cos your a fairy that's why!
Yeh but seriously
We have a million threads about how the NFL and NBA are taking all the US boxing talent.
Yet here we have a guy who was average at a sport that's the second most popular winter sport in a small country and took up boxing at 23-24 and is supposedly the only guy to win 3 world titles going down in weight.
So just imagine what guys lime Lance Franklin or Cyril Rioli could have done if they where boxers.
I'd post vids but the mods might ban me for showing too much soccer lol:smashfrea
Did Mayweather fight last night ? I must have missed it.
If we gonna play triangles then what does Trout shutting out a guy Mayweather barely beat do for his legacy ?
This must make Chris John a top 10 ATG as well yeh?
People seem to think that close rounds should be shared equally and that's not the case.
If you think fighter A did a bit more in each round you give him every round don't you ?
So 9-3 isn't unreasonable if it was 5-2 with 5 close rounds.
That might be true Zab but Garcia has never done the "Chickenfoot Hop Dance" either.That's what I call the dance you done back in 2001 when Tszyu knocked you down 3 times with 1 punch.:boxing:
Tsyzu would crush Garcia too surely ?
Khan was tearing him up Kostya would retire him.
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They make their money from subscribers not advertising you know ?
Pay your $15 a month, why do they care of you watch or not.
Casuals who don't subscribe to watch boxing tuning in makes no difference to the bottom line.
So he was probably using this stuff in the title eliminator then right?
He should have to earn another shot against the number 2-3 ranked fighter and test clean first, then get a title shot.
Why ? It was legal then ?