Mayweather, Hatton Continue Verbal Battle

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Anyone feel like we're getting the same news everyday? lol

Thats not a crtique on BoxingScene, I just mean through everything, it's the same **** from Mayweather and Hatton, the same story just the qoutes slightly longer, and juicier with each new post.

I want to hear something from Taylor and Pavlik to be honest.

I could be that Mayweather-Hatton started their tour on Monday and it's the second biggest fight of the year in terms of fan interest.

Nothing else is going on, other than De La Hoya's photos. If not for the Sept. meltdown with injuries, we would be talking about what happened on last week's pay-per-view and what Klitschko would do against McCline.

Mayweather-Hatton tour is almost done, Taylor-Pavlik coverage will be heavy.

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Without bias do an a b comparison on the same topic. Then keep laughing.

He's a reporter, not a writer. There is HUGE difference.

[StackMo]

Only in semantics sionce reporters are in fact required to write. Still no comment on the Sirimonkol bout then? Yeah, thought not.

[British Pitbull]

the only person shooting **** is Floyd, hopefully hatton will shut him up with a bare knuckle left hook on the next part of the tour.

[StackMo]

And so the point isn't lost on semantics I mean boxing journalism as a whole is behind sports journalism of other stripes by a big margin both in critical and intelligent writing and reporting. I double dog dare you to prove it otherwsie.

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And so the point isn't lost on semantics I mean boxing journalism as a whole is behind sports journalism of other stripes by a big margin both in critical and intelligent writing and reporting. I double dog dare you to prove it otherwsie.

I agree with that. Is there really boxing journalism anymore? Boxing is barely covered by the papers and there are barely no writers on any paper that just cover boxing. These days they cover boxing and ten other sports, boxing being at the bottom of the list.

Like some of them or not, but BoxingScene.com has LEGIT writers, those that have won awards, written for credible print magazines/newspapers and have affiliations with respected organizations.

Most of the websites out there rely on any person, whether it's a bum on the street or a supermarket cashier, willing to send in content as a means to keep their website going. ****sideboxing is a great example of that.

[starjammer]

I could be that Mayweather-Hatton started their tour on Monday and it's the second biggest fight of the year in terms of fan interest.

Nothing else is going on, other than De La Hoya's photos. If not for the Sept. meltdown with injuries, we would be talking about what happened on last week's pay-per-view and what Klitschko would do against McCline.

Mayweather-Hatton tour is almost done, Taylor-Pavlik coverage will be heavy.

You are right.

But maybe I didn't make myself totally clear there. I didn't mean that you shouldn't be reporting on Mayweather-Hatton. Didn't mean that at all. I meant that the news pieces that are coming out all contain the same qoutes I've read already. I know them off by heart,lol. I open the page expecting some new words from them, but its the same stuff.

Either the same qoutes are being re-used OR...very likely, they are just repeating themselves. lol

[uclanemesis]

You are right.

But maybe I didn't make myself totally clear there. I didn't mean that you shouldn't be reporting on Mayweather-Hatton. Didn't mean that at all. I meant that the news pieces that are coming out all contain the same qoutes I've read already. I know them off by heart,lol. I open the page expecting some new words from them, but its the same stuff.

Either the same qoutes are being re-used OR...very likely, they are just repeating themselves. lol

I agree. Additionally I would like to say that at least in my point of view, boxing could market itself a lot better if it focused on the individuals and their respective talents, and their ability to inflict pain on each other rather than their dislike for each other. I don't think it's necessary to hate someone to destroy them in a boxing ring. Look at the Vasquez-Marquez fights.

I think boxing journalism and promotions could do a much better job at highilighting the personal stories of both boxers to sell fights. Some might say this is exactly what happens during press-conferences, but I'm tired of all that staged bs and Mayweather running his mouth talking trash just because. I'd like to know what made him that way, and also what makes him a great boxer, and how that spells trouble for Hatton. Or they could talk about Hatton's humble beginnings and his class. I just don't think repetition is the key to making me want to buy this fight.

[starjammer]

I agree. Additionally I would like to say that at least in my point of view, boxing could market itself a lot better if it focused on the individuals and their respective talents, and their ability to inflict pain on each other rather than their dislike for each other. I don't think it's necessary to hate someone to destroy them in a boxing ring. Look at the Vasquez-Marquez fights.

I think boxing journalism and promotions could do a much better job at highilighting the personal stories of both boxers to sell fights. Some might say this is exactly what happens during press-conferences, but I'm tired of all that staged bs and Mayweather running his mouth talking trash just because. I'd like to know what made him that way, and also what makes him a great boxer, and how that spells trouble for Hatton. Or they could talk about Hatton's humble beginnings and his class. I just don't think repetition is the key to making me want to buy this fight.

Yeah that's an interesting point. They seem to build up these fights based on the personalities of the fighters, rather than the skills. OK, with Floyd we know about his skills, but to the outside who don't follow boxing as often, all they see is someone running their mouth. They have the choice of following or hating him, purely based on yabbering, rather than his skill.

I agree with you, but I'd wonder how they would convey the skill, since theyve become so comfortable with the current format.

Having said that, there are press conf with little or no BS, Taylor Pavlik was dry right? So how do they find the best balance.

[uclanemesis]

Yeah that's an interesting point. They seem to build up these fights based on the personalities of the fighters, rather than the skills. OK, with Floyd we know about his skills, but to the outside who don't follow boxing as often, all they see is someone running their mouth. They have the choice of following or hating him, purely based on yabbering, rather than his skill.

I agree with you, but I'd wonder how they would convey the skill, since theyve become so comfortable with the current format.

Having said that, there are press conf with little or no BS, Taylor Pavlik was dry right? So how do they find the best balance.

The problem is in the fact that the perception the public has of boxing is that it's this bloody spectacle and we thirst for blood and knockouts. That's why they shouldn't even have press conferences to begin wtih. If there's a fake fight then it makes the news and it makes the boxers seem like fighting pitbulls, but if they just talk about the fight then its boring and nobody cares. The sport ****ed itself over when it decided to make a spectacle that thrived in the notoriety of the bad guys instead of the honor and respect that the good guys are supposed to have. Role model boxers aren't as popular because the media only covers the **** talkers and the ex-cons. But that stems from the fact that everybody wants to see someone knocked the **** out without understanding the actual implications of a fight, and all the training that someone must go through to be fit enough to enter into a contest like that. It's just like in football and baseball. Everybody wants more homeruns, bigger tackles, huge hits. Then when a steroids scandal comes out everybody is apalled, but they quickly forget about it when another record gets shattered. Sports in general are becoming a lot less moral than they used to be. That is why in the past big fights were amazing because you knew that two guys who had been training their asses off were gonna step in there and give it their all. Some might have talked crap, but at the end of the day you understood how hard they were working to back it up. Now it seems to me that, at least in the case of the Pretty Boy, he is just starved for attention. He is an amazing fighter, but that gets lost in his constant quest for attention. Respect used to be earned and it used to be what set appart special athletes from the ones that were just ok. Now it seems that its sufficient to be notorious to be able to make a living in this and all sports.

I think the true solution is to just breed boxers and other athletes and pump them full of steroids, like Ivan Drako and have them in labs to maximize their physical potential. I mean we like to see blood and huge spectacles and forget about how these individuals go through endless training to be out there for us, the fans; so why be hypocrites and pretend we give a **** about the process when we really care about the end result. It's like the baseball fan that is apalled at Barry Bonds hitting No.756, but still buys a ticket hoping to catch 757 so he can sell it for cash. We live in that kind of society and we should just stop pretending we give a **** about the individuals and focus on having more steroids, smaller gloves, and give them weapons as well. That's what today's fans really want.