If Floyd wins via UD or SD, boxing LOSES.

[joepal]

if floyd wins 17 more fights by first round ko then ko's tyson it will be good for boxing but noooooooooooooo he wont do it

You're a ******. Seriously please die.

[joepal]

But, will he win in heroic fashion? I seriously doubt this. He's had plenty of opportunities to put his stamp on a fight, and he's always taken the easy way out. If anybody wins as a hero, the odds are that it will be Hatton. In fact, any kind of win by Hatton makes him a hero, unless its a multiple low blow foul filled fest.

You can bet your ass that Floyd wont. There is definitely NOTHING HEROIC with his fighting style.

[joepal]

Yes, I agree the fight could help boxing. But, it really can't hurt it, to the point where it's going to be destroyed. But even if it helps boxing, it'll really be a casual thing. Boxing just needs exciting fights, on a broader level, year-round. NO ONE FIGHT will dramatically change the sport. It needs to be MANY fights. This could start it though, but that's about it.

As far as hurting it, I think the worse it could do would be to turn fans off to Mayweather, not the sport itself.

If you are in two of most high-profile fights ever, you definitely would affect how the mainstream will view boxing. The public's opinion hinges heavily on these fights, and if you fail to impress, it definitely would be bad for the sport.

[THe TRiNiTY]

If you are in two of most high-profile fights ever, you definitely would affect how the mainstream will view boxing. The public's opinion hinges heavily on these fights, and if you fail to impress, it definitely would be bad for the sport.

De La Hoya/Mayweather wasn't the greatest fight I ever saw.. Neither was Trinidad/De La Hoya.. and the sport was fine after both fights. Even casual fans are smart enough to realize that some fights suck, and some don't. They might be turned off for a bit.. MAYBE, but fans obviously keep coming back as this is the year that Mayweather and DE LA HOYA broke PPV records. And Mayweather and Hatton have a chance to do some impressive numbers AGAIN before the year even ends. The sport will be fine.

[joepal]

De La Hoya/Mayweather wasn't the greatest fight I ever saw.. Neither was Trinidad/De La Hoya.. and the sport was fine after both fights. Even casual fans are smart enough to realize that some fights suck, and some don't. They might be turned off for a bit.. MAYBE, but fans obviously keep coming back as this is the year that Mayweather and DE LA HOYA broke PPV records. And Mayweather and Hatton have a chance to do some impressive numbers AGAIN before the year even ends. The sport will be fine.

No the sport aint as fine as you would like it to be. We should be the NUMBER ONE sport as you said earlier, and sadly we are far from it. DLH And Floyd couldve pushed boxing finally to the mainstream, but they failed.

[THe TRiNiTY]

No the sport aint as fine as you would like it to be. We should be the NUMBER ONE sport as you said earlier, and sadly we are far from it. DLH And Floyd couldve pushed boxing finally to the mainstream, but they failed.

I agree they failed, as in, the fight couldn've been more.

I don't think this sport should be number-one.. In the way you're thinking. Boxing isn't the type of sport (for the fans that watch sports, nowadays) that takes over the world (or America especially.) It's much more of a "inner-circle sport than people would like to think it is. But, when you have a sport that takes a brain, and has some thinking to it, you're bound to have less people into it.

In prior generations, thinking and patience was a virtue. It no longer is, to the younger society. I think it's sad. But boxing will survive the way it is, because it's not going to lose it's hardcore fans, and wil gain new fans daily, just not in MASS crowds. In smaller groups.

I realize boxing can still be better, even in the sense of the scenerio that I just mentioned. However, we have GREAT fights STILL TO COME this year. To hang it all on the line in this fight, just doesn't seem to make that much sense.

If this fight is VERY BORING, I bet you anything that A, the numbers will be good and B, fights after it wont be heavily affected by the fight itself. That'd be a hard point to prove either way, I just don't see it happening. This fight isn't do or die for me, or the sport, in my opinion.

[joepal]

I agree they failed, as in, the fight couldn've been more.

I don't think this sport should be number-one.. In the way you're thinking. Boxing isn't the type of sport (for the fans that watch sports, nowadays) that takes over the world (or America especially.) It's much more of a "inner-circle sport than people would like to think it is. But, when you have a sport that takes a brain, and has some thinking to it, you're bound to have less people into it.

In prior generations, thinking and patience was a virtue. It no longer is, to the younger society. I think it's sad. But boxing will survive the way it is, because it's not going to lose it's hardcore fans, and wil gain new fans daily, just not in MASS crowds. In smaller groups.

I realize boxing can still be better, even in the sense of the scenerio that I just mentioned. However, we have GREAT fights STILL TO COME this year. To hang it all on the line in this fight, just doesn't seem to make that much sense.

If this fight is VERY BORING, I bet you anything that A, the numbers will be good and B, fights after it wont be heavily affected by the fight itself. That'd be a hard point to prove either way, I just don't see it happening. This fight isn't do or die for me, or the sport, in my opinion.

No, the sport should be at the forefront, or at least somewhere near. It has the requiste mass appeal, it immediately caters to anyone's senses, unlike basketball which needs some introduction to the unitiated. Any guy who witnesses a great fight immediately gets hooked, it's almost spiritual in nature. That characteristic has been missing in some of our most-hyped fights, and had those fights been impressed with a Chico-Castillo feel, you know it would have been the equivalent of 100 million tons of TNT. Boxing wouldve been resurrected from its grave, and at least boxing fans won't be so deviant anymore.

[BmoreBrawler]

"They"(oscar and floyd) didnt fail, FLOYD failed.

[satori555]

if a fight doesnt end in a ko its bull**** and i want my money back even if i watched it for free

[eazy_mas]

well part of boxing is hit without been hit. Mayweather does it the best.

The Oscar fight Mayweather went up at 150 and lost 147 and Oscar went to 160 do the size advantage is clear.

Mayweather showed everyone that it not about the size to win but the brains.

And if people dont know what boxing is all about is better to see a street brawl because maybe they will find two drunk people fighting more enteritaining that boxing