Mailbag: Oscar’s gift to the fans?

[Pullcounter]

I agree with Kevin.

[Thread Stealer]

the fight it self might have not done it but the promotion for it made people pay attention to boxing and the fights that took place the 2 following months made the save(if it was needed)

Cotto-Judah, Hopkins-Wright, Williams-Margarito, etc....didn't save anything.

The best matchups came late in the year.

Boxing wasn't gonna die or be saved by that fight. It was just people overhyping the magnitude of a big event.

[ElGranLuchador]

i agree with kevin
with the kind of ppvs top rank is putting we should be gratefull this card is free

[frankpaganini]

I agree with Kevin 100%.

if it were truely a gift it would be on free broadcast TV (like FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.)

MANY guys at this level of boxing have tune-up fights on free HBO.

thats nothing new.

what could oscar really do? charge $50 to see him fight steve forbes? a tune up fight? i doubt it.

if oscar were fighting a better qualified opponent on may 3rd to make it more of a real fight (instead of a tune-up fight) and put THAT on free HBO then i could see it being considered a gift to fans.

its really nothing more than a routine tuneup fight...