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Two fighters that only big boxing fans have ever heard of. Neither with much personality. I dont see why this is confusing to anyone.
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Well let's take Hopkins/Calzaghe Countdown as an example. Two fighters with big personalities. Hopkins always controversial with his ****** whiteboy comment, and we had Calzaghe with his humble but arrogant attitude and huge fanbase, and for some reason that countdown wasn't as appealing to me as the De La Hoya/Forbes countdown. There's nothing exciting about Forbes or De La Hoya, it was a tune up fight for god's sake, but the story and surrounding circumstances had me engrossed, not either fighters personality.
I'm not a golf fan and if I watched a countdown type show for the Masters it's not going to make me a golf fan all of a sudden and make me want to watch it, let alone pay for it. I look at the countdowns as a bonus, a treat if you will for the hardcore fans. A reminder, something to get you hyped and maybe invite your "mainstream" friends along to watch the main event.
Margarito is the one getting cheated. He has a good chance to win this fight and his story should be told to boost his fan base for future fights, if he does indeed win. As a boxing fan myself I feel cheated, I don't know jack **** about Margarito and would love to hear his story.Comment
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and then people wonder why boxing isn't on the front pages anymore. do you guys remember the days when being a champion meant a lot? if a fighter was a champion, he was bigger than a celebrity. people would recognize them wherever they go. now look what the **** has happened. boxing is slowly losing its limelight and if these dumb ****ers like odlh and mayweather dont get outta here, it will lose its limelight forever. i want the ali, marciano, sugar ray leanord, sugar ray robinson, mike tyson days back. everybody around the world knew these people. nowadays, who the **** is samuel peter in lets say the middle east? who is he in europe?
obviously odlh/mayweather 2 has a part to play in this....
LETS BOYCOTT THAT GARBAGE FIGHT. TRUE BOXING FANS LETS BOYCOTT ODLH/MAYWEATHER 2.Comment
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I dont understand how this fight is worthy of a least one halfhour countdown show.
This is a potential fight of the year that could really set the table for the future fights of the welterweight division with two fighters who have provided consistant action throughout their career.
its REALLY going to do terrible numbers among casual fans now...
we will know EXACTLY how many hardcore fans there are when the numbers for this PPV come out because it will have virtually NO media attention (major media that is)...
so how many hardcore boxing fans are in the U.S. do you think?
should be a countdown show...Comment
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That's ******. I think they should. I guess it's because Cotto isn't the biggest talker and Margarito doesn't speak English. I guess it would mainly attract the hardcore fans of the sport.Comment
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They don't need a countdown. This fight is gonna be a war, the fastest its over for marg the better.Comment
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Neither Cotto Nor Margarito speak English, and some blame Floyd and Oscar?
Well... Oscar is guilty. He studied English.
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