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By Jake Donovan - Once upon a time, pay-per-view undercards were put together to help prime the crowd well before the main event players would take center stage. It was reason enough for boxing fans, hardcore and casual alike, to file into the arena early enough to catch the potential stars of tomorrow rather than just await the announcement the stars of tonight.
It’s the latter that serves as the mindset for today’s pay-per-view market. Shows now carry two or three preliminary bouts more as a formality than as a conscientious effort to give the fans their money’s worth. Yesterday’s supporting role is today’s wallpaper – applied because the game says it has to be there.
Instead of three or four fights that could serve as main events on any given telecast, we get unimaginative matchups, often fought in arenas that remain empty until fans get word that the headlining act is ready to go on. [details]
It’s the latter that serves as the mindset for today’s pay-per-view market. Shows now carry two or three preliminary bouts more as a formality than as a conscientious effort to give the fans their money’s worth. Yesterday’s supporting role is today’s wallpaper – applied because the game says it has to be there.
Instead of three or four fights that could serve as main events on any given telecast, we get unimaginative matchups, often fought in arenas that remain empty until fans get word that the headlining act is ready to go on. [details]
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