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By Brent Matteo Alderson - A number of factors contribute to boxing’s dwindling coverage in the mainstream media, but nothing negatively impacts the sport more than the lack of blockbuster events involving big stars. [details]
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Thats what Ive been saying,
Mayweather vs. Baldomir and Mayweather vs. De La Hoya did more damage to boxing than good. Thats why Floyd is universally considered "boring" by casual fans. Thats why MMA stans use Floyd as an example of how "boring boxing is".
It doesnt matter if WE appreciate his style because we're hardcore fans because we don't keep the sport in the mainstream, casual fans are the reasons fights are on PPV and when you promise an all action fight with a climatic ending and you step in the ring and do absolutely the opposite, then you got a lot of pissed off customer who aren't satisfied with their service.
Proof of this was the 1.7 million peolple that DIDNT buy Hatton/Mayweather. Fights like Hopkins/Wright and Mayweather/De La Hoya/Baldomir shouldn't be PPV fights.Comment
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None of this bothers him. He ain't ever gonna fight the the top guys at WW.Comment
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I don't think hes really jumping on him for fighting them, I think hes focusing on the fact that Floyd was telling the public in his prefight hype how he was going to destroy them and then when the fight actually takes place,
plays,
"tag, you're it".
Casual fans get turned on by prefight hype, and when they feel lied to and cheated out of their monies,
they don't return.
The common line after he beat DLH, "I'll never pay to see that guy fight again".
and most didn't.Comment
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The thing people need to realize is that NO ONE can take away from Floyd's skills and abilities. Only true haters with no knowledge of the sport do, black, white, hispanic etc.
But like Floyd himself said, boxing is a business. Floyd understands that in order for HIM to sell a fight, he has to work hard OUTSIDE of the ring, he has to be obnoxious, he has to make people hate him, he has to claim that the fight is going to be action packed and a slaughter. But this is the thing, he's not doing this for the business of BOXING, he's doing this for the business of Floyd. Whats good for the business of FLoyd isn't necessarily good for the business of Boxing. Like any other business, you need your consumer base to grow, you need your customer to return and pay for your service.
Boxing does not benefit from Floyd generating so much interests from the casual public in one of his fights when he goes in there and does nothing of what he claimed he was going to do.
This is the same with ANY boxer who overhypes an easy or unattractive fight just to sell tickets and goes in there and doesnt entertain the casual fan, doesnt give the casual fan what they expected, what they were TOLD to expect.
At this point, the casual fan feels like they've been scammed. They paid $50 for a fight with no action. How does that help boxing?
Don't get me wrong, Hopkins recently put on a PPV worthy perfomance (IMO) against Pavlik, but the damage had already been done
You can be a master of your craft AND entertain
JMM does it
Shane Mosley does it
Miguel Cotto does it
Chad Dawson does it
Of course, they aren't draws like DLH or Floyd because these guys dont have it in them to act a fool like Floyd does. They also don't have the luxury of fighting other fighters who are HUGE draws (except for Mosley), but they put on the kind of fights that GENERATES interest in the sport, that CREATES fans and thats what boxing needs.Last edited by 2501 v2.0; 03-25-2009, 11:53 PM.Comment
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Floyd is retired, but he's hurting boxing?Comment
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