Comments Thread For: Too much boxing: Riyadh Season inadvertently makes the case against 'supercards'

[SUBZER0ED]

That was as long-winded as the card.

Good point!

[PittyPat]

DAZN broadcast was ten fucking hours long. I've never seen anything like it.

[lilacp]

Couldn't disagree more. This was a well-written, witty op-ed that accurately told the story of the night as experienced by a lot of frustrated fans. Turki Alalshikh and friends should read this and listen. As far as the Boxingscene staff goes, this guy is the best of the bunch.

Exactly, except that I do think that Raskin needs a good editor for reducing these pieces. Wit is wonderful in small amounts, in large amounts it's simply self-indulgent. Keep it short and punchy, Eric, and you'll get less haters.

[crisantonio917]

Great article Eric, this is a temporary situation rest assured....

[TreD]

This article was too long

[Oldskoolg]

People who call these "supercards" should have been around in the 90s for the Don King Shows, where Tyson might headline and you would have JCC, Fenech, Azumah, Ricardo Lopez, on one card.

King may have been a crook who stole from his fighters and killed two men, but he steamed a good ham.

This. In fact this x 1000…..this to the Nth Degree. I’m so over all these JohnnyComeLately fans acting like this was the “biggest card ever.” That was a suckers line and it hooked on a string of sucker fishes. This card was NOTHING compared to the DKP cards in the 90s.

[HandsofIron]

Just keep the formats simple kinda like the hbo/showtime broadcasts.

No dumb rap concerts, no giveaways during primetime intermission, and no women fights unless they're doing a wet t-shirt contests.

[leftuppercutko]

I agree that the music and the useless interviews of unimportant people was a bad idea. The award ceremony for Turkey and the car giveaway was just a waste of time for the boxing fans watching at home. The timing was way off for the East Coast fans obviously and even the central time fans. If they're going to have fights on the west coast they got to start the show earlier and quit wasting time between fights. We don't need all that repetitive commentary which most boxing fans have already heard in the week's prior. The show could definitely be shortened by editing out all the wasted time interviewing the promoters and other people that don't mean anything for people at home or in the stadium. I do love the amount of fights that were on the card I don't have any problem with watching six fights I'm loving it. As a boxing fan, I wouldn't complain about a new promoter with a lot of money that's able to put on great fights that were before almost impossible to make. Give me more turkey I'm still hungry Go turkey go it's the same thing I said about premium boxing champions when they came out The more promoters the more fights for me keep it coming.

[Liondw]

He has a point, although you can choose which fights to watch.

If you're not in America and in the southern hemisphere like me most of my life, you have to be up from 3 to 7 am or so to watch the fights live.

Yes, this card could do without a concert. Not everyone likes Eminem. Not all the fights were that good, although interesting for sure.

The main event was good if underwhelming, and the Bakole-Anderson one was enjoyable.

Andy Cruz did really well after being tested, and it seems like him and Kershaw would be a good fight down the line.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Just keep the formats simple kinda like the hbo/showtime broadcasts.

No dumb rap concerts, no giveaways during primetime intermission, and no women fights unless they're doing a wet t-shirt contests.

Agree, and may I add no Shawn Porter?