Comments Thread For: How much could the Saudi Arabia mirage eventually cost boxing?

[Oregonian]

This sport is washed in the blood of so many.
There's a scandal every other moment we look away from.
Mayweather's IV scandal
Tatted-up Pacquiao's sudden fear of needles
Monzon's whole violent dating history
Liston's whole life and death
And don't go in a barbershop & say Desiree Washington.
They'll be ready to throw you out mid-cut.
Some praise the IBF's aggressive mandatory practices,
But forget they got that way due to bribery in the first.
I love this sport,
but I know when I kiss it,
I'm getting blood in my mouth.

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Truer words have never been spoken.

Also, Kurt Emhoff is a supporter of the gčnócida.l nation that is currently massacring tens of thousands of people. He loves it.
Him speaking about Saudi is the kettle calling the pot black. STFU!!

[Oregonian]

Greatest country ever even with all her flaws,God bless America !

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Most people believe their mother’s cooking to be the greatest in the world. Until they try different cuisines or travel the world.
The same is true for most Americans and that myopic viewpoint.
I know people from UAE, NZ, Germany, etc. that believe their country is the greatest on planet earth. Heck, every single person from Western Europe believes their country is better than the US. And they’ve been to the US many many many times.

But but but … that is the power of blind faith. Keep believing it. Of course, you getting offended by this prices my point precisely.

[factsarenice]

when people make collective statements like this, my response will always be the same, “and what’s wrong with that?” How is Riyadh Season any different? If one prefers pbc, the perception is that’s somehow a bad thing. While it’s not for Riyadh Season, Top Rank, Dazn, Matchroom, Golden Boy, Queensbury, Boxxer, etc etc. it’s an attempt to shame folk for supporting the largest promotion in the usa. So yeah, I’m glad we have an American promotion like pbc, just as glad as you are for Riyadh Season. Difference is your preferences are of no concern of mine.

The difference is I prefer the best fights like Beterbiev vs Bivol and I like whomever makes them possible. You....you're up some guys ass as if he's paying you to sell Danny Garcia vs 41 year old Lara as boxing at it's best. Why? Because it's PBC.

I'm sorry, but if you can't even acknowledge such a stark difference you're neither honest or a boxing fan, you're a cult member incapable of critical thought.

[factsarenice]

was a halfway interesting read, right up until he suggested that Steven Espinoza should be the head of boxing for the whole world. Kinda went off the rails after that........lol

Steven Espinoza is a lying weasel, a POS, always was and always will be.

He lies about everything, he told everyone the fight with Tim Tsyzu did 275,000 homes and it actually did 20,000 in America and 30,000 in Australia which Espinoza and the PBC gets none of. Everyone knows there's nothing remotely honest about that weasel.

[Oldskoolg]

The difference is I prefer the best fights like Beterbiev vs Bivol and I like whomever makes them possible. You....you're up some guys ass as if he's paying you to sell Danny Garcia vs 41 year old Lara as boxing at it's best. Why? Because it's PBC.

I'm sorry, but if you can't even acknowledge such a stark difference you're neither honest or a boxing fan, you're a cult member incapable of critical thought.

Yeah this type of obsessive incel like comment results in one thing. Blocking. As a man, let me remind you, when you speak to a man with those kinds of words you don’t do it on the net from the safety of a phone or a computer, you say it to his face. Anything less makes you a coward.

[factsarenice]

Greatest country ever even with all her flaws,God bless America !

There is absolutely no evidence that America is the greatest country in the world.
America is 7th in literary, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median house hold income, 4th in labor force and 4th in exports.

America leads the world in just 3 categories, number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults that believe angels are real, and defense spending where America spends more than the next 26 countries combined 25 of whom are allies.

Sorry but when you say America is the greatest country in the world, you don't know what the fu<k you're talking about!

[Oldskoolg]

Sorry, have to disagree with you on this one. The free market moves where best value is realized and the all mighty green knows no color. He is correct, the gravy train will run dry, the buying public moves where the best deal can be realized and the rest takes care of itself. A successful business owner who seeks as many buyers as possible for his product won’t corner his market value to a subset of society. This has been tried in the past and it has failed. Boxing must branch out beyond what some perceive as “institutional” if it must survive. Those on the sidelines (the successful business owners) know this and are waiting for the bottom to drop. They’ll stick to their old successful model and win in the end regardless of color. There’s a reason why the longest standing corporations still exist with little to no monetary problems. Because their product captures the public at large.

Never forget, green knows no color. That is simple economics.

I’m all for disagreement, it’s healthy and it’s honest. However on this I’m not exactly sure what we are disagreeing on? Perhaps you can elaborate? Speaking of you, Devil, hope you have been alright by and are keeping well mate. Got my disability up to 100%. Sure hope you are getting what your Uncle owes you…

[factsarenice]

Yeah this type of obsessive incel like comment results in one thing. Blocking. As a man, let me remind you, when you speak to a man with those kinds of words you don’t do it on the net from the safety of a phone or a computer, you say it to his face. Anything less makes you a coward.

I spoke the truth and if you had a rebuttable you'd bring it, but you don't because what I said was true. As for the tough guy talk, any time any place you sissy.

[ifc]

Let those three PBC fighters stay on their little island because everyone else has moved on. A cult can only last for so long before it implodes.

[maguirre]

Maybe it's just boxing last gasp before death.
The world is changing, and at least US society may not be creating the kinds of men who have the fortitude and ambition to be champion boxers. Even if they have skill, they are in it for Money Mayweather type of loot.
Big paydays, for fighting lower-tier fighters, once per year, resulting in highly controversial decisions against the b-side, all while avoiding top comps...
This monster can only feed on itself for so long before there's nothing left to eat. Then it starves.

Boxing will continue to be grasping for breath. And self-proclaimed messiahs will continue to throw their ideas around on how it will do better yada yada, which we have heard before since time immemorial. As if some paranormal entity exists that can control fighters' self-imposed inactivity and their insatiable appetite for money.
It will never die. Of course, we'll have occasional semi or big cards that are filled up with random guys resurrected from 2 years of inactivity.