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Do Pacquiao’s fans care who he fights?
Do Pacquiao’s fans care who he fights?
February 19th, 2010
By Chris Williams
In reading some of the comments of Manny Pacquiao’s fans, it seems many of them could careless whether he fights a good opponent or a crappy one. Many of them openly say they don’t care. That is so hard me to understand as a boxing writer. How can you not care? Is it that they just like to see the guy fight and don’t care that they’re paying money to see him. I know that in Philippines it’s free to see him fight, but for fans in the United States, they have to fork over big bucks to see a typical Pacquiao fight.
Wouldn’t they want to see him fight the best fighters every time out rather than someone who is over the hill, shot or maybe around the 10th best welterweight rather than the best? For me, if I had a favorite fighter, I surely wouldn’t gladly plunk down $50 to see him fight less than the best fighters.
If he was fighting a bunch of fighters that I considered to be lousy, not only would I not pay to see his fights, but I would probably stop watching the dudes fight altogether. I want to see competitive fights, not mismatches. I’m not just happy to see a mismatch for a favorite fighter. Once I see they’re just going through the motions, padding their record and looking for just money fights, I move on.
I don’t mind seeing a fan that has undying devotion to a fighter, but come on; you got to speak your mind if you think that fighter isn’t fighting the best opponent.
February 19th, 2010
By Chris Williams
In reading some of the comments of Manny Pacquiao’s fans, it seems many of them could careless whether he fights a good opponent or a crappy one. Many of them openly say they don’t care. That is so hard me to understand as a boxing writer. How can you not care? Is it that they just like to see the guy fight and don’t care that they’re paying money to see him. I know that in Philippines it’s free to see him fight, but for fans in the United States, they have to fork over big bucks to see a typical Pacquiao fight.
Wouldn’t they want to see him fight the best fighters every time out rather than someone who is over the hill, shot or maybe around the 10th best welterweight rather than the best? For me, if I had a favorite fighter, I surely wouldn’t gladly plunk down $50 to see him fight less than the best fighters.
If he was fighting a bunch of fighters that I considered to be lousy, not only would I not pay to see his fights, but I would probably stop watching the dudes fight altogether. I want to see competitive fights, not mismatches. I’m not just happy to see a mismatch for a favorite fighter. Once I see they’re just going through the motions, padding their record and looking for just money fights, I move on.
I don’t mind seeing a fan that has undying devotion to a fighter, but come on; you got to speak your mind if you think that fighter isn’t fighting the best opponent.
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