L. Merchant: "Today's breed of boxing fans put more emphasis on UNDEFEATED records"

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“In the old days, if a fighter was unbeaten the response from fans was ‘Who has he fought?’ and ‘Is he being protected?’” Merchant said. “Fighters were not judged by their records. They were judged on who they fought and how they fought them.

real fu*king talk
that how it should be now

[Gutz]

Larry is the man!!

[Motofan]

Listen to Larry.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

HBO is a big part of why 'today's' breed puts more emphasis on unbeaten records

[Piper the Great]

I just hate when someone lose now he overrated, washed up, past prime, shot

[V.WEBB]

What undefeated has a better resume than Floyd today? He was using Floyd as the best example of the undefeated and he's right. Oscar and Shane both have better resumes. They also both have 5+ losses.

Nope I said all. You know any undefeated who today that has a decent resume?? Now you asked if all?? we'll floyd's the best example I can find because he has the BEST undefeated resume.

Well say Floyd then. When you said ALL, I thought of a the YOUNG fighters that were undefeated and some of them have fought some good competition even at this early stage of their respective careers. Alexander comes to mind, Bradley comes to mind. etc.

Thank You. SMFH at some of these dudes.

SMH at you, be clear when you post. You stated..."all undefeated fighters..".

[Vasyl’s dad]

**** does he know,

"boxing is a business".


All that matters is how much money they make.

[1nonlymre]

So what's Larry Merchant's point? That most boxers lose their undefeated records? There's a shocking a revelation.

No, that's not the point. Geez. The obvious point of this article is to thorw out there the idea that the great "0" is a symbol of superiority nowadays when it wasn't necessarily so in the past. If anything, an undefeated record prompted more questions than answers.

Was it really that difficult to figure out?

[Calilloyd]

What undefeated has a better resume than Floyd today? He was using Floyd as the best example of the undefeated and he's right. Oscar and Shane both have better resumes. They also both have 5+ losses.

In Oscar's case one of those losses was to Mayweather. And Oscar had everything in his favor from the weight, glove size, and the date. No he does not have a better resume. I'll wait until Saturday to see if Shane can make that claim.

[Calilloyd]

Thank You. SMFH at some of these dudes.

Keep shaking it because Oscar doesn't have a better resume than Mayweather.