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By Jake Donovan - “Let the fight marinate. It will be huge in a year or two.”
In a sport that’s better than any other when it comes to screwing the pooch, something along the lines of the aforementioned quote is almost always immediately offered whenever a big fight is discussed.
From the fans perspective, there’s no greater thrill than watching the two best fighters of a respective division go at it.
From the promoters’ point of view, a great fight takes a back seat to a big event.
Eventually, something has to give.
Over the past couple of decades, the sport has witnessed a steady declination in getting the fights we want, yet fans hit their pockets in order to take in as much boxing as possible.
Better fights are now among us, as the matchmaking has been far more creative in recent years. However, we’re still falling just short of presenting the very best the sport has to offer.
The difference between then and now, is that the fans are finally fighting back.
All of this might sound absurd on the strength of a pay-per-view event that it all but guaranteed to have far exceeded one million units sold. But if the current rumors hold true, then Floyd Mayweather Jr’s virtuoso performance over Shane Mosley last weekend a little short of expectations, and ridiculously short of Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer’s absurd claim that this one would break all box office records. [Click Here To Read More]
In a sport that’s better than any other when it comes to screwing the pooch, something along the lines of the aforementioned quote is almost always immediately offered whenever a big fight is discussed.
From the fans perspective, there’s no greater thrill than watching the two best fighters of a respective division go at it.
From the promoters’ point of view, a great fight takes a back seat to a big event.
Eventually, something has to give.
Over the past couple of decades, the sport has witnessed a steady declination in getting the fights we want, yet fans hit their pockets in order to take in as much boxing as possible.
Better fights are now among us, as the matchmaking has been far more creative in recent years. However, we’re still falling just short of presenting the very best the sport has to offer.
The difference between then and now, is that the fans are finally fighting back.
All of this might sound absurd on the strength of a pay-per-view event that it all but guaranteed to have far exceeded one million units sold. But if the current rumors hold true, then Floyd Mayweather Jr’s virtuoso performance over Shane Mosley last weekend a little short of expectations, and ridiculously short of Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer’s absurd claim that this one would break all box office records. [Click Here To Read More]
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