Jim Rome just ripped Floyd on ESPN

[banditolympus]

I agree that those who aren't in the boxing business working for ESPN (or any other sports news corporation) should really keep quiet about boxing unless they are a hardcore fan about the sport.

It's really not even their fault, as it is more indicative of the very skewed view that the general public has about boxing. Do you remember when you started watching boxing? I started watching in 2007 when I was 19, and I remember thinking that jabs were irrelevant in scoring the round, power was the most important aspect of a boxer's characteristics, the only boxers who had any skills were the pure boxers who pot shotted and moved without trying to put any hurt on their opponents, heavyweights were the most exciting fights (that belief held by the general public is hilarious to me... most heavyweight fights suck... giant guys who gas out after a few rounds, and who don't throw very many punches to begin with), etc. The list can go on and on, and I'm sure it's not their idea to speak on such subjects, it's the people in pay grades above them, who also have no idea about the true nature of the sport.

I started watching boxing a little over 30 years ago. I get the point of learning the sport's finer points but this is their job: to know what they are talking about, who Victor Ortiz, his history not only past but most recent and it's significance. When interviewing a fighter, manager, promoter, or speaking about a fight, I always research as thoroughly as possible in the time I am given. I don't buy that a person paid to be on a professional sports TV show can play the ignorance card.

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How funny would that be if he kept calling Floyd "Pretty Girl" and then Floyd bitch-smacked him like Jim Everett

Anyway, I'm not thrilled about the Ortiz fight either.

[Fox McCloud]

I started watching boxing a little over 30 years ago. I get the point of learning the sport's finer points but this is their job: to know what they are talking about, who Victor Ortiz, his history not only past but most recent and it's significance. When interviewing a fighter, manager, promoter, or speaking about a fight, I always research as thoroughly as possible in the time I am given. I don't buy that a person paid to be on a professional sports TV show can play the ignorance card.

I kind of agree, but I also think it would be a pretty big waste of time for sports networks to make all of their employees that are on camera learn the ins and outs of boxing, since it is a topic that gets so little coverage, even on networks that exclusively cover sports. To be fair though, it would have been nice for idiots like Cornheiser and Rome to take the initiative to schedule a brief meeting with Dan Rafael so they could run what they were going to say by him to make sure that they weren't saying anything incorrect or outlandish.

How funny would that be if he kept calling Floyd "Pretty Girl" and then Floyd bitch-smacked him like Jim Everett

Anyway, I'm not thrilled about the Ortiz fight either.

If I got that recorded on my DVR, it would never ever get deleted... ever.

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[banditolympus]

I kind of agree, but I also think it would be a pretty big waste of time for sports networks to make all of their employees that are on camera learn the ins and outs of boxing, since it is a topic that gets so little coverage, even on networks that exclusively cover sports. To be fair though, it would have been nice for idiots like Cornheiser and Rome to take the initiative to schedule a brief meeting with Dan Rafael so they could run what they were going to say by him to make sure that they weren't saying anything incorrect or outlandish.



If I got that recorded on my DVR, it would never ever get deleted... ever.

I see your point but it's not like finding out who Ortiz is would be hard. His last fight was a FOTY candidate and one where he showed heart, grit and a dangerous skill set (including being a southpaw like the guy they want Floyd to face). A simple google search could have told them that.

I think it just shows, like you said, how little the mainstream media cares about us.

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Who cares what these ESPN guys say anyone who has a shred of knowledge about boxing knows Mayweather-Ortiz is a good fight and probably the best available at 147 outside of Mayweather-Pacquiao

It's funny how ESPN is only the largest, oldest, and most well respected sports network in the world that has all the finest sports analysts in the world. But their opinions don't sit well with some knownothing ***** and suddenly they don't know anything about boxing.

That Figures LOL!!!!