Superstar extinction: Where does boxing go if the superstar dies out?

[seanusarrilius]

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[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Boxing will always have super stars......

There might be gaps within certain years but in the end, the super stars will be there. Who would have thought a 106lb kid from the ******s of the Philippines would have the impact he's had?

[seanusarrilius]

very true, i hope you are correct, but with boxing having lost much of it's mass appeal in recent times i think it needs it's sup[erstars more than ever, so whose next? Canelo? If only Martinez was 5 years younger with decent competition

[MARKBNLV]

Honestly these guys need to learn how to promote like wwe guys,a big mouth goes far its kept Mayorga relivant for the last 5 years.

[Las Vegas,]

Honestly these guys need to learn how to promote like wwe guys,a big mouth goes far its kept Mayorga relivant for the last 5 years.

Which is something Ortiz is trying to do and failing miserably at it. We need more characters in boxing.

[RSBonos]

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same article for the past 100 years.

[JOM'S]

Boxing will always have super stars......

There might be gaps within certain years but in the end, the super stars will be there. Who would have thought a 106lb kid from the ******s of the Philippines would have the impact he's had?

This is very true, who knows there is already someone fighting that is destined to be the next Superstar, we just dont know just yet who is it...

I also have to add, fastest way to have the next superstar their should be the passing of the torch, just like what happened from ODLH to PAC/PBF...

this is also occuring from the second tier superstars, Pac gained a lot of popularity fighting the tres Amigos (MAB/EM?JMM), IMHO as long their are stars, we can hope to see future superstars and boxing have a lot of stars in its backpocket...

[Ryannn]

Which is something Ortiz is trying to do and failing miserably at it. We need more characters in boxing.

fuck that

we need one, recognized champion for every weight class
we need better testing overall, should be a standard not a stipulation
we need promoters to let his fighters face the best available
we need fighters to start fighting again for legacy, not money.

fuck the fake ass soap opera bull**** wwf characters.

[GrandpaBernard]

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Mike Tyson

Oscar de La Hoya

Floyd Mayweather

Manny Pacquiao



Four men of the modern era all of whom have attained superstar status in the sport of boxing.



Boxing superstars are those that break PPV records and transcend to living rooms across the globe. They are the fighter’s that cause the rest of us to sit up with match sticks propping our lids open at some ungodly hour in anticipation as they take centre stage. I recall staying up as a young teen to watch Tyson destroy Bruno and later doing the same when Holyfield systematically ground Iron Mike to a halt over 11 rounds, screaming at the TV alongside my dad and brother as if my
life depended on it. I never liked Tyson, but i had to watch him. I recall the demise of Oscar at the hands of Pac
and the same of Hatton against Mayweather. These fighters are the rare breed, the ones who make it onto the highest paid sportsman lists, the ones you might see being interviewed on Jay Leno, or in Pac’s case visiting the president of the United States.

So as we all wait with baited breath to see if our current PPV kings are ever going to square off in the Welterweight class we at MEB ask

How important to the sport is it to have the superstar?

Pac and Mayweather are being touted by some as possibly the last two superstars of our sport; i certainly don’t see any other’s threatening to reach that status. Without the superstar will boxing be able to continue to grow? After all it is the superstar that attracts the casual fan in droves and like them or loath them, when the casual fans come media attention follows. We have all experienced it on some level whether it be one of your mates becoming an expert on the sport on the eve of a big Haye fight, or a good boxing forum being inundated with armchair idiots who have wandered off their football reservation so they can wax lyrical as to why they feel Hatton lost to Mayweather and what he might have done differently to defeat him (not diving
in face first would have been a start). And of course frustrating comments are not just limited to the casual fan. How about news reporters who have had to show an interest in a fight that has captured the public’s imagination, pretending to know what they are talking about and failing spectacularly in the process (George Groves being asked if he wanted Amir Khan after the Degale fight on Sky News??? Can anyone say weight class please!)

It might be frustrating, having to listen to those without the genuine love for the sport **** on as though there some sort of authority figure on the sport, but as frustrating as it can be, it is still great exposure for the sport.

Now that is not to suggest boxing has no genuine fans or that it MUST be a super fight on the scale of Pac v Mayweather for anyone to get excited. But the superstar is the one who brings the sport to the eyes and ears of those who otherwise wouldn’t notice. The superstar is the franchise.

So, with all this in mind and the possibility that within the next couple of years both our sport’s superstars are likely to have retired, (for good this time in Mayweathers case) where will this leave boxing? If Sergio Martinez were younger and had depth of competition in his class then maybe the handsome featured Argentine could get to superstar status. HBO are building Canelo and i hope he turns out to be the real deal but at the moment the intrigue outweigh his talent and if Nonito Donaire was in a heavier weight class he might excite the world like his Philippine counterpart has, but sadly he isn’t.

Superstars are dying out in our beloved game boys and girls. How does boxing flourish without them?

They go to Mayweather Promotions to find their new star.

[Medved]

zzzz, this dude again. Been posting his useless "Blog" and poorly written articles, like I told you in your other 10 threads that got deleted:

Pay 4.99$ for a domain name
Main Event Boxing is COPYRIGHTED and you will get sued
Get someone well versed in English to write the articles. Looks like the essays my girl brings home to mark, and she teaches grade 6 English, full of run-on sentences just like this "Essay".

Remember dude, a good Essay is like a Hamburger, You got your Bun,meat, and toppings.


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