Is what happened bad for boxing?

[Russian Crushin]

I do, but it can't become a lingering problem. One nut job, who makes pretty good fights, can be a good thing but also wear out his welcome. Chisora's antics made yesterday's fight bigger than it might have been. It made a potential fight with Wlad MUCH bigger than it might have been down the road. In that sense, it can be good.

If the fights themselves start sucking, or denigrating to this, in the ring, then that's where the bright line probably lies.

Think Tyson...his crazy out of ring stuff added to his allure...until he bit someone. He was still bankable, but at that point some fans got turned off bad.

Thats the problem. Its all talk

[Anton LaVey]

Dereck Chisora has done one canny thing: he has displaced David Haye as Klitschko public enemy #1.

And being Klitschko public enemy #1 has been very lucrative for Haye -- he has milked that role for a lot of money and was about it do it again.

Now, Chisora has gone way further than Haye insulting the Klitschkos. A t-shirt and some trash talk is nothing compared to a hard slap and water spit in the face. Chisora has upset the dynamic and placed himself in the middle of it.

Brilliant, in that sense, if he can now convert what he did into $$$ and big fights.

[crold1]

Thats the problem. Its all talk

Naw. Chisora is making a habit of being in entertaining scraps. His fights don't suck. Haye is a different story. However, were Chisora to KO him, Chisora-Wlad gets even bigger than it would be if it was next (still what I'd rather see than Haye and I am good if they skip Toe).

I want attention on the big boys for more than a bunch of whining about what sucks. Yesterday, in the ring...good stuff. More please.

[JAB5239]

Black eye?

Boxing was BUILT on black eyes!

This is entertainment, bro, not art.

Bring it on!

Not with today's media it wasn't. The general public frowns on these things which is why every other major sport regulates it's participants.

[Russian Crushin]

Black eye?

Boxing was BUILT on black eyes!

This is entertainment, bro, not art.

Bring it on!

And? Times are different its 2012 and ***** like that doesnt happen.

And it was the post fight presser, not a post fight fight, the entertainment was over, the boxing portion of the boxing is over. Haye retires but starts fights in post fight pressers?

[4Corners]

I think it's alright for boxing, it has people talking about the HW division a bit.

I say, make Haye-Chisora in July at Wembley, where it would sell like crazy. And the winner fights Vitali or Povetkin.

[Junior M Weight]

Boxing needs a shot in the arm.

Mayweathers tweets are national sports news, and its publicity.

This brawl brought back life to a boring division.

The pac man robbery of marquez also was on sports national news the night after. Since oscars been gone pac and may have struggled to keep the mainstream interested, tweets from may are helping a bit.

[prinzemanspopa]

The difference is now there is SO much more media it gives boxing a bigger black eye. If we were to say this is ok and it happens more and more frequently, how does that reflect on the sport as a whole?

The media don't give two sh^ts about the sport as a whole,anyway.


There is nothing that can be done that could possibly lower the sports image in the eye's of these people.

[JAB5239]

The media don't give two sh^ts about the sport as a whole,anyway.


There is nothing that can be done that could possibly lower the sports image in the eye's of these people.

Than this certainly couldn't have helped it, could it?

[ИATAS]

pffft, the heavyweight division has been missing a certified psycho for a long time. I welcome Chisora and his antics.

I've seen the videos and pictures on various non-boxing related sites and people are getting a kick out of it.