Who Made the fight "boring" for fans

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I'm doing it. i'm just trying to remember when I've seen a top pfp fighter get dominated like that. But forget the edit and stay on topic for sure!!

Corrales and Floyd, Floyd and JMM, Floyd and SSM, Floyd and Hatton???? See the common denominator?

[-PBP-]

Look, you fail to understand my point which you are clearly making for me. It is the upity notion that people like you make and that is, if anyone finds this fight boring they simply don't know what they are watching, don't know **** about boxing or aren't real fans which is laughable at best.

It is funny to see the so called "boxing purists"peeleft: act as if they are some kind of highly evolved boxing who rule over the lowly so called "casual fan".

I wouldn't say that. But what I will say is that if you find the art of hitting and not getting hit boring, you aren't a fan of boxing your a fan of a style. Which is OK. I don't expect a fan of hard rock music to be a fan of classical music. The problem comes when people insult these fighters just because they don't understand what they are watching in the ring.

The sport of boxing involves numerous styles and a true fan appreciates them all.

[BTTAG145]

Good post. Hbo has also contributed to by selling kos over skills. This way as long as the fighter they promote is getting kos no matter how poor the comp is well everything is ok. If a guy is wiNning and doesn't try to ko his oipponent then they criticize him. A fighters job is to win not make hbo happy.

They've made it such that so many new and younger fans value power over skill. So when rigo does what he did last night they don't appreciate it. Well I loved what rigo did.

Exactly this is why Boxing is suffering IMO because the average person don't know crap about boxing. It's easy to figure out MMA go in there tackle a guy and pound on his face. Not so easy to master boxing.

[Tom Cruise]

Corrales and Floyd, Floyd and JMM, Floyd and SSM, Floyd and Hatton???? See the common denominator?

Hopkins Tito to balance your point out

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Hopkins Tito to balance your point out

true true.....

[The Big Dunn]

I wouldn't say that. But what I will say is that if you find the art of hitting and not getting hit boring, you aren't a fan of boxing your a fan of a style. Which is OK. I don't expect a fan of hard rock music to be a fan of classical music. The problem comes when people insult these fighters just because they don't understand what they are watching in the ring.

The sport of boxing involves numerous styles and a true fan appreciates them all.

Excellent post and couldn't agree more.

[KickAzz]

it was boring because Rigondo ran, and Donaire couldn't switch gears. Donaire needed to pull a Ward move and wrestle with Rigondo to land shots. " when a boxer runs like Rigondo you gotta hold onto him and hit him" - Hopkins

[The Big Dunn]

Exactly this is why Boxing is suffering IMO because the average person don't know crap about boxing. It's easy to figure out MMA go in there tackle a guy and pound on his face. Not so easy to master boxing.

When I read some posts about this fight I was literally cringing. What rigo did last night should be celebrated. When was the last time we got to see pure boxing like that? Nonito was a top 5 p4p guy by almost everyone and he had no idea what to do last night.

[BennyST]

For me this fight wasn't boring at all. Rigo gave a masterful performance, a great display of skills and concentration. He made Nonito look like an amateur.

At the end of the fight Nonito threw only 20-30 punches more than Rigondeaux, but Rigo was way more effective.

Nonito was the one losing the fight, he's the one who should've done something more in the final rounds.

Actually, Rigo threw more punches than Donaire in the fight. Threw more, landed more, and landed more in each of the twelve rounds apart from the 10th I think. He landed more in each round, except that one I believe. To be honest through, I wouldn't be surprised if he landed more in that round too. He won the rest of the round pretty clearly after the knockdown.

Say what you want about his movement, he was still the one throwing and landing more punches. He just didn't get hit much, which I guess is what some people don't like.

I found it quite a good fight so.....

[Basco]

I think any 'fan' who found that boring only has themselves to blame.

Excellent way to put it! You want brawling and KOs, go watch UFC! If you want to learn something and enjoy a beautiful display of boxing skills, you watch this fight a few more times!