I can't stand those older boxing fans who stopped watching boxing

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  • hectari
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    I can't stand those older boxing fans who stopped watching boxing

    Seriously I've been watching boxing for years, but anyone else get annoyed with those older boxing fans who stopped watching boxing like 20 to 15 years ago and call boxing dead?

    I come across a lot of them at work especially when big fights come up. I remember this older guy who told me about Hearns and Duran and they don't make fighters like that anymore, and I agreed with him I said that was the golden era, and I asked him who do you watch today? he said he hasn't watched boxing since 1995.

    LOL wtf? Don't talk about boxing then how can you say they don't make them like they used to anymore if you don't even watch it. I can't stand guys like this, they stopped watching boxing and than claim the sport is dead. I been watching boxing since the 80s. I never stopped since.

    Pacquiao and Marquez fights are up there with some of the best, both are true warriors who will not stop till they get knocked out, you got Mayweather even though he doesn't fight the guys we want to see he is very skilled, You have warriors like Rios and Alvarado who are similar to guys like Danny red lopez and Bobby schoolboy chacon.

    You got a lot of great fighters and matches from the 2000s Diego Corrales vs. Castillo, Gatti Ward, Morales Barrera trilogy, Pacquiao Barrera, morales. Mosley vs Margarito, Cotto Margarito, Sergio Martinez P will, Rios vs. Alvarado, Juan ma vs Salido, the list goes on and on.

    Bradley vs Ruslan one of the more recent ones, Man I could name so many great fights.
  • SpeedKillz
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    #2
    they aint fans no mo, so fuck em!

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    • hectari
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      #3
      Originally posted by SpeedKillz
      they aint fans no mo, so fuck em!
      Yup, it annoys me to the core though man.

      They keep holding on to the past but they never even watched boxing since the 90s/

      But have an opinion on boxing sucking now

      Did they even watch the undercard of Mayweather vs. Guerrero they had some great bouts, Zab Judah vs. Danny Garcia was a great fight. Quillan vs. Guerro on the undercard, Gurrero showed mad heart.

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      • Deeznuts
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        #4
        Or the ones that try to jump in a boxing conversation and say something about Mike Tyson

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        • Frokid
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          To an extent its hard to blame them given the rate at which fights are being shown only on ppv now. Also the best not fighting the best etc.etc. Unfortunately I want even alive the days when the great 4 middleweights ruled so I can't say much for those people that stopped following the sport post that era

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          • SpeedKillz
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            #6
            Originally posted by hectari
            Yup, it annoys me to the core though man.

            They keep holding on to the past but they never even watched boxing since the 90s/

            But have an opinion on boxing sucking now

            Did they even watch the undercard of Mayweather vs. Guerrero they had some great bouts, Zab Judah vs. Danny Garcia was a great fight. Quillan vs. Guerro on the undercard, Gurrero showed mad heart.
            yea i know what you mean about those kinds of asses. that pisses me off too. but its fun schoolin them at the same time, so its a double edged sword i guess

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            • IIG
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              #7
              I just don't understand how a person stops watching a sport that they claim to love. How does that work? It seems most of these people were fans of certain fighters, but not necessarily the sport itself. I don't have anything against them though.

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              • Danny Gunz
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                #8
                I honestly have no idea of what kind of people you are talking about

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                • Rockin'
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                  #9
                  it's so simple what eventually ruined boxing, like a last twist of the knife in their own foot..........the pay per view.

                  no longer can the casual fan enjoy a night of top notch boxing without shelling out $50 - $60. no longer do they talk on lunch breaks or around the water cooler about our sport. Why?..... because the vast majority never even see it. So they say: Ah, who cares, the ****s all rigged anyway. That's our new mileniums casual fan.

                  Television killed the club shows
                  and pay per view killed the casual fan



                  .......... Rockin'
                  Last edited by Rockin'; 05-06-2013, 11:10 PM.

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                  • LA_2_Vegas
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Rockin'
                    it's so simple what eventually ruined boxing, like a last twist of the knife in their own foot..........the pay per view.

                    no longer can the casual fan enjoy a night of top notch boxing without shelling out $50 - $60. no longer do they talk on lunch breaks or around the water cooler about our sport. Why?..... because the vast majority never even see it. So they say: Ah, who cares, the ****s all rigged anyway. That's our new mileniums casual fan.

                    Television killed the club shows
                    and pay per view killed the casual fan



                    .......... Rockin'
                    To follow that evolution, hopefully the internet will kill PPV.

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