Whats more important, fighting to win or fighting to entertain?

[MurkaMan]

oh no doubt ..but like i said if all one fighter does is win but boring , the one who always wins and entertains still would be the main man ...defintely a combo but an entertianing good fighter ****s on a boring good fighter any day ..


i dont know some fanatcis cant get a grip on the diffrence of boring and entertaining...just becuase they have mad love for a fighter....it's easy to judge boring and entertaing IF youre thinking like the rest of the human race ....

But thats not the question. Its winning OR entertaining. If winning is not the choice, then you cant just put the word winning next to the word entertaining, and say you wanna win in an entertaining way. No if you want to entertain, then losing comes with that option. Stop complicating things. Do you wanna win, or lose in an entertaining way?

[MurkaMan]

the problem with a fighter having a mentality of being afraid to lose is he becomes careful with picking his opponents

vs a fighter who comes to entertain, thus fighter picks the best againts him out there for people to enjoy and have fun watching

so as a fight fan, which of this two would u like?

Your overcomplicating things. Wanting to win in the ring, has nothing to do with cherrypicking opponents outside of the ring. You overcomplicated it, to find a way to take a shot at another fighter, and to find away to lie about winning not being important. Then you developed this faux-theory that a fighter who wants to entertain will fight anyone. Not if he doesnt have the skills to beat them. A fighter like Rios who wants to entertain would NEVER fight a guy he knew he couldnt beat like Broner. I could care less about all his talk in the public. He would NEVER EVER EVER fight him.

Why all the bs and overcomplicating, just so you can find a way to lie and say that winning is not as important as losing in an entertaining way is?

And through all of the bs, you asked your own question without answering the poll question.

Whats more important, winning, or losing in an entertaining way

[KickAzz]

losing an entertaining fight is a win.. look at Rios/ Alvarado...

winning a boring fight is a loss... look at Rigondo/ Donaire

[New England]

honestly, it depends on the situation. generally it's winning, and it should be. this is boxing, after all.


if rigo looked exciting and lost to nonito he'd probably have another fight lined up. instead he was very negative and hardly got a glove put on him. now he's having a hard time getting fights.

[The Big Dunn]

Whats more important, fighting to win or fighting to entertain?

The answer should be easy.


As Charlie Sheen says.

Duh Winning

How many exciting fighters with losing records do you see on a major network, a minor network, legal stream, illegal stream, youtube, VHS, blu-ray, or on house show?

[SkillspayBills]

14 votes. 14!?!? When I have brain damage and my speech is slurred from being an "entertaining brawler" who is going to pay my bills? The fans? You fight to win, if it is entertaining that is a plus.

[brettWall]

losing an entertaining fight is a win.. look at Rios/ Alvarado...

winning a boring fight is a loss... look at Rigondo/ Donaire

Bradley vs Provodnikov

Both credited for an entertaining fight.
Provo lost, but he's becoming a star.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

14 votes. 14!?!? When I have brain damage and my speech is slurred from being an "entertaining brawler" who is going to pay my bills? The fans? You fight to win, if it is entertaining that is a plus.

It's a double edged sword though because if you aren't entertaining, you don't get paid. Look at Andre Ward, he has to seek out a fight with a guy he already convincingly beat to make big money. Also I don't think you necessarily have to be a "brawler" or someone who takes a lot of punishment to be entertaining.

[jayjames616]

Whoever said entertain is a complete idiot

[M Bison]

****** question because either answer is clearly right...
If you only care about the one thing winning and not giving your fans the entertainment value for the money they spent on your fight then that's your choice.
Then If you fight entertaining its obviously more risky but that fighter will always be held more higher regard than the fight scared boring kind of fighter who wants to woo the crowd to sleep.