According to Bhop, Ruslan is bad for boxing because....

[Deevel916]

Its the reason why many boxing fans find slick black defensive fighters boring or don't understand the art of boxing.

Understanding or appreciating and actually finding certain styles entertaining are 2 totally different things. I fully understand and can appreciate the style of a slickster such as Bhop or Floyd. I found Hopkins performance against Pavlik very entertaining. It was a true boxing clinic. I also found both his fights with pascal very entertaining as well. Truth is he's also been in quite a few stinkers. I can say the same for Floyd and Ward as well as several other technical boxers as well.

Now just because certain fans aren't entertained by actionless fighting doesn't mean they don't understand what's going it. It just means that when tuning in to see a fight they expect to see an actual fight. Not a display of let's see who can make who miss more without trying to hurt or take your opponent out.

So at the end of the day there's no wonder why many boxing fans (mainly causals) prefer the style of say Ruslan or a Pacquiao to that of a defensive slickster. When you're watching fighters who are willing to put it all on line, take one in order to get theirs in, and who's main objective is to obliterate their opponent, there's no wonder why they get more praise than someone who prefers to play it safe and focus on merely playing tag you're it with their opponent with the objective of scoring a bland safe points victory. Its like watching 2 guys play the violin vs watching an action packed concert.

[Derranged]

Dey scurred a slick brothas yo

[#1Assassin]

Its the reason why many boxing fans find slick black defensive fighters boring or don't understand the art of boxing.

Understanding or appreciating and actually finding certain styles entertaining are 2 totally different things. I fully understand and can appreciate the style of a slickster such as Bhop or Floyd. I found Hopkins performance against Pavlik very entertaining. It was a true boxing clinic. I also found both his fights with pascal very entertaining as well. Truth is he's also been in quite a few stinkers. I can say the same for Floyd and Ward as well as several other technical boxers as well.

Now just because certain fans aren't entertained by actionless fighting doesn't mean they don't understand what's going it. It just means that when tuning in to see a fight they expect to see an actual fight. Not a display of let's see who can make who miss more without trying to hurt or take your opponent out.

So at the end of the day there's no wonder why many boxing fans (mainly causals) prefer the style of say Ruslan or a Pacquiao to that of a defensive slickster. When you're watching fighters who are willing to put it all on line, take one in order to get theirs in, and who's main objective is to obliterate their opponent, there's no wonder why they get more praise than someone who prefers to play it safe and focus on merely playing tag you're it with their opponent with the objective of scoring a bland safe points victory. Its like watching 2 guys play the violin vs watching an action packed concert.

well thats part of boxing. the key part as its the very name of the game, boxing being the art of hitting without being hit. how can you be a fan of the sport without liking the main thing about it?

i mean you dont see basketball fans complaining that teams are boring because they shoot too much as opposed to dunking. if they do dunk a lot its a plus, but quality basketball is quality basketball regardless. more importantly long range shooting is part of the game.

you as a fan dont decide what the sport is, it is what it is and you either like it or you dont. hitting without getting hit (aka boxing) is naturally a major part of the sport called boxing so any boxing "fan" who doesnt enjoy watching that which is boxing isnt really much of a boxing fan is he?

[The Big Dunn]

No sport benefits when skill is undervalued or is secondary to ahletecism. You can be the toughest, roughest hardest hitting fighter in the world, but if you can only win by ko you get situations like matthysse nonito or ruslan where you can really only match them against other brawlers/punchers. If you're a pure athlete you get a rjj siuation where once it goes he's done.

Networks love brawlers because they have a short shelf life which limits the amount you have to pay them over the long term. Ruslan will be in great tv fights but he has no chance to beat any really skilled fighters in and around his weight class. You can aslo pay him a relative pittance.

The biggest stars in the history of the sport have alwasy been highly skilled. There is a rrason for that.

[shade darkar]

give me provodnikovs style over mayweathers style any day of the week.

[Derranged]

Expect 100 pages of back and forth arguing from the usual suspects.

[Check_hooks]

I remember when boxing was about whos the baddest man in that weight class on the planet.

The truth is Prov would one punch KO Floyd and Bhop in a street fight and they know it

Thats why Floyd won't leave the house without at least 3 bodyguards because he knows an average dude can kick his ass in the street. Prov wouldn't back down from anyone.

[ramses07]

i like provo bc of his punching power and that fact that he ate animals raw.

[Los Zetas]

The problem with slick fighters is that the workrate tends to be a lot less and punches landing flush is severely reduced. I respect the skill to do that, but it's simply not exciting to me.

Hopkins and Calzaghe was a terrible fight, and so have many of Hopkins fights.

[onechance87]

I remember when boxing was about whos the baddest man in that weight class on the planet.

The truth is Prov would one punch KO Floyd and Bhop in a street fight and they know it

Thats why Floyd won't leave the house without at least 3 bodyguards because he knows an average dude can kick his ass in the street. Prov wouldn't back down from anyone.

lol............