Good Nigel Collins Article on Boxing & What Losers Pac and Floyd groupies are

[Awesome-O]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...ization-boxing

Mayweather's need to ridicule his rivals notwithstanding, it has been his and Pacquiao's fans who have been doing most of the dirty work, slugging it out, mainly on social media, in a name-calling marathon that seems to have lasted longer than the Peloponnesian War.

Boxing fans have always been a passionate lot, and perhaps the virulent animosity and raw hatred that have been exposed by social media have always been a part of the sport. But I'm not so sure. When Frazier and Ali represented opposing factions, both sides readily admitted that their man was going against a formidable foe. That is not so today.

To Mayweather fans, Pacquiao is a washed-up nobody whose success is based entirely on the use of performance-enhancing drugs, and if Floyd ever actually fought Manny it would be a one-sided walkover. Conversely, Pacquiao supporters accuse Mayweather of being a serial ducker whose record is built upon carefully selected opponents, a fraud that would be exposed if he ever dared to fight their hero.

The notion that both are great fighters is apparently a foreign concept, lost in the fog of zealotry that has enveloped so many of their followers.

[aaron.king]

Fantastic work. Nigel's presence has really upped ESPN's boxing game in the past year.

And yes, we can all agree that Pact@ards and "The Leach Team" are completely insufferable. I'm glad that someone with Nigel's clout said so with such eloquence.

[Mitchell Kane]

Why is Nigel Collins spending time writing about this?

It isn't new to boxing.

Internet groupies have been around for years...Roy Jones Jr., Felix Trinidad, et al. have had them.

After Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao there will be others.

[hectari]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...ization-boxing

Nigel was the only good writer on The Ring, but he is playing it neutral here.

The honest truth is he is lumping people who criticize Floyd for not fighting Pacquiao or ducking as PAC FANs, that is a fallacy, he is 100 percent correct about Flowmos though saying Pac is a bum, he would be an easy fight for Floyd,using roids, etc, those are things only Floyd fan boys say.

But people calling Floyd a ducker has been going on years before Pac was even mentioned as an opponent and I doubt All the people saying he is ducking Pacman or certain fighters are PACtars or Fanboys this is false, many are boxing fans in general and don't even call themselves Pacquiao fans.

99 percent of the people who call Pac a bum are legit Floyd stans, but the people who call Floyd a ducker are a mixed lot, some pac stans in there but many of them are boxing fans without bias.

[Radical]

this doesnt seem worthy of an article. the polarization that matters in the world is political, left vs. right, ******** vs. *************, etc etc

sports fans are always going to have rivals. yankees vs. redsox fans, philly vs. new york etc etc

i don't see a problem with it, it just means people care.

[Radical]

Why is Nigel Collins spending time writing about this?

It isn't new to boxing.

Internet groupies have been around for years...Roy Jones Jr., Felix Trinidad, et al. have had them.

After Mayweather Jr. and Pacquiao there will be others.

agreed...what's his point? should people unite? LOL...this is sports after all.