The conversion rate of casual to actual fan would've been miniscule anyway. People only watched it because they felt they couldn't afford to miss out on the "fight of the century".
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What if Mayweather-Pacquiao was like Trinidad-Vargas? What then? (Read.)
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Originally posted by b00g13man View PostThe conversion rate of casual to actual fan would've been miniscule anyway. People only watched it because they felt they couldn't afford to miss out on the "fight of the century".
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I was thinking about this after the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. If a firefight between two strong accurate punchers like Trinidad-Vargas happens in this day of age it would be the winning lottery ticket for Boxing as a sport and give it life with younger fans. I don't know what it is but im dying for Boxing to get real exposure and not a bunch of hype like the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Every weekend I'm thinking when is the new Tito-Vargas,Barrera-Morales,Rafa Marquez-Vasquez and Castillo-Corrales type fight going to finally happen on PPV,NBC,CBS,SpikeTv,HBO,Showtime where all the casuals are tuning in?
The Trinidad-Vargas fight made me a huge boxing fan. From that day on I haven't missed a fight. I think the recipe for having success are making the best fight the best. I feel like the public is not dumb they will watch if it's a toss up fight.
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Originally posted by Bitter End View Post7 million buys? That would set the bar so high.
so bad what we had is an uneventful fight that bore the casuals to death.
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All I know is I won't be able to talk to my casual friends about boxing for a while, it would have been the opposite if it was Trinidad vs Vargas. Before some Floyd nuthugger says that I am just "salty" because Manny lost, if anyone bothers to look I said right after the fight was announced that I would prefer that Pacquiao got knocked out if Floyd was to win that way at least the fight is entertaining.
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Undoubtedly one of my favorite fights ever:
-Both fighters undefeated
-Both fighters were champions
-Both fighters were young
-Both fighters had a high KO percentage
-Both fighters had aggressive styles
-Both fighters had disdain for each other
-Mexico/PR rivalry
-Both fighters get knocked down for a total of six knockdowns
-Both fighters get deducted points for low blows
-Dramatic opening round
-Dramatic closing round finish
^^^Find me any other fight that has anywhere close to all these ingredients. That fight was just brutal.
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