Biggest Hyped Fight Disappointment?

[El-blanco]

Well it happens so much between the best, who are in the same stage of their careers, that you have to stop blaming them and take a step back and ask why does it happen. I think around 7 out of 10 of these fights where the best fight the best, the reason the fight are dull is because two high level fighters are fighting eachother. I think when the best fight the good or the good fight the bad, or even worse the best fight the worst (of the available opposition), that's when these great KO's are produced. Now you can sit here and mention so many exceptions to put down my theory, but when you do, think about if it really was the best fighting the best in their prime, or if one guy was past his best but was seen as great, and he was fighting another great in a better stage of his career. i.e. Tyson vs Holyfield/Lewis.

I disagree. I think it has to do more with the mentality of the fighters. Certain fighters just don't give a ****. When two great fighters that don't give a **** meet in their prime it's the greatest thing ever.
Carbajal-Gonzalez
Barrera-morales
Bowe-Holyfield
Hagler-hearns
I could go on but you get the point. The issue is when you have two great fighters and one or both of them are afraid of losing, or being embarrassed, the results are terrible. In all the fights listed in the poll, one or both fighters were too scared to engage. That's why they ******.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

I think Tito vs Oscar. I expected a war & got a very strategic battle where Oscar openly blew the final rounds thinking he was way further ahead than he was. That fight shoulda been some Tito vs Vargas on steroids type ****.

I'm sure Floyd vs Manny will win this poll cuz its fresh on peoples minds, but idk what people expected there. That fight was a battle of styles & it was either gonna be exactly what happened or Manny catching Floyd somewhere between the first & last round. That fight was only disappointing if you were heavily invested in a Manny W. If you were invested in the fight Floyd did what he always does & there shouldn't be any disappointment.

Well I'm sorry, but I really don't think any part of the Fight of the Century was real. That was too guys who had so much money guaranteed that they agreed not to hurt each other. I mean come on. I quit watching after the 8th round. It was that bad and that fake. How naïve can you be?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

I disagree. I think it has to do more with the mentality of the fighters. Certain fighters just don't give a ****. When two great fighters that don't give a **** meet in their prime it's the greatest thing ever.
Carbajal-Gonzalez
Barrera-morales
Bowe-Holyfield
Hagler-hearns
I could go on but you get the point. The issue is when you have two great fighters and one or both of them are afraid of losing, or being embarrassed, the results are terrible. In all the fights listed in the poll, one or both fighters were too scared to engage. That's why they ******.

Yes. We live in a ****** age where keeping your "0" is all that matters. They don't care about giving a good fight or going for it as much as trying to not make a mistake and at least it will be close, despite the fans getting robbed since most of these fights are on PPV. It's ridiculous.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Like I predicted, someone would start mentioning fights. But those are called exceptions.

Well I think they are too many for these fights to be considered exceptions. The sitting there and staring at each other for twelve rounds is a pretty modern thing. Pep and Saddler, Ali and well, anybody, Duran and most of his opponents, Robinson and Lamotta. If anything, the fights where both are so careful are the exceptions.

[Rich2123]

That fight was only disappointing if you were heavily invested in a Manny W. If you were invested in the fight Floyd did what he always does & there shouldn't be any disappointment.

It's funny, because I totally agree with you. But I know a couple of dudes who are totally on TMT, and they were complaining about how they hated the fight. I didn't get that. If you're a huge Mayweather fan, this was exactly the fight you wanted to see.

[El-blanco]

Yes. We live in a ****** age where keeping your "0" is all that matters. They don't care about giving a good fight or going for it as much as trying to not make a mistake and at least it will be close, despite the fans getting robbed since most of these fights are on PPV. It's ridiculous.

Yeah, this current era is absolute ****. In another thread we were discussing Vargas vs Trinidad and how those guys, despite being undefeated, fought their ass off. Fights 10-15 years ago, and beyond, were just better. Boxing has always had issues and bad fights, but this current era has combined every ****ty aspect of boxing into one terrible product. I'm really hoping for something special from canelo-cotto and think we'll get a great fight for once.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Yeah, this current era is absolute ****. In another thread we were discussing Vargas vs Trinidad and how those guys, despite being undefeated, fought their ass off. Fights 10-15 years ago, and beyond, were just better. Boxing has always had issues and bad fights, but this current era has combined every ****ty aspect of boxing into one terrible product. I'm really hoping for something special from canelo-cotto and think we'll get a great fight for once.

Yes sir. They should go at pretty well. Both tend to bring a lot into the ring. I hope it's a war that doesn't go the distance. We need fireworks!

[Eff Pandas]

they agreed not to hurt each other.

It was that bad and that fake. How naïve can you be?

LOOOOOOOOOL wait..you are saying Manny & Floyd agreed to be involved in a fake fight &/or not hurt each other & you are calling me naive????

It was simply a clash of styles. Floyd did what he always did. Manny wasn't able to do what he always did. Thats how that **** works out sometimes. It don't gotta be rigged for things to work out as everyone who thought Floyd would win thought it'd work out.

On the other hand Tito & Oscar both went into the ring as f#cking monsters KOing all kinds of guys. That had epic fight written all over it. Yet Oscar decides to box the night away. That fight shoulda been a epic ring war we'd talk about with the likes of Castillo vs Corrales, Ward vs Gatti & Vargas vs Tito. That fight was a horrible disappointment for what everyone was expecting.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Honorable mentions

Bradley-alexander
Floyd-canelo
Klitchko-Povetkin
Tyson-spinks
Lennox-tyson
Holyfield-tyson 2
Chavez-Camacho
Hopkins-oscar

[Tony Trick-Pony]

LOOOOOOOOOL wait..you are saying Manny & Floyd agreed to be involved in a fake fight &/or not hurt each other & you are calling me naive????

It was simply a clash of styles. Floyd did what he always did. Manny wasn't able to do what he always did. Thats how that **** works out sometimes. It don't gotta be rigged for things to work out as everyone who thought Floyd would win thought it'd work out.

On the other hand Tito & Oscar both went into the ring as f#cking monsters KOing all kinds of guys. That had epic fight written all over it. Yet Oscar decides to box the night away. That fight shoulda been a epic ring war we'd talk about with the likes of Castillo vs Corrales, Ward vs Gatti & Vargas vs Tito. That fight was a horrible disappointment for what everyone was expecting.

Oh for sure. I was very disappointed in their fight. De La Hoya screwed it all up and paid for it which I did find funny.

I know a lot of people want to believe the Mayweather-Pac fight was real so their universe makes sense but come on, man. If there has always been corruption in boxing, why then would there not always be dives? You can't just go down anymore since we have replay. You can have two guys get in there, stare at each other for twelve rounds and claim they couldn't get going. For 300 million dollars, anyone would take the money and laugh at the fans.