The casual fans got it right, while "Hardcore fans" act like their ***** dont stink.

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maybe they dont want to get hit and take unecassary punnishment to please casual fans

Don't want to get hit? Play golf and leave boxing to the men.

[ea22]

maybe they dont want to get hit and take unecassary punnishment to please casual fans

Sure but people don't have to like them for it. And casual fans are the ones that pay for their paychecks, hardcore boxing fans are a minority. Boxing the only sport where the fans owe the fighters something lol.

[SplitSecond]

Why I respect and pay for every Kevin Johnson fight, he's one of the few guys that truly understand the importance of defending.

[hhs661]

Don't want to get hit? Play golf and leave boxing to the men.

Like which men? The ones that have lost their lives in the ring or on their way to a hospital(some at the hospital themselves), been sent to a coma or have their lifespan and career shortened for making a casual fan enjoy boxing for a night then completely forget about them after the fact? Do you know who the last boxer was to die in a ring without looking it up or do you need to casually search Google for that information?

Like whatever style you like, that's your prerogative, but why act like boxers who use defense and don't go all out aren't men? Please explain that to me

[Guest]

I don't know casual fans are funny. Most of them think they actually know how to fight whereas in other sports none of them think they can hit the 95 mph slider from a pro pitcher or dunk over LeBron.

Boxing is what it is. Good fights and bad ones. Just like 1-0 baseball games, defensive masterpieces in football etc.

I think the problem sometimes casuals think it's like a movie where you get hit and it doesn't hurt or you can just amp up the power pellets to dispatch your foe or neutralize someone way faster and more skilled than you by sheer will.

I think casual fans and some hardcore ones often have unrealistic expectations surrounding boxing whereas they don't in other sports.

[SilverMiles]

The problem with some hardcore fans is that think they're smarter than they truly are.

The sweet science is not hit and not get hit. The saying goes "the sweet science of bruising" funny how so many of them leave that out.

And let's not forgot the only way to win s boxing match back in the day was to knock your opponent out, meaning you had to engage.

Watching a boring fight just to say you're a real boxing fan is ****** and childish. I've seen several fights that displayed the true meaning of the Sweet Science.

Morales vs MAB
Manny vs Marquez
Duran vs Leonard
Manny vs Morales
Hearns vs Leonard

Fuq watching two fighters doing more thinking than punching. This **** ain't fencing.

[boxinghead530]

Like which men? The ones that have lost their lives in the ring or on their way to a hospital(some at the hospital themselves), been sent to a coma or have their lifespan and career shortened for making a casual fan enjoy boxing for a night then completely forget about them after the fact? Do you know who the last boxer was to die in a ring without looking it up or do you need to casually search Google for that information?

Like whatever style you like, that's your prerogative, but why act like boxers who use defense and don't go all out aren't men? Please explain that to me

People who box understand there is risk and death can happen. Getting hit is going to happen. If you don't understand that then don't watch.

True boxing is to hit and not get hit. And when you make your opponent miss you make him pay for that miss. That's true boxing. It's not run and get on your bike to not get hit, then occasionally hit a the guy back. That's not boxing, it's running.

Like I said true boxing is to hit then make you opponent miss and then make him pay for missing. That's what I like.

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Like which men? The ones that have lost their lives in the ring or on their way to a hospital(some at the hospital themselves), been sent to a coma or have their lifespan and career shortened for making a casual fan enjoy boxing for a night then completely forget about them after the fact? Do you know who the last boxer was to die in a ring without looking it up or do you need to casually search Google for that information?

Like whatever style you like, that's your prerogative, but why act like boxers who use defense and don't go all out aren't men? Please explain that to me

That's the risk of the sport and they all go into it well aware of what could happen. Same thing with race car drivers. This is why they are paid such high amounts to take part in the sport. Don't want the risk? Don't become a boxer. But don't tell me you are concerned about your health and expect me to pay 75 bucks or more to watch you fight when all you do is throw 10 punches in a round and spend the rest of the time ducking and running.

As for the risks... I was at Leonard - Duran 1 and saw Cleveland Denny get beaten to a pulp by Gaetan Hart first hand. I am very aware of the risks.

[PACnPBFsuck]

I like watching slugfests and I also like watching chess matches. Guess it's my fault for falling in love with the sport. ****** me huh

You're what's wrong with boxing, liking all styles, grow up hipster.

[elfag]

Floyd sells more than anyone else. All of this thing about everyone thinks hes boring, well that same everyone buys his fights more than anyone else. Maybe the majority of those buys are by people that want to see him lose, but whatever he is doing is working. If you guys hate him so much then dont buy his fights.