What happened to boxing?

[extracurRICular]

I know, just look at 160 pounds. Felix Sturm wouldn't fight his mandatory, Sergio Martinez wouldn't fight his mandatory, Cotto wouldn't fight his mandatory, Canelo demanding 155 pounds for his mandatory. Amazing.

Im a Ronda guy but this is the greates dam thing I've seen in years hahahha......green kay!

[Luiz]

Welcome to the businessman era where money and a good lawyer get you titles.

[Larry the boss]

Larry your boy Floyd Fawked it all up.
He took the lowest risk highest reward approach and now everyone wants to do the same. Floyd ducked his biggest challenges after moving up to ww and now you have the likes of Garcia, can't-nelo, little Gigi, lomenchencko, rigondeux and others doing the same thing
Fighters want to make that Floyd money but failed to realize the hard work he out in early in his career. That and the fact he needed that Oscar fight to catapult him to PPV star. He must have forgot because he didn't give someone the same opportunity.
Now you have all these divas and the sport is heading down the drain

1-Floyd never won a vacant title

2-Floyd never sued for a title

3-Floyd beat more world champions then anyone

4-over half of Floyd fights were title fights

5-the past weekend was a fight between 2 fighters Floyd beat promoted by someone Floyd beat



please,please save that bullshi1

[SterlingStained]

Cotto and Canelo really did **** MW up. Badly.

i blame floyd for setting a bad example.

he was a 2x 154lb champion (vs oscar and cotto) yet made a fellow division champion fight at a catchweight.

first time in history that has happened.

Canelo and Cotto followed his repugnant ways.

[Larry the boss]

i blame floyd for setting a bad example.

he was a 2x 154lb champion (vs oscar and cotto) yet made a fellow division champion fight at a catchweight.

first time in history that has happened.

Canelo and Cotto followed his repugnant ways.

Oscar was champ at 160 when he fought Hopkins.but wait on it..he demanded a catchweight......first time in history.LMFAO

[Bigg Rigg]

Boxing today is not really a sport. UFC is more of a legit sports league than Boxing.

[Chrismart]

I know, just look at 160 pounds. Felix Sturm wouldn't fight his mandatory, Sergio Martinez wouldn't fight his mandatory, Cotto wouldn't fight his mandatory, Canelo demanding 155 pounds for his mandatory. Amazing.

i think cotto and now canelo's actions as middleweight champions have been an utter disgrace to boxing especially the historically talented middleweight division.

HOW THE HELL ARE YOU GONNA CALL YOURSELF A MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION, HOLD A BELT, AND NOT LET ANY MIDDLEWEIGHT WEIGH IN AT MIDDLEWEIGHT???????

that is seriously fcked up.

Yup :ANYWORD:

[Roy Keane]

So Canelo is aloud to win the 160lbs title at 155lbs and duck his mandatory (who has unified 2 belts). That is the excepted view from many 'fans'. Shows how ****ed boxing really is.

Replace Canelo with anyone else and there would be an out cry but because he is a 'superstar' he can disrespect the sport and its accepted.

[-MEGA-]

I remember when being a champion meant something, now you can be handed titles or go to court and sue for titles. What happened to fighting a champion and EARNING a title? What happened to actually beating the best in order to call yourself the best? In todays boxing you can be p4p without even fighting anyone worth a damn, it is pretty sad, you don't have to really prove anything anymore. The fighters who actually beat people get criticized while the ones who beat up bottom tier fighters get praised..Then you have fans saying certain fighters"deserve a title" how the hell do you deserve a title? a title is suppose to be EARNED!!!! This is just a random rant from a boxing fan who supports greatness, yet i see that is frowned upon these days

I agree Larry. But you shit on Tim Bradley all the time. So, yea, there's that.

[SterlingStained]

Oscar was champ at 160 when he fought Hopkins.but wait on it..he demanded a catchweight......first time in history.LMFAO

oscar lost to felix sturm who they robbed then fought hopkins at a catchweight.

kinda different from floyd outboxing oscar and cotto to be a 2x 154lb champion then making a fellow 154lb champion fight at a catchweight.

first time in history.