PBC Cherrypicks? Stigmatized by certain boxers?

**Scipio2009** · 01-23-2016, 05:53 PM

The entire conversation is basically PBC vs HBO, full stop

Originally posted by nivek535

Thurman vs Guerrero
Garcia vs Peterson
Porter vs Broner
Kell Brook vs Porter
Peterson vs Felix Diaz
Fonfara vs ChavezJr
Andy Lee vs Quilin
Degale vs Andre Dirrell/Bute
Lee Selby vs Gradovic
Santa Cruz vs Mares

seems like matchups were great, just stigmatized by certain boxers who were accused of ducking others prior to this whole PBC thing.
Within the PBC, top guys are fighting each other.

The way that folks react to matchups, if you look at it, comes down to whether they're in bed with HBO/Top Rank, or any other party tied to HBO or Top Rank.

Vasquez-Martinez(rugged vet taking on a solid prospect in a step-up fight), Breazeale-Mansour(ditto), and Garcia-Guerrero(top-10 rising welterweight vs rugged top 20 welterweight) are all good fights that make for a strong fight card, yet there are folks that will trash the whole thing while, at the same time, refusing to even critique Pacquiao-Bradley (Pacquiao loses 3 of his last six fights, yet all is forgiven).

Thurman-Porter is set for March, Spence-Chaves is another likely fight to be finalized soon, Peterson-Berto has already been mandated, and there'll likely be a ton of other good fights locked down in the not-to-distant future.

**nivek535** · 01-23-2016, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by Scipio2009

The way that folks react to matchups, if you look at it, comes down to whether they're in bed with HBO/Top Rank, or any other party tied to HBO or Top Rank.

Vasquez-Martinez(rugged vet taking on a solid prospect in a step-up fight), Breazeale-Mansour(ditto), and Garcia-Guerrero(top-10 rising welterweight vs rugged top 20 welterweight) are all good fights that make for a strong fight card, yet there are folks that will trash the whole thing while, at the same time, refusing to even critique Pacquiao-Bradley (Pacquiao loses 3 of his last six fights, yet all is forgiven).

Thurman-Porter is set for March, Spence-Chaves is another likely fight to be finalized soon, Peterson-Berto has already been mandated, and there'll likely be a ton of other good fights locked down in the not-to-distant future.

thanks for adding to the list!
i cant see how PBC is not showing good matches in anyway.

**richardt** · 01-23-2016, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by nivek535

Thurman vs Guerrero
Garcia vs Peterson
Porter vs Broner
Kell Brook vs Porter
Peterson vs Felix Diaz
Fonfara vs ChavezJr
Andy Lee vs Quilin
Degale vs Andre Dirrell/Bute
Lee Selby vs Gradovic
Santa Cruz vs Mares

seems like matchups were great, just stigmatized by certain boxers who were accused of ducking others prior to this whole PBC thing.
Within the PBC, top guys are fighting each other.

PBC craps all over the weekly TopStank and Golden Crap cards. The PBC fights above are far better matchups than watching pee wee Diego De La Hoya and Julian Ramirez and Oscar Valdez and other featherweight prospects all fighting each others leftovers instead of each other.

PBC Cherrypicks? Stigmatized by certain boxers?