Why little to no hype for Thurman vs Porter??

[Eff Pandas]

Yea it feels deader than it should with regards to this fight. I felt like this fight was gonna be a little more hyped/promoted. I felt like fans would be a little more amped for this fight too. I guess this is a fight I feel thats worthy of some side programming like 24/7, All Access, Face Off or The Gloves Are Off to further hype it & get people invested & not having that makes it seem smaller & less important.

Legit talk with the wait til the fight gets closer, but I still feel like it'd have been less dead than it feels even now. At the end of the day its all about the fight itself doe.

[John Locke]

Idk...I watched Porter/Brook and Porter/Diaz. Thurman has a lot he can do negate him.

The thing is, the things those guys used against Porter, Thurman doesn't have. Diaz is a very good inside fighter and got the better of Porter in the pocket, Thurman can't do that.

Brook has the best jab and right hand at 147, Thurman's jab isn't very good and his right hand is telegraphed and loopy.

I think Porter has underrated boxing ability and he will show it in this fight and surprise a few people. If Porter fights aggressively, he will make things harder for himself.

[-PBP-]

The thing is, the things those guys used against Porter, Thurman doesn't have. Diaz is a very good inside fighter and got the better of Porter in the pocket, Thurman can't do that.

Brook has the best jab and right hand at 147, Thurman's jab isn't very good and his right hand is telegraphed and loopy.

I think Porter has underrated boxing ability and he will show it in this fight and surprise a few people. If Porter fights aggressively, he will make things harder for himself.

Yeah that's my concern. Thurman lacks a jab to keep Porter off of him. But Brook was also effective timing him with the left hook and lead right on his way in. And he used lateral movement to make Porter have to reset.

Maligbaggi, Alexander and Broner have the bad habit of backing up in a straight line which plays right into Porter's attack.

[SilverMiles]

I honestly don't see it as a competitive match up, Thurman will clearly show he's the superior fighter. This is being camouflaged as a 50/50 fight but in reality it's a showcase for Thurman that will launch him among the best in boxing.

[VG_Addict]

If Thurman wins, he and Brook should fight.

[John Locke]

Yeah that's my concern. Thurman lacks a jab to keep Porter off of him. But Brook was also effective timing him with the left hook and lead right on his way in. And he used lateral movement to make Porter have to reset.

Maligbaggi, Alexander and Broner have the bad habit of backing up in a straight line which plays right into Porter's attack.

Yeah true. Thurman has better feet than Brook, he's much more mobile and is a much better hooker.

[sicko]

Why is hype needed? This fight sold itself during the time in which they was negotiating and people was saying that Thurman was ducking or whatever. This fight is already Sold and it will be on Network TV

[Scipio2009]

Pretty sad that one of the exciting and most competitive fight in boxing is getting very little attention despite 2 of the top dogs at 147 in their prime are fighting just couple weeks away, while ****** news about Mayweather-Pac and all that ****sexual bs is getting the attention .

I think that this fight is a treat for boxing fans and picking Thurman to win a close decision


Ps: Why there is no masterthread and official poll for this fight??

Fight is a ways out, tbh; for a show that isn't PPV, I'd expect the hype to start up with this coming Frampton-Quigg/Santa Cruz-Martinez doubleheader, with things really ramping up during fight week.

You add that the Mohegan Sun(a venue that generally does well with pushing tickets, regardless of who's fighting) likely paid out a site fee to host the fight, and the local promotion may be different as well.

The dynamic difference between a big fight on terrestrial TV, versus a big fight on premium cable, is something that folks need to get more use to; for as big an event as the Super Bowl is(with tickets basically sold out upon the date announcement), the promotional/marketing push doesn't really set in, in a big way, until Pro Bowl weekend(the weekend before the game) anyway.

[about.thousands]

Because there was more hype for the fight not happening. Up until the fight being announced people were complaining that the fight should be made. They said Thurman was ducking. They said Haymon was doing the Porters wrong. They said it shouldn't be this hard to make because both are with Haymon. As soon as the fight was announced those same people stopped talking about it. Now the only time you hear people talk about the fight is

1. Complaining it should've happened in December

What happened between December and now that makes the fight less appealing?

2. Pointing out it's being branded as a Showtime fight

Who is putting on the fight somehow devalues it? I just watched a video of Steve Kim and company do a segment on PBC's money problems where they discussed the Porter-Thurman fight being branded as a Showtime on CBS show but they have no videos discussing the actual fight.

The same will happen with Wilder/Povetkin. Everybody is complaining and saying Wilder is ducking. Everybody is talking about the possible purse bid. As soon as the fight is announced they'll stop talking about it and then the narrative will change to "Why is there no hype surrounding the Povetkin-Wilder fight?"


If you people can't see there is a clear media agenda for PBC to fail you're blind.

[Mr. Punch-Out!!]

My only guess is that this is a fight between two boxers who hadn't fought in half a year and since then, people have been more focused on other big matchups that has yet to happen, such as Canelo-Golovkin, Kovalev-Stevenson, Wilder-Fury (nearly all of them had a match since then). Then you got UFC 196 coming up, which is in a sport that seems to be doing better than boxing at the moment.

I'm still looking forward to the match, of course. I've been wanting to see these two fight each other for a few years now. But I can understand lack of hype around it. Maybe in the upcoming weeks, we'll get some commercials or something.

As for the fight itself, it's a truly a 50/50 fight. I do think, however, some people tend to forget that Porter still tends to leave himself whenever comes forward, while Thurman is much better when he's fighting defensively. Plus, Thurman would be the hardest hitter Porter fought since Brook.