Today's boxing fan be like:
"Fighters today are divas. They don't fight anybody"
"He ducking doe"
"Boxing is dead. No good fights are being made."
"UFC has passed boxing. The best actually fight the best."
"Boxers are cherrypickers. They want the lowest risk for the highest amount of money."
Yet...380,000 fans purchased May/Berto, 400K purchased Pac/Algieri, 800K watched Floyd rematch Maidana, 350K watched Canelo/Angulo, and 500K watched Pac fight Bradley for a 3rd time.
Only the Pac/Bradley triology was a fight between two top 5 contenders in a division. What's wrong with this picture?
Shouldn't the best matchups be on PPV and the mismatches be on free TV? Since 2008, these are the only PPV fights that involved a unanimous 1 vs. 2 matchup in a division:
1. Mayweather vs. Canelo
2. Canelo vs. Lara
3. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
Is this proof that boxing fans don't care about the best fighting the best but have a casual side of them that just cares about the big names?
Money was shelled out for mismatch after mismatch, year after year, but when we actually get a fight worth watching it's time to watch your budget?
"Fighters today are divas. They don't fight anybody"
"He ducking doe"
"Boxing is dead. No good fights are being made."
"UFC has passed boxing. The best actually fight the best."
"Boxers are cherrypickers. They want the lowest risk for the highest amount of money."
Yet...380,000 fans purchased May/Berto, 400K purchased Pac/Algieri, 800K watched Floyd rematch Maidana, 350K watched Canelo/Angulo, and 500K watched Pac fight Bradley for a 3rd time.
Only the Pac/Bradley triology was a fight between two top 5 contenders in a division. What's wrong with this picture?
Shouldn't the best matchups be on PPV and the mismatches be on free TV? Since 2008, these are the only PPV fights that involved a unanimous 1 vs. 2 matchup in a division:
1. Mayweather vs. Canelo
2. Canelo vs. Lara
3. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
Is this proof that boxing fans don't care about the best fighting the best but have a casual side of them that just cares about the big names?
Money was shelled out for mismatch after mismatch, year after year, but when we actually get a fight worth watching it's time to watch your budget?
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