No excitement for Thurman Vs Porter

[brettWall]

It's probably because wins don't lead to anything big in the PBC arena. Takes years if at all. Jacobs vs Quillin is quickly forgotten, for example. No fight scheduled yet for the champ. The other Danny, Garcia, doesn't have any fight scheduled yet as well. There's no continuity. It's like watching most movies with no sequels.

[Cobra_]

The fight taking way too long to be scheduled and that delay didn't help things.

[_Maxi]

Then how would GGG get paid?

GGG is the indisputed champ and has never avoided folks in his division.

[Mitchell Kane]

The postponement seems to have really lessened the buzz for this fight.

[jmrf4435]

PBC BOOOOOOO!!! people hate it, hehehe

[ИATAS]

Few thoughts:

1). The delays killed a lot of the hype for this fight. It seems like we've been waiting forever for this. Initially, when the fight was announced, everyone was excited. It died down a ton because it's taken so long.

2). Where is the promotion? If not for me going onto NSB and r/boxing, I wouldn't even know about it.

3). Truth is, neither are big names. Keith Thurman has a chance to become one of the bigger names, but probably never a star. Likewise with Showtime Shawn...he's about as big as he will get.

With that said, I can't wait to watch it!

[Kigali]

PBC BOOOOOOO!!! people hate it, hehehe

Golden Boy is on Estrella TV....hehehehe

Top Rank dropped it's lawsuit and will work with Haymon...hehehehe

[Motorcity Cobra]

I live in the mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico and get the Albuquerque newspaper. They only cover the very biggest boxing matches and nothing less. They won't say a word about the Porter-Thurman fight in the sports section. They will completely cover any UFC event and often put it on the front page. It's a shame but that's the way things are in New Mexico. UFC is big news to the media. Important boxing matches often get no coverage at all here.

Who still reads newspapers? A lot of boxing coverage online. That's how must people get their info now a days


http://www.abqjournal.com/search?q=boxing

[Motorcity Cobra]

So nobody saw them on ESPN first take this morning? Nobody watched the all access show? Nobody heard they just opened more sections of the stadium because the tickets they allotted sold out? If you don't see the hype for this fight you're not paying attention.

[CaneloMaidana]

The corruption in boxing killed it. The refs letting people clinch. The best avoiding the best. You should not be able to make millions if you're not fighting the best man in your division.

Clearly Dominic Wade is the best.