Shouldn't the BEST FIGHTS Be on TV?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

I mean, Hopkins is fighting Smith and it could be competitive and a bit interesting, but for God's sake, Hopkins is 51 years old. Should this even be on TV? With the UFC putting on a stacked card in November, boxing is putting on the 51-year-old in December, most likely on HBO I'm guessing?

Hopkins is exceptional and all, but I don't know. We have Garcia-Vargas on in November. Does anybody really care? Couldn't a more competitive match-up be in place instead?

I'm starting to wonder if a big factor in fighters competing so scarcely these days is having all of their fights on national TV. Does every fight have to be on TV? Everyone has a camera phone anyway and can upload it to Youtube.

Obviously a lot of sponsors support all of this, but I think it's hurting the sport as a whole. Fans want better fights than 50-year-old boxers fighting as shells of themselves. Get the young talent in there for more fights we actually want to see.

[LoadedWraps]

I mean, Hopkins is fighting Smith and it could be competitive and a bit interesting, but for God's sake, Hopkins is 51 years old. Should this even be on TV? With the UFC putting on a stacked card in November, boxing is putting on the 51-year-old in December, most likely on HBO I'm guessing?

Hopkins is exceptional and all, but I don't know. We have Garcia-Vargas on in November. Does anybody really care? Couldn't a more competitive match-up be in place instead?

I'm starting to wonder if a big factor in fighters competing so scarcely these days is having all of their fights on national TV. Does every fight have to be on TV? Everyone has a camera phone anyway and can upload it to Youtube.

Obviously a lot of sponsors support all of this, but I think it's hurting the sport as a whole. Fans want better fights than 50-year-old boxers fighting as shells of themselves. Get the young talent in there for more fights we actually want to see.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Haha. Thank you, friend.

[GMAN SUPREME]

hopkins is a old but its not like he's all of sudden a bum.bhop is still pretty good and I would favor him to beat pretty much everybody but kovalev at 175. I think he will make smith look silly. no white boy will ever beat his ass again!!!

[jackson8]

This year started strong on tv but except for Kov-Ward is fizzling out.

[Aggroblakh]

Sadly, the best fights tend to make money, which means they get put on PPV instead of TV.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

hopkins is a old but its not like he's all of sudden a bum.bhop is still pretty good and I would favor him to beat pretty much everybody but kovalev at 175. I think he will make smith look silly. no white boy will ever beat his ass again!!!

He's been out for two years though. That will have an effect.

[GMAN SUPREME]

This year started strong on tv but except for Kov-Ward is fizzling out.

not really.we got loma vs walters wlad vs joshua ruiz vs parker hopefully ggg vs Jacobs plus more that's pretty damn good.

[GMAN SUPREME]

He's been out for two years though. That will have an effect.

we shall see. so who you got? the alien or the man in black?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

we shall see. so who you got? the alien or the man in black?

Having seen so little of Smith, I'll go with Hopkins. I'm sure he's seen something he figures to exploit. Just hope he moves like he did two years ago for his own sake.