Im watching this Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Smoe presser and its empty sad

[hectari]

I was watching this presser stream and the press area is practically empty only a few press there and most of them are those youtube bloggers who make money of adcents, and are not real journalists.

Its sad man, This B hops last fight he even said so at the presser, it made me cringe when Oscar De La Hoya said this historical press conference yet there was only a few media there to cover it.

Not a good look for boxing and HBO, Boxing is a grandpa sport UFC is taking over, almost every Presser for a UFC event is jampacked.

[HanzGruber]

well hes ***ing 50 hasnt fought in what 2 years?.. and ufc is an easy brand to follow

[daggum]

****** products deserve to go extinct. boxing had a good run but guys like floyd ****** the life out of it and took advantage of how unregulated it was.

[Porter's Dad]

****** products deserve to go extinct

You don't believe that. You're as addicted as the rest of us, D.

[daggum]

You don't believe that. You're as addicted as the rest of us, D.

i didn't say i wasn't ******. there will always be a fringe audience of ******s that follow anything but the ability to expand its popularity has been killed by boxers taking advantage of how unregulated it is and ducking left and right, clinching and crap like that. most people are like ummm this is garbage byeee

[ostinato]

****** products deserve to go extinct. boxing had a good run but guys like floyd ****** the life out of it and took advantage of how unregulated it was.

..and encouraged other fighters to follow the same model. Hey, you made a boatload of cash and maximized profit while minimizing risk. Good for you, but guess what? The general buying public doesn't give a damn about smart business decisions. They want to see good, competitive fights of the best vs. the best.

Boxing should have imploded a long time ago by comparison to the UFC. I mean, look at the UFC 205 card, hard to imagine at least of a couple of those won't be highly entertaining.

[Madison Boxing]

good, you reap what you sow, if youre boring and dont entertain people, why would people bother showing an interest. people think im some idiot cause i say ward, hopkins, rigo are boring, but in the real world noones interested in them, as this shows, and who can blame them. Hope smith knocks him out and ruins the party

[soul_survivor]

Hopkins, even at his absolute prime, was never much of a draw. He had more success later on, in terms of drawing an audience, when he took risks against Tarver, Pavlik, Pascal and Kovalev.

Sadly, Hopkins will retire and it will go unnoticed but that's ok, I'll be watching.

[hectari]

well hes ***ing 50 hasnt fought in what 2 years?.. and ufc is an easy brand to follow

B hop is a legend man, its his final fight, look at Randy Couture he was like 47 and he drew big crowds for his career making fight against tim sylvia.

[Porter's Dad]

i didn't say i wasn't ******. there will always be a fringe audience of ******s that follow anything but the ability to expand its popularity has been killed by boxers taking advantage of how unregulated it is and ducking left and right, clinching and crap like that. most people are like ummm this is garbage byeee

I'm more optimistic than you.

A dreadful year, no doubt but better fights are already made being, and soon the whole stinking PBC model will be a thing of the past soon. It will take a while to shake off Mayweather's putrid legacy, though (and no, I don't mean the good kind of legacy).

The boxing world will realign itself and 2017 will be much better, I think.