why do people support exciting fighters?

[madsweeney]

How dare a fighter uses defense,angles and distance and outbox another fighter instead of playing roack em sock em robots

The two are not mutually exclusive. Either extreme is not exciting to me, I favor those in the middle, guys that can be aggressive and exciting while using defense and angles. Too much emphasis either way is an over-simplification of the sport, even if it gets you wins.

[Real King Kong]

That first one

[Santa_]

slick fighters are the future. they will make boxing great again!

[boxinggod101]

Way better watching guys on the backfoot pot shotting guys a la Rigo. So much excitement... The only reason Rigo is not a star is because of racism...

Who doesn't want to see 2 guys studying each other for 3 rounds than pot shot them self to a UD?? Thats racist yo

[THC]

Your premise is probably inaccurate. Like any sport, people catch boxing for entertainment. Yes, some fans can appreciate the sweet science, and some may even prefer boxers who can exhibit elite skills in the ring, but there are other fans who like action-packed fights.

So I think fighters like Floyd, Lara, Rigo are exciting based on their skill sets. And Golovkin and Gatti are exciting for other reasons.

[dibzvincent143]

what is there to like. it makes no sense. surely the whole reason of watching boxing is to learn the sweet science, so why would you support fighters who dont provide this? Or is there another reason why people passionately defend fighters that are exciting? For those who are massive fans of safety last, postive fighters, please tell us why that is....

pls no trolling, i'll put you on ignore!

The world is composed of 90% casual fans. Boxing is a sport, a sport is a competition. A competition is an entertainment.
Boxers have different skill sets, if you're a brawler/aggressor doesn't directly mean you don't practice the sweet science.
Mayweather is really good at it, but turns most casuals off. But he also has the character, and does twice the work outside the ring to attract viewers.
If you're a boring guy inside the ring, the best thing you can do to help up you're career is to promote the fight and promote yourself.

[Kuyukut]

Makes a troll thread, tells others not to troll.

get the fuck out of my thread, jewcuck. this is posted for boxing aficionados that really knows the sport. "peeleft:

[The Big Dunn]

The reason is many of the so called exciting fighters are not exciting when it counts most.

Take Manny Pacquio. Most label him exciting. In his biggest, highest profile, most watched fight of his career, he was terribly boring. He threw very few punches and didn't try to win.

Take Sergei kovalev, another guy called exciting. In his biggest fight he was so flustered by skill that he did more holding and clinching them he ever did. He also got tired which allowed the other guy to win rounds and steal a fight he had a huge lead in.

Exciting fighters seem to be exciting only when they are in with guys they are much better then. Frankly, most real boxing fans don't find one sided beatings of easy opponents exciting. In fact, the TS only calls fights like these exciting when the guy that wins is on HBO.

Any sport needs its participants to be highly skilled for the sport to be better. What kind of fan wants to see a sport where none of the players have any skills?

Let's hope guys like Errol Spence keep working on their skill so they don't become the kind of exciting fighter that whines and makes excuses when they lose to a better fighter who took the time to develop his skills.

[Derranged]

get the fuck out of my thread, jewcuck. this is posted for boxing aficionados that really knows the sport. "peeleft:

You are not an aficionado. You're a Spelling Bee Champion dork who jerks off to Pacquiao.

[BucaRican]

Why do people like exciting posters?