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The problem is this fight is 100,000 times more publicized than any UFC vs boxer fight in history and the masses will come down hard or Floyd and boxing if a boxer loses to a UFC fighter in the boxers wheelhouse. Thats the bottom line. Time may change that if more UFC fighters lose to boxers under boxing rules so even though you talk about where Floyd is at now in 2017, it doesnt matter because he is still expected by 99% of all boxing fans and others to win this fight and boxing will be the laughing stock if this money grab turns into boxing's worst nightmare. There is no way you can disagree with that.
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Exactly! This is the entire world watching and those who are not watching, will read the papers and watch the news and comment heavily, even people at work who know nothing about either sport are calling it a circus and Floyd shouldnt even lose part of a round and if he were to lose, the stigma of this would hurt boxing for countless years and be a stain on the sport for the fact that is was a money grab and the joke turned out to be on boxing. So Floyd has a lot of pressure because in that odd chance that things go wrong, boxing will NEVER hear the end of it, ever.Last edited by richardt; 08-13-2017, 03:00 PM.Comment
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LOL some of you boxing dudes are f#cking serious & boxing is always in peril by your logic. Guys lose brother. Has nothing to do with boxing winning or losing.
And just for my own curiosity I got a question for you, lets say Floyd was 41 & out 3 years, or 42 & out 4 years, or 43 & out 5 years...and so on if necessarily to 50 & out 12 years...when does Floyd losing to an MMA guy not a L & a disaster for boxing based on his age & years retired?Comment
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I don't believe that at all.
And yea okay maybe boxing fans were loling about the Mercer thing for a couple weeks, but ultimately that was Mercer vs Sylvia fighting not boxing vs MMA. Fans are dramatic as f#ck doe. In particular boxing fans.
Boxing is a part of MMA. So its not quite true that he's never boxed. Its not like this is Charles from accounting throwing on gloves for the first time ever & KOing Floyd if that were to happen by Conor on the 26th.It's plain common sense. Floyd is old yes, he's 2 years inactive yes, but he's still Floyd, 2 years ago he was P4P #1. No one in 20 years a wholeeee lot of top level boxers couldnt beat him. A guy who has never even boxed a day in his life walks in and beats him? I don't need to even explain why that would be a disaster for this sport.Comment
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It would be an absolute disaster. Can't say this enough.Comment
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I still say thats a short sighted look at what would happen. The main thing that would happen is boxing would have a bunch of new eyes on it & a bunch of new fans you'd be willing to pay 9 digits to Conor for future boxing matches. Who's bringing 9 digit paydays to boxing once Floyd re-retired post KOing Conor in 8 or whatever happens? No one anytime soon. Conor is the biggest name in combat sports & he'd be boxing now if he beats Floyd. I think some boxing fans are discounting what that means for boxing.
I actually feel the worst thing that could happen to MMA is Conor wins cuz Conor isn't going back to MMA for pennies on the dollar of what he can make in boxing. The UFC stock takes a hit if Conor wins.Comment
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I have literally never said Boxing is in peril, or Boxing is dying, or something will kill boxing.
But this scenario is brand new and never happened before. This won't kill Boxing because nothing can kill a sport that has such rich history and is as great as it is, but what it will do is irrepairable damage that it will never come back from. That's just a fact, an MMA guy with no fights beating a guy who was P4P #1 as recent as 2 years ago is extremely bad for the legitimacy of this sport. I know this because I can already hear people saying it, and spoken to people personally.Comment
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