Why Americans are the most misled boxing fans...

[Guest]

so then you should understand if i go to work and ask ppl who Zab Judah is they will think he's a rapper. If i ask Frank Bruno they have no clue ..if i ask about Gatti they think he's a mob boss.....i even had someone tell me that David Tua fights just like Roy Jones

Didn't I - serious question - see Judah in a R & B video the other night on MTV?

Anyway, for a lot of recent fights, Jan-April (rumoured until there was a petition online for boxing fans to scrap their SKY subscriptions) SKY TV wasn't showing hardly any US fights. Just a money issue.

So how many people are going to stay up till 4am (when the fights take place here) just to watch a dodgy stream?

That's to say nothing of the fights King prices out of the market, such as Jones-Tarver II.

[THE REAL NINJA]

Didn't I - serious question - see Judah in a R & B video the other night on MTV?

Anyway, for a lot of recent fights, Jan-April (rumoured until there was a petition online for boxing fans to scrap their SKY subscriptions) SKY TV wasn't showing hardly any US fights. Just a money issue.

So how many people are going to stay up till 4am (when the fights take place here) just to watch a dodgy stream?

That's to say nothing of the fights King prices out of the market, such as Jones-Tarver II.

dont know, but keep this thing away

[K-DOGG]

Brilliant post, K-Dogg.

Actually, I can't believe I left P4P out of my rant. (Oh, I did briefly mention it, but...)

Take Joe Blow. March 24th and he's a nobody in The Ring, with only one Ring writer (the Limey, Claude Abhrams) putting him in his P4P top ten pick. March 26th and he's top ten. What changed? Nothing did. He's still the same man.

It makes me wonder how many good Eastern European heavies are out there, lying undiscovered like Surging Lyncanthropy.

Anorak, I truthfully don't think the bulk of the younger posters understand what pound-4-pound implies. I could be mistaken; but I've found myself in many arguments with brick walls and fence posts without the slightest idea where I was coming from...'course, I could be the loose nut.

[THE REAL NINJA]

Anorak, I truthfully don't think the bulk of the younger posters understand what pound-4-pound implies. I could be mistaken; but I've found myself in many arguments with brick walls and fence posts without the slightest idea where I was coming from...'course, I could be the loose nut.

lol just look in the fantasy sec,the first thing ppl say is he's to big lol

[Guest]

Anorak, I truthfully don't think the bulk of the younger posters understand what pound-4-pound implies. I could be mistaken; but I've found myself in many arguments with brick walls and fence posts without the slightest idea where I was coming from...'course, I could be the loose nut.

I hear ya man... it's that "****ing my head against a brick wall" sensation that inspired this thread, actually...

[Obdeboondocks]

It boils down to a culture of brainwashing and being all-too sheep like. If Jim Lampley or Max Kellerman says this guy's the best, he must be. Also, European fighters aren't shown on American TV, so they are non-existant on the radar. Only if a fighter boxes on HBO or Showtime are they any good. Instead of taking the time to research fighters, watch their fights, etc, most American fans buy into the hype around fighters who a network *cough, cough* HBO *cough, cough* has an invested interest in. That an that bogus patriotic, Americans are just tougher and they're horizontal heavyweights, etc, etc.

The former Bloc is about to dominate the big boys for several years, btw.

The only way to judge a figter is to block out your own prejudices and judge them by their performance. I had no idea how good Joe Calzaghe was until he spanked Jeff Lacy's ass for the whole world to see. Now, I know he is a top 5 p4p fighter and feel priveledged to have witnessed such an excellent display of boxing artistry.

There needs to be a Boxing Network. I don't have cable at the moment; but to my knowledge, there is no such channel that covers boxing all over the world. There Needs to be so we can get past this ignorant bias that plagues so many...too many younger fans who don't know how to study and come to their own conclusions without a talking head's assistance.


There, I'm done.

anoraks answer to why us americans are misled.hbo, hype, and the lack of a world boxing network. great posts by both anorak for wanting to question a fact and k dog for giving many valid points. i came to these forums for the **** talking and the funny jokes, but if more threads like these come to the scene ill be much more satisfied. good read! if i only knew how to give kharma (hope i dont sound like a noob saying this, i can give kharma too right?lol).

[THE REAL NINJA]

anoraks answer to why us americans are misled.hbo, hype, and the lack of a world boxing network. great posts by both anorak for wanting to question a fact and k dog for giving many valid points. i came to these forums for the **** talking and the funny jokes, but if more threads like these come to the scene ill be much more satisfied. good read! if i only knew how to give kharma (hope i dont sound like a noob saying this, i can give kharma too right?lol).

only you can help stop flame wars

[K-DOGG]

only you can help stop flame wars

LOL!!!!

[Obdeboondocks]

only you can help stop flame wars

lol ****in ehy, now i feel like a noob. thanks!

[BrooklynBomber]

So, Anorak, where were you going with all this?
Or it is just thinking out loud?
I do understand what u mean, but there aint much we can do about it, huh?