Why Do All These Mayweather Circus Fights Bother so Many Boxing Fans?

[Luilun]

Why did Joe Louis keep boxing ? Right needed the money so does Mayweather but health comes first so let’s fight MMA guys or Karate people who can’t box. Hey Mayweather I’ll box you or you can pick them from this forum we all need a payday

[TheIronMike]

Hes embarrassing the sport

Current fighters are embarrassing the sport.

Crawford, spence, wilder, Canelo, the whole lot

[The Big Dunn]

Hes embarrassing the sport

When Joshua ducks wilder and ggg refuses to fight charlo that embarrasses the sport.

Getting millions of people to watch him fight mma and kickboxers in boxing matches doesn’t hurt anyone or anything.

[The Big Dunn]

I don't get why these fights upset so many fans. Like why? It would be one thing if he was holding up a division hostage while taking on McGregor or Tenshin, but he's made it pretty clear he isn't interested in taking on any more legitimate fights. How does this bug people more than when he had the WBC/WBA 154 pound titles and defended them against NO ONE. Like he was fighting Maidana and the 154 pound titles were on the line. Getting upset at Floyd for that is perfectly reasonable.

All he's doing now is making easy money and clearly still drumming up a lot of interest from the casuals. This was a mega event in Japan and then obviously the McGregor fight was the 2nd biggest PPV event of all time.

People pay for these exhibitions and don’t buy fights with guys that NSB loves-namely non American power punchers. So their fans make threads hating on Floyd because they hate the fact he remains the face of the sport in the country that matters most in the sport.

[man down]

Doesnt bother me at all. If someone is dumb enough to pay then take that money!

[Motofan]

Because the negative publicity just goes on and on for the sport...


Floyd Mayweather's "Fight" With A Japanese Kickboxing Prodigy Was Dumber Than Anyone Could Have Hoped For

Patrick Redford

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Last night in Tokyo, Floyd Mayweather fought 20-year-old kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in an altogether embarrassing sham “exhibition” boxing match which was announced in early November, then unannounced two days later, and finally un-unannounced after that, with a strange set of rules and no convincing reason why the fight was even happening in the first place. If this sounds like a whole bunch of ****** and su****ious bull****, well it was.

Here is the farcical first knockdown, in which Nasukawa flops around a bunch after getting hit by, uh, a jumping left hand that didn’t land clean. The right that Mayweather zips in there doesn’t connect, though it didn’t need to to get Nasukawa sprawling and gasping like a fish.
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Here is Nasukawa, a man who has never been knocked out in his pro career, jerking his head around a bunch after getting hit with the fight-ending punch.

I’d make fun of anyone who paid for this crap, but RIZIN blocked it in North America, which probably tells you all you need to know about how seriously to take this fight.

[Illmatic94]

Floyd is still the biggest name in combat sports. and there's tons of idiots still waiting for him to lose. and trust me if Tenshin was to beat him these idiots would mark that as a loss on Floyd's official record even though this wasn't sanctioned. they are THAT thirsty to see Floyd defeated.

[KTFOKING]

Hes embarrassing the sport

Embarrassing the sport in what way? This was a damn exhibition in Japan. Who exactly is being embarrassed by this and why are they being embarrassed by this?

[Carpe Diem]

He's done as a serious boxer, glad that he knows it. He's a big enough celebrity that he can cash in on his name and carry the mantel for boxing as well.

Frankly, if Pacquaio or GGG fight MMA guys in a couple years I'll be rooting for them to smoke them too. Would love to see GGG put McGregor to sleep boxing, or Pacquaio KO some young punk who talks **** about boxing.

People hate Floyd, they really want him to box again vs a serious contender because they know Floyd is a shadow of his former self and will get beat eventually.

That’s the main source of their bitterness.

[lolasif]

I think for a lot of fans, it hurts to see Mayweather fighting non-boxers, when many would have been hoping for Mayweather to have one last top opponent to pass the torch to.

It doesn't help boxing to have the profile of McGregor/UFC or Tenshin/Rizin raised, when the likes of Spence, Crawford and Thurman are relatively anonymous.

Imagine how worse off the sport would be if De La Hoya hadn't fought Mayweather and Pacquiao.