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Originally posted by Abstraction View PostMayweather and Pacquiao nuthuggers ruined boxing.
Mayweather made $Millions$ fighting once/twice a year. Even then there were questionable demands in weight, testing etc. Which i won't go into.
My point is - Boxing fans don't care about the best match ups. So long as another man [Mayweather] wins and makes money, his fans are satisfied.
I do not understand the logic. They rather he fought Maidana a second time, instead of Khan (A Fast boxer who would offer something different).
Same goes for the likes of GGG and even Cotto fans of yesteryear etc.
No Mayweather fan was calling for a Maidana rematch. We told everyone it would be easy, but it was demanded by a vocal majority. Lol @ facing Khan back then, as if he wasn't regarded as a cherrypick. He only became an "option" once posters like you ran out of boogiemen,
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Look at this p4p lists ffs
1998
Oscar De La Hoya
Roy Jones Jr.
Evander Holyfield
Felix Trinidad
Mark Johnson
Shane Mosley
Ricardo Lopez
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Naseem Hamed
Johnny Tapia
1999
Roy Jones Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Felix Trinidad
Oscar De La Hoya
Shane Mosley
Mark Johnson
Ricardo Lopez
Erik Morales
Bernard Hopkins
Stevie Johnston
In 2016 we can barely compile a competent top 5....
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Originally posted by -Hyperion- View PostLook at this p4p lists ffs
1998
Oscar De La Hoya
Roy Jones Jr.
Evander Holyfield
Felix Trinidad
Mark Johnson
Shane Mosley
Ricardo Lopez
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Naseem Hamed
Johnny Tapia
1999
Roy Jones Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Felix Trinidad
Oscar De La Hoya
Shane Mosley
Mark Johnson
Ricardo Lopez
Erik Morales
Bernard Hopkins
Stevie Johnston
In 2016 we can barely compile a competent top 5....
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We just entered one. Due to the retirement of one of the biggest attractions the sport has ever had, yes. The sport of boxing is now left with a ****phobic Pacquiao attracting more negative attention to the sport with his mouth than with his lies. That and a whole bunch politics that make it hard to match good fights. Adding insult to injury is the exagerated usage of catchweights being used by A sided fighters to have an unfair advantage
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Originally posted by BWC View PostI think we're in a transition lull. Next set of stars has to step up and get sorted out. Will it be WW's like Brook, Spence, and Thurman? Or LHW's? We'll just have to wait and see.
Most encouraging development in boxing is the resurgence of activity, and excitement, and intrigue of the sport's moneymaker, HW. Not only the guys we all know, but there is lots of exciting talent most people have never heard of like Izu Ugonoh, Jarrell Miller, Andy Ruiz Jr, Oscar Rivas, lots of Euro prospects. Of course not all will pan out, but if HW starts to catch fire, it will do wonders for the sport.
Nice post.
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Originally posted by GrandpaBernard View Postare we in one?
Our two young Latino stars don't have the skill to win in dominant fashion.
I feel a lot of this comes down to younger fighters having poor stamina. I'm not sure why but guys like Canelo, Groves, DeGale and many more, don't seem to be able to stretch their quality across 12 rounds of boxing. Shouldn't stamina improve with improved sports facilities and science?
I think the closest we have to a great fighter right now is Bradley (obviously not counting Pacman and Wladimir). Khan may reach that status with his next fight and guys like Fury, Garcia, Canelo, Frampton et al may also have a say but they are still in the process of building their resumes.
Then there's Kovalev, GGG and Ward. The former two especially have physically dominated opponents and a couple of those opponents may be regarded as world class. All we need for them is to repeat this on a regular basis.Last edited by soul_survivor; 03-26-2016, 10:55 AM.
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