After watching the Pacman Vs Marquez bout....Corruption comes to mind

Hear Hear!!

This sort of thing is being said too often, it's almost like it's after ever single big fight nowadays, infact not only the big cards, its the small Doncaster dome type one's, with British Officialling that are just as bad.

It's a crooked sport, where money is the be all, end all. It's Prize fighting at the end of the day. Since the early days, "champions" have been able to duck out of fighting the best challengers simply for the fact they could make more/equal money against less deserving challengers.

 

The problem with Boxing is the promoters, they have too much to lose from their fighters losing. And when you have that sort of back drop it is going to create an environment where there are let's say certain pressures on the people officiating the bouts. It's an absolute disgrace but that's what happens when you have a sport that is not governed by an impartial third party.

Why aren't there any promoters that just sign up fighters short term and say **** it lets make good fights, and their only aim is to put on good fights not build guys up and make them stars (the oft quoted statement from bs promoters). I honestly do not understand, Boxing is saturated as it is not everyone can create these Manny monsters that make huge cash, so why have 6/7 major promoters that are only interested in their small stable of fighters and "building them up". If I were a promoter I would want guys like Carlos Molina, Ishe Smith, guys that never seem to get a fair shake and never get a push from a promoter.

 

Agreed, he should be having a massive day of celebration with his family today but has been robbed of it.

 

I was much more pissed off after the Agbeko fight.

 

Corruption is the wrong word. It's systematic influence.

 

I haven't seen the Pac-Marquez fight yet, but my god that fight pissed me off inept referring at its worst. At least they did the decent thing and arranged an immediate rematch.

This year has been some what of a carcass for the sport of Boxing, so much crap has gone down, which if you recount it all you really have to shake your head.

 

Look, we have to stop buying the PPVs and going to the fights. Boycott the **** and things will change. We actually have the power here. They are nothing without the paying public.

 

i wanted pacman to win and i was seriously pissed off at the result. it seems to happen every week these days, why even fight if the result is pre-determined

 

Bob Arum is a disgusting human being.