NBC sports is fantastic.

That is a bit technical but it is true, 11,12th rounds are for traditional championships while 10 is in a majority of world class fights with no belts

 

Those fights didn't produce any new fans.

 

What makes you say that? The main event was excellent. Hopefully "new fans" wouldn't realize how much of a robbery the final score was, though.

 

Because it's Boxing, and the casual fan isn't going to be glued to 12 rounds of no knockdowns and no moments that are highlight worthy.

 

A lot of broke mfs on this forum. TS probably one of the chicos who get their cable cut off monthly and has to use a cloths hanger to watch some distorted ass picture that keeps freezing on a 13 in tv. That fight sucked pito

 

Broke ass *****s

 

When I read your post, I thought : "This guy sounds less like a boxing fan and more your typical attention-span-deprived MMA sheep"

Then I looked at your AV and it all made sense! :rofl

 

Is that what it all boils down to? I don't think so.

I mean what I say.

 

Exactly.

 

I think it comes from the fact that in the days of 15 round fights, the last 3 rounds were the Championship rounds (as non Championship fights were of course of 12 round duration or less), and when title fights were put back to 12 rounds many still called the last 3 rounds Championship rounds, but as you correctly point out the 10th is a round featured in many non title fights.

 

This has always been true: don't try to win over the casual public with the slowest, least active division with the largest percentage of out-of-shape fighters in it. All heavyweight boxing has going its way for excitement versus the lower divisions is the fact that just about anyone can get sparked. It's always been a boring division. All great heavyweights have had boring fights at some point.

But Kathy Duva doesn't give a ****. Heavyweight quitjobs and robberies on the house...