Did this fight hurt boxing?

Obviously. I will still watch and love boxing but last night's fight is exactly what makes people go "why would i want to watch that ****?" They had the opportunity to put on an exciting fight and woo the world and blew it. Boxing seldom gets that kind of coverage these days and so when it happens all parties have to take advantage to not only further their careers/reputation but also help the sport thrive and keep it in good standing in the public eye. All the casuals/first time viewers who tuned thought the whole thing was ****in boring a waste of goddamn time. I feel even worse for the saps who probably sold off a kidney to be there live thinking they were going to witness something worth bragging about. I'm sure a lot of them went home crying & ashamed and took a million cold showers to get rid of the dirty feeling.

No one is going to look back on the fight as being great & thinking it should even be in the same breath as all the classics like Rumble in the Jungle or Thriller in Manilla. If anything it will make those "Top ten bust" type lists.

 

No. Boxing is the same as ever. With the amount of mainstream people who were watching, there was never going to be an overwhelming majority saying how good the fight was unless it was a brawl the whole time.

I was with a few people, one of them who doesn't watch boxing, and he didn't really give a **** because he had no investment in either man.

Nobody who watches boxing will stop, and the odds that the fights didn't make some people boxing fan out of the entire world is next to nothing. Boxing is fine.

 

Did it help it? No

Did it hurt it? No

Basically the people who watched the fight felt no different after it was over. Those that love boxing will continue loving it. Those that hate boxing will continue hating it. And life goes on.

 

Dude please call your cable company and demand a full refund. It is simply outrageous that there was a technical glitch like that in a fight of this magnitude.

To me honest the technical glitch *blackout* was more annoying than the fight itself. The fact that we wait 6 years for this fight pay $100 then the fight blackouts during the main event is one of the most insane things I've ever witnessed!

Someone has to get to the bottom of what happened. It is simply inexcusible. That blackout hurt boxing more than anything that happened in the fight. the fact that people paid and it didn't work bothers me to no end!

 

obviously. i mean seriously you just have to look at the internet. everyone and i mean everyone is ****ting on it.

 

Yes this was a bad night for boxing.

Many casual fans tuned in like never before and these two stunk up the place.

Floyd ran all night and Manny followed hopelessly. Boring fight. These guys waltzed a sparring session, barely touched each other, and made MILLIONS.

Meanwhile everyone was underwhelmed

 

I mean our two p4p superstars barely touched each other for 12 uneventful rounds. We knew Floyd would be boring but everyone expected Manny to bring the firepower and it didn't happen.

 

I wonder how many people Floyd butt hurt last night? Floyd made Vegas some serious money on all those fools who bet on Pac. Las vegas says #thankyou

 

It hurt boxing. Sure us boxing fans we still love boxing. But the sport has been on a steady decline for years now. This was the last chance to really get it back into the mainstream. Our two superstars kinda stunk up the joint and will be retiring soon. Boxing promoters are going to have to work their asses off hyping up new talent. Cause there is not much to look forward to.

 

118-110 and this was supposed to be the fighter that could push Money? Let this sink in Pac only averaged landing 7 blows a round 118-110 TBE.