HBO & Showtime need to stop showing hype jobs with glass jaws & show the Flyweights

Trivia question- what do the following fighters have in common:

Chad Dawson, Antonio Tarver, Jermaine Taylor, Kelly Pavlik, Adrien Broner, Andre Dirrell, Mike Jones, James Kirkland, Devon Alexander, Victor Ortiz and Keith Thurman

If you answered they are all American fighters that have all been heavily showcased on US networks and been hearald as the next big thing when in reality they have glass jaws and don't belong above domestic level, you, like me are a knowledgeable boxing fan.

However the vast majority of fans I see are brainwashed into believing if we are told that Broner is the next Sugar Ray Leonard or Floyd Mayweather by his promoter and a TV network trying to sell their fights- you take it as Gospel then look on in awe as he is being given a boxing lesson by a slow predictable and limited Argentinian brawler.

Believe it or not the vast majority of fans, because Joe Calzaghe wasn't showcased by HBO, after years of being ducked by Hopkins, Jones Jr and Toney, believed Jeff Lacy could beat The Fighting Pride of Newbridge Wales, when anyone who has ever formed their own opinion and not that of promoters and TV networks knew Lacy was a lamb being lead to the slaughter and the fight should never have been sanctioned.

Yet after all these years, you still cannot separate the real deal from the genuine article. The amount of posters I've seen who say "Keith Thurman would beat Mayweather and Pacquiao", are you ****ing kidding me? This guy who fights like someone in the pub, goes life and death with Diego Chaves and nearly gets stopped in round one by Jesus Soto Karass is going to beat two of the best fighters of this generation . He'd be lucky to beat Cornelius Bundrage on the domestic scene.

I know 95% of you casuals won't know who these two are and won't be able to understand the commentary but look at these two go at it in one of the best fights of the last century:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N339tLnqpBM[/url]

Now, they are only two fighters in a division that also the likes of Roman Gonzalez, Akiria Yaegashi, Juan Francisco Estrada, Kazuto Ioka, Edgar Sosa, Luis Concepion, Milan Melindo, Morthui Mthlane, Brian Vilioria, Amnat Runerong and at least a dozen others who are better fighters than the likes of Thurman and Broner will ever be.

Now, would you rather watch that or watch a guy like Amir Khan derail a hype job like Porter or Thurman and earn a mismatch against Mayweather and having to shell out for another PPV that is a foregone conclusion.

Boxing's biggest problem is its brainwashed fans.

 

Average at best. But he is a quitter and overhyped and if he was from any other country would never have been on world level.

 

But Fraudley never reached world level did he and Channel 5 and Sky Sports aren't that important on the world boxing scene.

 

They need to stop showing bums with glass jaws like Thurman and Broner and comparing them to ATG's

 

I assure you alt. A year from now Thurman's glass chin will be talked about with the same regularity as Khan's.

And every other time Brook has had a title fight? So you mean once? When his opponent pulled out too? Then Mayweather tweeted about fighting him but it was only Brooks injury that wasn't legit?