I disagree with all of that. If anything, there are fewer establishments buying PPVs. There's a reason people are lamenting the demise of boxing,...
But here's the thing - 700k buys is still a great PPV number. Compare that to Oscar, who only beat 700k buys in his fights with Mosley, Hopkins,...
You absolutely can compare now to 10 years ago. You make it sound like the landscape of boxing has fundamentally shifted. The sport is the same as...
You know how you know that Floyd's made it? 800k buys is considered a "disappointment". 10 years ago, 800k buys for a non-heavyweight not named...
I agree somewhat. The problem seems to be that a lot of them don't fight each other. I was shocked recounting the number of quality fighters who...
How do you see this one playing out?
I'm not sure he needs to make an excuse - Lewis won.
In a way, that's what I was getting at. Nature (and boxing historians) abhor a vacuum. I don't think great fighters emerge so much as they're...
Interesting. Has there ever been a fighter in history who dominated his division for his entire era who was not considered great?
I mentioned in another thread that I believe that greatness is often relative. If you're better than all of your contemporaries, you are great....
Khan has shown far more trouble with boxers than Floyd has with speedsters. We can't overlook that Peterson fight. If people point to Judah as...
I don't know that we would perceive it as crap. I suppose it depends on who would have emerged from the division as the dominant heavyweight. If...
Someone made an interesting observation on another thread. They said that there has been a steady upturn in decisions in UFC matches. Do you think...
I always figured that there are tons of MMA fans who watch an occasional boxing match and wonder how so many people can pay so much money to watch...
I've flirted with MMA off and on since I watched the original UFC when I was a kid. I loved the idea of a real life version of Street Fighter II,...
