Anyone Else Sick And Tired Of Golden Boy Hype Jobs?

Same as any other betting proposition. Sometimes they are right, sometimes they are wrong. HBO has demonstrated they are clueless in terms of evaluating boxing talent. Watching the threads here, does that make HBO different than 95% of the posters to ESB? I don't think so. They SHOULD have a better track record because that is their job. They have a vested interest but they just make poor choices. I don't think it is as much a conspiracy as ignorance on their part. They decided to trust Oscar for whatever reason to do THEIR job. BIG MISTAKE on their part. Again though, this is just HBO being sloppy and lazy wanting someone to do the work for them. Maybe we should get a show of hands here of people that really thought Bradley/Alexander was going to be an exciting fight? Geez. Even I knew better than that.

 

I'm sick and tired of you and your **** threads.

 

Promoters are to promote. I see your point but this last weekends card was one of the better I've seen, and I actually think GBP did a good job getting those undercard fights out so almost anyone could watch them. The sport needs that too, there just isn't enough hardcore fans to keep the sport alive, they need the casual fan too, GBP seems to understand that, where that maybe crappy for hardcore fans that get it, bringing more fans to the sport will be better for boxing in the long run. More fans, more pressure to make good fights. I'm personally sick of promoters very rarely coming together to match fighters they don't own. That's hurting the sport more than anything.

 

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How do you not understand that every production company, every sports team and organization, everybody that markets/sells products do the same thing. You get lured in by the "Sham Wow" guy, you get the thing and realize it's just a shammy dude, they've been around forever. You get sold on a car, only to find out you didn't really like it as much as you thought, I mean is this really new...are you really this shocked? "Robbing you of the fighters you deserve to see"...like who? This is captialism, you decide what to spend your money on, what to give your attention to, what's hype and what's legit, you decide that's what makes America great, it's your choice. If you "buy" everything anyone is selling then yeah you can go bankrupt, but if you have some knowledge of the product, you do your own research, you ask and get answers to the right questions, then you don't have to worry as much about getting duped.

How can some of you not understand this?

 

their so called glass jaw expertise. Really, is their any greater attempt at self promotion on this board?

 

anybody else sick and tired of posters who are tired of the "hype job" term ?

We are doing the dirty work for the poor who get ripped into buying a fight of a guy who has yet to prove anything yet is promoted as if he is already a pound for pounder.

We all know it don't work that way and only the true upper echelon of fighters have enough skill set and heart to make it there.

One saving grace about Khan I respect is he has already fought some tough customers in his short career. Other guys get hyped like Lemieux before they even touch top level opposition and when they lose fans are lost.

 

What is "manufactured"? Are the fights fake? WTF?

All fighters are "manufactured". That is the profession of PROMOTING! HYPING up and event, person, location, party, etc... As long as the product is the goods it works out. If it isn't? You go hype something else.

Two guys meet and one guy is the better man. Just because it wasn't the guy who's name you knew doesn't mean anything "bad" is happening. That is just Boxing. Time to hype the next guy.

How about you become less emotionally invested in the outcome of Boxing matches and enjoy the sport and not enjoy being a Boxer groupie?

 

You're "in love" with an image that simply isn't reality, every boxer is a hype job (if they are "main event" guys). You think Manny isn't a hype job...Cool story bro. PBF, Klitchko's, etc etc they are all hype jobs. They fight to make money, to make money doesn't always mean fighting the best, it means fighting who can make the networks, the promoters, and the fighters the most money, period. Nothing else matters, so by that rationale they are all hype jobs.

 

It is freaking professional... The guys are making a living outta this. For sure they manufacture their product, the one they gave a contract to. And guess what, those people for sure try to get the best boxer out there. They not sign the best one available, but be sure they try to. If they don't, they are still contracted with them and have to hype them anyway. Again, they are doing it so that people can make a living for their family. It is why we call it professional... We could go back to amateur but I doubt anybody would keep boxing pass 25 without being paid for.

 

Your nuts. That is a bad take on it.

 

What the hell? HBO has a promotional stake in the fighters! They are hyping them too. It is in HBO's promotional interest to tell you why you need to care about the guy who is headlining the event.

What the hell should Max be talking about? This might be the first fight anyone has seen of the HBO fighter. He is doing his job. Filling up dead space.

If you know who is legit push the mute button. You don't need people telling you what car to buy, food to eat, etc... It is all part of the system. Saying where a guy fits into a division's landscape and him losing has CRAP to do with turning people away from Boxing. Especially when the fights on the weekend went off of network TV. Wake up.