Why did GoldenBoy just slap the fans in the face and continue to laugh at us? They are avoiding the matchup that fans want most and would have helped bring some respect back to boxing. It's because they know the morons that are us boxing fans will continue to shell out money for sh*t matchups. If you love the sport and Canelo's next fight is against anyone but GGG, buying the fight makes you part of the problem. The only way for the sport to gain credibility back is for the best to start fighting the best. The only way that will happen is if the PPV's of the terrible matchups flop. We demanded Floyd - Pac in 2009. When we didn't get it, we continued to buy both of their PPV's until their matchup in 2015 that then made a record amount of $ that may not be broken in my lifetime or any. Boy, we really showed them. This wouldn't happen in any other sport. The Broncos can't claim to be the best, but say that they don't want to play the Patriots because it needs time to marinate, let me play the Jaguars instead. Doesn't work that way. Djokovich can't be crowned grand slam champion without beating Murray, Federer or Nadal. Yet we, the boxing fans, allow it to happen in boxing. If you have any integrity as a fan at all and want to see the sport rise up again, you will not buy Canelo's next fight if it's not GGG. Yes, he should get paid more and call the shots, but he needs to fight the best. It's time to stand up and stop shelling out money for garbage.
it's a bit more complicated in this matter. Because of PPV, it's only a very small portion of fans that are actually funding these boxers. Most fans can say "FAWK YOU, I'M NOT BUYING THAT SH_T!" and they still make millions upon millions because they only need a very small percentage to actually buy it. A million PPV's is a huge succes, while that's less than 1% of US households. The majority gets screwed over by the minority in this case, and it seems like a big part of that minority are cheerleaders, who don't care who their man is fighting or -even worse- actually want them to fight pushovers so they don't get beaten. And there's an actual small group of people who see it as some kind of status symbol to be able to affort a massively overpriced PPV, weird as it might sound.
