Golovkin vs Lemiuex should be on Premium Cable.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by RafaelGonzal, Oct 4, 2015.


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  1. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    Chad Dawson (Hopkins). :yep
     
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  2. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dawson was WAY more seasoned and better than Lemiuex is at this point.
     
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  3. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    You said "worst PPV headliner". Dawson is worse for my money than Lemieux. The majority would agree, the difference on the scale of excitement is significant.
     
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  4. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In my opinion. . . Golovkin/Lemieux is more PPV worthy than say Mayweather/Berto or Pacquiao/Algieri. I'd much rather spend my money on the former than the latter.
     
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  5. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was nowhere near worse at the time he fought Hopkins. He had one loss vs Pascal.
     
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  6. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    You still don't get it.

    Entertainment value in a high level fight = indication of how big a headliner you will be.

    Extremely entertaining 3-belt middleweight unification >>>> predictably boring LHW title fight between BHop and Dawson.

    Lemieux as a headliner >>>> Dawson.
     
    drozzy, Oct 6, 2015
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  7. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    its not even comparable, Lemieux cant carry Dawsons jockstrap
     
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  8. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not even close. Lemiuex will never be a better headliner than even someone like Dawson. He will lose this fight cause he is average at best and then be a gatekeeper which is the career he is suited for.
     
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  9. dan4579

    dan4579 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Anybody ever hear of Peter McNeeley? Alex Steward? Henry Tillman? Chris Algerie? Berto? 67 yr old Mosley? 74 yr old Mayorga? Christ, I could do this all day. Lemuiex probably isn't in the top 50 worst PPV headliners
     
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  10. RafaelGonzal

    RafaelGonzal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yea, but he is close.
     
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  11. Hotsauce

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    Hbo cutting their budget
     
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  12. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Nope, fight is exactly where it needs to be.

    If HBO was putting forth the money they were 10-15 years ago for their regular fights, I could see the argument that this isn't PPV-worthy. But let's not pretend we're in the same environment. They're going to keep putting fights like this on PPV to subsidize their boxing budget.
     
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  13. Cisco Route

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    Sure, I'll watch - but there's no way in hell I'm going to ante up the $50 or so to pay for this fight. Not gonna happen.
     
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  14. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    So I guess that's you admitting to watching it illegally.:-(
     
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  15. abuffy

    abuffy Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    For all you complaining about it being on PPV...

    The fight HAD to be on PPV due to how much money was needed to coax Lemieux in the ring.

    If it wasn't PPV, you would've seen no unification bout with Lemieux. So, would you rather pay 60$ and have the fight or pay nothing and see nothing.
     
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