How do you feel about only offensive fighters are loved?

"Prize" fighting!

 

The very best offensive boxers also have great defence. It's a necessity.

At the top level a boxer cannot move forward and constantly stay within punching range without a sound defensive skill set. They'd get hit too often and be knocked out.

Guys like Duran, Chavez, Hearns and Tyson, to name a few, all had great defensive abilities; it's just that their defence is over shadowed by their offensive skills and so it often goes unnoticed or taken for granted.

Walking an opponent down, keeping them on the defensive and opening up angles takes great footwork and sound defensive ability. It also shows a willingness to take risks and put yourself in harms way.

People watch boxing for entertainment. You want to see action. You want to see a guy trying to take his opponent down. At a base level you're looking for the warrior, the hero.

In addition to a skill set people will always admire courage and heart far more than a desire to simply stay out of trouble.

For these reasons offensive fighters will always be more loved than purely defensive boxers.

 

Guys like Duran and Chavez had great defence and were very difficult to hit clean no matter how close they were to their opponent.



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Last I checked, a defensive fighter is the highest paid Boxer ever. While you do have a point about aggressive fighters being easily marketable, it's all about promotion and hype. Regardless of style, if the promotion is doing a good job, fans will tune in regardless. People have been threatening to "walk out of arenas" when it comes to Mayweather's style since 2006 yet one year after another, more and more tuned in every time he fought.

 

Nobody likes a runner. Thread.

 

Not talking about how much they get paid. Besides, who has gotten paid more than Mayweather, who was very much a defensive fighter, at the higher weights? I am talking about the perception. It's become customary to ridicule fighters for displaying defensive skills over offensive skills. That may be called for, if the defensive fighter is just trying to survive and not setting up any offense. But, if he is winning the fight, he should be praised, not ridiculed.

I think Lara vs Canelo is a good example. Giving Canelo rounds for "bringing the fight", when he's just following the guy around the ring and get his head flown with 1, 2s is not what I'd call winning the fight. But, I am sure I'm in the minority with that viewpoint. Defensive fighters like Rigondeaux can barely get a TV spot. It's no wonder they don't perform so great when you see them. Because, their best work is not what "the fans", promoters and networks appreciate. So, they try to defy their nature and all the years of schooling to fight in a "fan friendly" style, which leads to losses and close fights with lower tier opposition.

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So, your friends don't appreciate Run Duckhuger as they should is that it?

 

Kinda the same way I feel about how only beautiful women are loved. Typically, ugly women aren't talked about or fancied.

It's a personal preference. You see something eye catching or exciting and the mind tells you, you like it. There's really no "feelings" involved, it's human nature to like something you see as exciting.

 

It's just the way it goes.


Mike Tyson will be remembered long after Mayweather has faded from the collective memory, despite his six losses and despite the fact that Mayweather made more money during the span of his career.


When I was a kid, everybody stopped what they were doing when there was a Tyson fight because there was that "oh ****, it's Mike Tyson! He could finish it in thirty secs!" kind of atmosphere.

Fighters like Mayweather just don't bring that kind of energy to a boxing match.