If the fight doesn't happen this will do irreperable harm to boxing

Agreed. Boxing is on the take off right now and if this fight will not be made it will be a big burst.

 

In one of my first posts on here I made a point about UFC/MMA in general and how it's a great model for boxing to be based on due to top fighters vs top fighters scenarios without fail.

I got a huge amount of **** for it.

Who's laughing now.:deal

Boxing will die a slow death if this kind of crap continues.

 

boxing is being killed off not by MMA but from inside the sport itself

boxers, promoters, managers, nuthuggers

first step, NASC has just been rendered utterly useless and inefficient by mayweather team...pound for pound king who gave us exciting fights and made casual fans took interest in boxing is now being maligned and accused of cheating by the mayweathers without any solid proof

 

If the fight doesnt happen it will be a huge blow to the sport. No matter how both camps try and spin it and blame each other the casual fan will just see it as another example of the best fighters not facing each other.

 

Disagree. There are loads of excellent potential fights. Boxing doesn't revolve around Mayweather & Pacquiao. I don't believe any fight is that big.
May drive away some casual fans but who cares?

 

There are other fights but it still doesnt change the fact that the best 2 fighters were not fighting each other. That can only harm the business.

 

This fight is massively important. no one gives a **** about Abraham, Cloud, Dawson, Chambers, Berto, Adamek. This is the showcase fight that will make people come back for more and keep an eye on boxing. if they let fraud duck this fight, it will be a multi MULTI million $ damaging blow to the entire sport.

 

Agreed. This is the fight which has many people I know take an interest in boxing again.

 

I see where you're coming from but consider this -
In playgrounds, high schools and colleges around the world are the future of combat sport fans. Now those just getting into the sport will be desperate for this to happen, as are we casual or not. If the sport doesn't provide for those future fans they'll look at schedules and see that massive MMA star A is fighting massive MMA star B and watch that instead.

Don't knock the casual fans, of the money boxers make the biggest % of it is casual fans.

A couple of examples are - how many people turned to boxing because of Ali - Foreman/Fraiser, Duran - SRL, Tyson - Holyfield/Lewis etc.

No fight is bigger than this, not now and not in the near future.

Boxing needs this to happen.

 

There are better match-ups out there IMO.
This fight couldn't possibly match the hype anyway, likely 2 be a let down.

It will definitely harm boxing, but not 2 that extent IMO.
Will you quit watching boxing if this fight doesn't happen? I certainly won't.
If people prefere MMA then leave em to it.

 

I see your point. I just don't see how anyone can like MMA. Especially more than boxing but thats just my preference. But U are right about potential boxing superstars taking up something else instead.

 

:nutThe guy's over at MMA-UFC are all laughing, pissing their pants over this, Mayweather -Pac fiasco, just goes to show boxing can't get it's **** together :-(, to many ****ing ego's:verysad...
Mayweather is a ****ing *******, and at this point i don't think Pacs much better, boxing altogether is going down the shitter, the top fighters don't wanna fight each other, and some guy's only fight once a year:nut, im really losing interest in this ONCE great sport..

**** take me back to the 60's and 70's when we had 15 rounders, guy's fought 3 or 4 times a year and had BALL'S, guy's today are pussies....

 

If the fight doesn't happen this will do irreperable harm to boxing

What Ive been saying for ages, this MUST get done.

 

By saying that the current Boxing Commission is unreliable with regards to drug testing, They (Team PBF), initiated a very bad image to the sport.