is massive exposure for boxing a good thing?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by mbrockett, Apr 14, 2010.


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  1. mbrockett

    mbrockett ESB voyeur Full Member

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    just a thought. but we all praise haye for taking boxing in the mainstream with his endless promotional drive before fights. khan was also a good generator for the general public to get interested in the sport. but is this a good thing?
    i used to love football until it became the business it is today - now people use football as a badge of honour - "i must have an allegiance to a team", even though they dont really understand the sport or appreciate it on as a sport, they just use it as a ****-extension by supporting a winning team and bragging in victory. do we really want boxing to go that way?
    imagine if everyone became casually interested in boxing, like football. there would be stupid, ignorant opinions coming from everywhere. for gods sake, my mum just bought a season ticket to our football club, and asked me if i knew the new chant going around, which is "who are you, who are you, who are you". i don't like this kind of exposure. it taints my sport. what would be the benefit of boxing becoming mainstream again? people spouting **** about british fighters being the best without knowledge of what they are saying. sure, it lines the boxers' pockets but there is no benefit to the casual fan. ok, more fights would be televised - but only the british fighters, and with few exceptions these are available o on british tv anyway (especially now primetime is going). general exposure would never bring foreign matchups that boxing fans want on tv.
    this rant was basically inspired by the audley thread where people love to have a go at the man. that kind of **** just reminds me of casual football supporters - just treading the media line - i.e. if the fighter is not the best then they deserve no respect. the general forum on ESB is basically how the general public would be if boxing became mainstream. audley has many faults, but lets not be sheep repeating popular opinion. he did just pull a great win out of the bag from against the odds, that deserves credit not ridicule.
    anyway, this thread is not about audley, its about whether we really want boxing to get mainstream again, or at least to the levels when bruno and eubank were household names. i dont think i could take it.
     
    mbrockett, Apr 14, 2010
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  2. clyde

    clyde Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yes
     
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  3. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes, I ****ing hate it that none of my friends follow boxing.
     
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  4. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    It's the question really... it can be, but i know what you mean about what crap gets spouted here and it will only get worse.
    It begins to frustrate me also, so since this week I tried another approach. Just mock the hell out of some of those boxers. ranting about how good they are... like beïng the second coming of Ali and what not... much more fun, and a lot lighter then endless discussions about just beïng reasonable about a boxers skills.

    It will get more if it becomes household, and then this crap will taint the newspapers and sportprograms also. Think we just should take it lightly
     
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  5. haglerwon

    haglerwon Official GTMSBT Marquez Full Member

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    The thing is ... that stuff happens anyway, regardless of whether it's big or small. Take a look around the forums.

    On the Audley thing, you do know that most of those comments are actually ironic and taking the ****?
     
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  6. crimson

    crimson Boxing Addict banned

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    I did not know you own boxing.
     
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  7. Uncle Oden

    Uncle Oden Respect Guzman banned

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    he doesn't.


    Mayweather does :D
     
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  8. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    No Floyd ownes the '0' in boxing, he's filed a patent for it so anyone who has 0 losses on his record has to pay him in the future.
     
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  9. bkamins

    bkamins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Massive exposure is never a good thing...especially without a condom.
     
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  10. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    This and starting conversations on boxing pretty much is a no man's land for me in a group. I have a friend that's a casual fan but it gets a lil annoying explaining about fighters. I probably know the most about boxing in my whole friggin neighborhood:twisted:
     
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  11. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Boxing needs more exposure. When we have to search for sketchy internet streams to watch a heavyweight title fight, that is not a good situation.
    For the future of the sport, media exposure is needed. Fighters fight for money and glory. If there is no exposure, you can't get either of those. Boxing getting more exposure will encourage kids to want to become boxers, thus increasing the talent pool and making better fighters and fights for the future.
    So while you may have to put up with a few annoying know-it-all fair weather fans, it's a much better trade off then the sport fading away into nothing.
     
    Jennifer Love Hewitt, Apr 14, 2010
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  12. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Yep. I also encourage boxers going to schools and saying words of wisdom to the youh in school.
     
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  13. lastletter26

    lastletter26 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    LOL I here you guys. Luckily I have alot of rican friends (you know ricans and thier boxing) and philipino friends who followed boxing before pacman showed up. There are some pretty in depth arguements and normal conversations about boxing with my friends and I love it.
     
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  14. Wolfman135

    Wolfman135 Member Full Member

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    Boxing won't become a general sport the way it's going now. It is too goddamn frustrating.
     
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  15. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    *Me giving you an envious look* lol. You better enjoy that. Besides my dad(lucky guy he remembers the 80s, Leonard/Hearns,etc. lol) and my best friend I have no one to talk boxing with.
     
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