more important to boxing, true boxing fans or casual fans?

what it needs is casual fans, who become true boxing fans, and for that cycle to keep repeating itself
until the whole world are all boxing fans

 

That would be one fine day indeed.

 

Casual of course as there's more of them willing to part with ppv $.

Die hard fans don't pay the bills if anything I'd say die hard fans watch fights for free on streams.

 

casual boxing fans become true boxing fans.

 

casual fans are where the money is at

 

Ha ha Man I'm with you 100%

 

True fans are more important because the true fans are the ones who end up becoming the true boxers. Or at least contribute the most within the boxing world. They become the future trainers, promoters, boxers, analysts, fathers of future boxers, etc. The casual fans only pump money into the sport, but without the true fans, there would be no sport to pump money into.

 

I was talking to a [casual boxing fan] friend about the Holyfield fight coming up and was enjoying the conversation until he said, "If Holyfield would've stayed at middleweight he could be like Mayweather right now!" I promptly changed the subject in disgust.

 

Casual fans, thats where it all starts, and thats why boxing is in a world of trouble at the moment.

 

Naw. The Mayweather vs. DLH/Hatton bouts showed that if a fight is promoted well enough, boxing can still be #1. CASUAL fans who have never watched either fighter before payed up for those bouts. All the promoters gotta do is hype their fighter up like he's the next Tyson and the casual fans empty their pockets. Casual fans allow for a steady stream of corruption in the sport because they don't know anything about the sport. If they were true fans and knew the real deal on the over hyped money machines, they would figure out a way to watch the fights for free REPPIN FOR THE TRUE FANS!!!

 

Exactly my point. Its all about casual fans. I agree with what you say, in that they aren't true fans, and the average casual fan wouldn't know their arse from their elbow. But they are what allows the sport to grow and gain interest and backing. They are the most important, not hardcore fans that spend their time arguing about fantasy matchups on internet forums and watching every fight stream they can get their hands on from around the world, if the sport is doing well, these hardcore fans should be a huge minority.

 

That anit not sh*t...Plus they make up the bulk of the sideshow buys like Oscar vs pac:yep

 

The desire to appeal to casual fans is a big reason why we are suffering under this "undefeated fighter" trend. Promising fighters padding their records so they look better than they are in order to fool the casual fans into thinking they are the greatest thing since Ali. Becuase of this, fighters are instantly written off after 1 loss.

 

How many casual fans are there really?

I think I know maybe 5 people who can name an active fighter besides Oscar De La Hoya.