Seeing faces pounded in vs high-level boxing.

I've come to realise that I'll take Hopkins - Wright over Pavlik - Miranda any day of the week

 

If all boxing matches were blood and guts Gatti/Ward then I would get bored of them.

In the same way if all fights were sweet science technical bouts I would also get bored.

Also, if they were all exciting then amazingly i would also get bored.

Its the fact that in boxing there are so many intangibles that affect the fight that makes it so dramatic. A fight on paper that sounds great can turn out to be a snoozefest and vice versa. One punch can change a fight. You just never know what its going to be like.

And that you never really know and anything can happen... i would have bet my house that Pavlick was done when he went down... makes it such a great sport

I love a good war as a preference but the fact that they dont come along all that often keeps them entertaining

 

I like seeing skill basically. It was a pleasure for me to watch Hatton beat Castillo, KT beat Judah, Hopkins beat Tito, etc. even though those fighters were overmatched, it allowed the elite to display their superiority

 

As a side note I also think there is a line after which I dont want to see a boxer take anymore damage... I felt bad for Lacy from round 9 onwards for example

There was a fight at the weekend that made me cringe... was it the Berto fight? that I wanted to smack the ref because he let the guy go on when it should have been stopped

I never want to see someone be truly hurt

 

One of the most incredible moments in boxing.

 

Agreed.

As for the Olympic example, that I would disagree with. Amateur boxing is purely about scoring points, so people get to hit and run and win with meaningless shots. That I don't necessarily enjoy so much. I love a pure boxing match within the professional ranks though.

 

I dont mind which as long as its done well. I love to see a good tear up as long as its not that messey **** got to be a good infighting batle but also love to see a good tecnical boxer at work. If theres a great come back at the end of it even better but I dont like to see a long drawn out one sided fight were a boxer is just taking punishment and has no chance at all but that type of fighter has all the respect in the world from me.

 

I love a good scientific boxing match, but I love the adreniline rush of a vicious crazy Gatti or Corrales type slugfest.As a poster before me noted, if the brawls happened all the time, they wouldn't be so special.But when they do on occasion, its very special.A good example is Hagler -Hearns.The undercard was entirely ordinary, almost boring.Then when Marvelous Marv exploded, so did my head.You can go through a whole lifetime trying to get that feeling again watching a fight.

 

If you only want to see blood, you can watch that UFC-stuff - boring as hell!

I´ll prefer quality boxing over sheer brutality, any time.

 

It really depends. I like seeing a good fight. Boxer v. puncher fights are good too.

I do love a good defensive fighter (Toney, Pep, etc) who can befuddle their opponents and make them miss by the smallest and largest of margins.

 

There's a place for sloppy D- level walkout bout brawls, they entertain in a different way.

The best fights are where the outcome is always in doubt, fought at a high level, between evenly (or close) matched fighters, with something on the line (be it a title, a title shot, or redemption).

 

Exactly. That's why Bergeron's fights are always so boring. You already know the outcome.