the last 24 hours good or bad ?

It's been BRILLIANTD

 

"Quoted for Truth".

 

In or out the ring you talkin' about??

 

The irony is that for years Haye has said his is the saviour of Heavyweight boxing. Turns out its actually Del Boy Chisora!

The question is kinda like "Were Mike Tyson's actions good for boxing?"

Hell yeah!

 

To OP: I would say good in the long run. Even though this type of behavior is a black eye for the sport - it always gets people talking. Chisora and Haye both need someone to advise them on everything they say and do because both are taking it too far at times.

 

It was on my local radio station earlier. I was buying a buttie from the shop and I heard Chisora's name mentioned. It obviously wasn't about the fight so I knew summat had happened. So I come home checked on here and found out. Point is if it is on ****in' signal 1 it'll be everywhere and everyone will know what has happened.

 

Boxing will always thrive on controversy. I expect to see a lot of ex-fighters come out on Ringside, the papers, BoxNation etc., and condemn what happened but who paved the way for them? People like Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Sonny Liston and so on. They're the ones who made boxing a mainstream sport and made sure that there was interest 20 years later when the next generation was fighting.

You've had two likable, nice guys dominate the division for years. The times they're connected to huge incidents, it's because of Haye and Chisora. Two lesser fights who, ultimately, give the fans what they want. People don't want to see a fighter have a respectful press conference, a weigh in without a stare down, a fight where they touch gloves before every round and then they act like best friends after the fight. Casual fans want aggression, venom and hatred, something the Klitschkos couldn't even provide against a fighter who posed with a picture of both brothers' decapitated heads, or a fighter who slapped brother and spat in the others face.

If you had to place the future of boxing in the hands of wild, unpredictable men or fill every division with guys who are respectable and decent, one would thrive and one would suffer. People generally don't want to see two nice guys fight. They want to either see two bad guys fight or watch a good guy kick the **** out of a bad guy. The quote from my signature is related to this.

It's not always nice to see, no. However, incidents like these don't hurt boxing. Far from it.

If Chisora hadn't slapped Vitali, spat in Wlad's face or had the fight with Haye, would the general forum be buzzing? Would mainstream stations be covering the sport? Would non-fans be talking about it? The answer to whether this is good for the sport then, is quite an obvious one.

 

Good post. I've always said you need a mixture of your Mayweathers and nice guys to make it interesting. This is entertainment at the end of the day. My girlfriend couldn't wait for the fight after Chisora slapped Vitali.

 

a lot of people are talking about it people who usually dont give two ****s about boxing...so obviously good

 

Good, things are exciting once again.