What is it with people getting so offended by trash talk?

I mean, it is trash talk after all!? It's nothing but show, entertainment and marketing and was always part of the game. No boxer will ever genuinely badmouth another boxer if it doesn't serve the purpose of raising the attention for the fight which benefits both boxers involved. Hell, nobody wants to see two good guys in the ring anyway, so creating the illusion of one guy being the antagonist can lead to some exciting bouts.

I can see why casuals would get riled up by silly antics outside the ring but we're hardcores here, aren't we? Yet, a VAST majority seems to be incapable of reading between the lines of trash talk.

I seriously see NO downsides to trash talk whatsoever. It's good 99% of the time and usually benefits both fighters and fights without preceeding trash talk often lack some tension.

The way boxing is now (and perhaps has been for most of the time), only a small percentage of boxers can actually live from their income which is why being an entertainer is part of the sport - no doubt about it.

 

wat :blood

 

It's insensitive but if it hypes the fight, why not. :huh You seem to be a little too emotionally attached to Golovkin, aren't you? Bro it's just trash talk and your man crush benefitted from it financially. There was virtually no downside to it.

 

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I'm not?

 

You are too emotionally invested in boxers you like. You seem to take insults directed at random ass boxers who would never give a fuck about you if you dropped dead on the spot as if they were directed at you. Remember, BOTH BOXERS BENEFIT. NONE of the insults are genuine - hell, you could make a case for the trash talk not being directed at the opponent but rather at the potential audience, the media and so forth. THEY are the actual recepient of it and they are to react to it.
It's terrific marketing, it sells fights, it raises attention - there are no downsides. Other than your hurt feelings that another 'merikuhn boxer insulted your wet dream surfer boy. Get over it.

 

Trash talk sells. It's just not up for debate. The fact that you get so riled up by it is hilarious. I don't buy your "I've been watching boxing for 30 years" nonsense. You've probably started with the Klitschkos otherwise I don't see how you made it through the 80s and 90s and their ridiculously trash talking boxers.