Which fighters were force fed sold to us?

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  1. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Yeah, but he also fought Povetkin, Ibragimov, Haye, Chagaev, Byrd, Peter, Thompson, Pulev, Fury, and Joshua. He certainly wasn't the biggest ducker in the world.
     
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    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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  3. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Guys like De La Hoya fought world class competition. Andre Berto did not.
    He got an easy title shot and then safe title defenses vs guys with name recognition. They did seem to try and step him up with the Collazo fight(a good one) but that almost backfired. Dragged Urango up in weight And then picked on Quintana who had not done anything in 2 years.
    Then the Freddy Hernandez mismatch and again they dragged someone up in weight, that being Victor Ortiz.

    At the time Berto was barely selling tickets and drawing an audience. But Al Haymon got HBO to cough up millions. Crazy.
     
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    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    He got the same hype that any half decent British heavyweight gets. Same as Babic or w/e right now gets.
    Just the British way.

    *No, he was not forced upon the fans.
     
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