You know it's a big fight nowadays when Sportcenter, Cold Pizza, and random talk radio guys are trying to talk about boxing. It guess it's good that De La Hoya/Mayweather is generating some interest with non fans and mainstream media. Hopefully is will bring in some new fans, but it cracks me up to hear sports professionals struggle and fail to come up with anything meaningful to say about the fight. I just laugh when I hear these people try to offer up commentary. They don't know a damned thing about boxing, so all they can do is discuss if this fight is being overhyped or not, if the fight is good for boxing, or what it says about boxing that this is the first real "superfight" in while. They turn a positive thing into a negative.
Almost any regular poster on Saddo knows more than these guys. It's too bad that these so called professionals don't take the opportunity to do some real research and watch some old Mayweather/ODLH fights. If they did that, they might say something that would help boxing. I would love to hear a sports caster on the evening news say something like this.
"You know, alot of people say that boxing isn't good anymore, and a lot of people have been turned off by the way it has been marketed and promoted. True, it's a mess from a business POV, but there is plenty of great boxing and boxers out there. Boxing isn't dead. It's not going away. It may not be as POPULAR was it once was, but that doesn't mean that it's not as good or that people shouldn't give a it a chance. Except for the Heavyweights. They suck."
OK, that's my rant for the night. Almost time for Chamber/Guinn.
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