Larry Merchant- GOAT Analyst

[El Kabong]

Agreed, it's taken a real turn in the past few years even that I've noticed. I think it must be in part due to the popularity of the UFC, it's like they are trying to provide damage control for the viewers out for blood, who don't want to watch boxing. Their matchmaking and roster of fighters lately tells the same story.

And the tragic part is 100% of those guys are smart enough to teach the average Joe Sixpack an enormous amount about boxing.

Just because not every fight is Corrales-Castillo I doesn't mean they're boring. Each fight has different points you can discuss, different strategies, and you can always explain how a boxer is doing well or poorly. It's just cheap and lazy to say "this fight is boring, that fighter is out of shape, I'm bored, what fight is coming up next? Gee I hope it's better than this one".....who will stick around and watch if they do that shit all the time?