Quote Originally Posted by boyla View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Runnerboy View Post
Quote Originally Posted by imp View Post
Good luck to flintoff but the best outcome is if he gets knocked out.
Sorry.
Yes, good thought......I cant believe I didn't think of this.

A guy who gives the sport hype, attention, brings in marketing dollars, gets punters in the door and gives other fighters exposure and media interest that they ordinarily don't receive.......yep,lets get him away from the sport and hope like hell he gets knocked out!
I can see your point........ best outcome for everybody, NOT!

This fight gives non boxing people the opportunity to see what we all see.....the more interest you can generate, the more the punters walk through the door and as a natural result more money is invested from sponsors and the sport starts to grow.

Lets not be so precious about welcoming perceived "non boxing people" into the sport that we love. If he is fit enough, tough enough and has all the characteristics of a good boxer then all credit to him. If he doesn't then I still say well done for climbing between the ropes and being gutsy enough to try the toughest sport in the world.
And when they watch mediocre boxing, and they leave disappointed then what.
Will they believe the hype, is the fight not going to be over hyped.

If you think this is a great opportunity, should this effort and attention not be focused on good fighters and good fights.

Or just sell the public some bullshit, or have hero freddy beat some bums and land a alphabet title.

Like any fight card in the world there is a chance that spectators will be disappointed.....its the game and such is life. The fact that we have the sport back in the news is only good for the sport. Even if he cant hold his hands up the fight is attracting attention it otherwise would not.

Dont hold your breath waiting for good fighters and great fights and while you are waiting for a perfect boxing world to take shape, MMA and other crap sports start stealing market share with aggressive marketing campaigns and news headlines, which in turn take the attention of spectators and sponsorship dollars.

Boxing lives on stories, it needs them to survive, this is just another one, good bad or ugly!