definition of a hype job

[IamInuit]

The line can be a little fine at times. I mean when you think about it, the sport today and how it is run essentially provides the stage for some of the real hype jobs to get away with it. However in this fickle environment a guy that was never a hype job gets labelled one because he loses a fight at or near the top. From my experience of being an avid fan for many years I find that in many cases if not most, it is power itself that is the hype job and once again the times we are in support it. Instant gratification. Some are addicted to the highlight reel. Some are bored by a boxing match so its best as fans that we be careful in using such a word along with many of its cousins. In many cases we also have the benefit of hindsight.

Fighter A is the favourite going into a scrap with Fighter B. Fighter A is expected to stop Fighter B because Fighter B is overrated or some might say a bit of a hype job. Not the fighter his record suggests. Fighter A is expected to knock Fighter B out because of his one shot power w/o even mentioning his pretty sound boxing skills for such a puncher. Fighter B then goes about to beat Fighter A. Not only does Fighter B beat Fighter A but he takes his best shots and drops Fighter A for the first time in his career on his way to winning a unanimous decision. Fighter A is then immediately reduced to overrated. So in essence and overrated fighter beat what some actually called an underrated fighter thereby making the underrated fighter overrated and the overrated fighter underrated. Had the once overrated now underrated fighter have lost lets say by ko he would have been a hype job.
Another term over used imo is the word "exposed". I don’t even no what it means anymore the way it’s thrown around and loosely used.

[Ron Swanson]

I'm not qualified to speak about this hype question but I have a few thoughts

1)boxing fans, the media, and casual fans have become far too quick to dismiss fighters. A few losses used to be accepted as part of the process. If you overreact to a loss you feed into the failing system. Promoters may not pay direct attention to the fans but be sure that they have someone on staff thatt is paying direct attention. If fans overreact promoters feel more need to protect records and we lose out. We can't expect better from boxing if we aren't better ourselves.

2)Canelo may have put on a poor performance against Mayweather but he showed some good qualities while failing in others. Qualities that bode well for his future. He showed more ring intellect than I thought he would. There were more but here are a few quick examples
(A)When Floyd gets into the forward posture and raises his trail heel he is looking for the pull counter. Canelo is the first fighter I recall to resist the trap of leading into it. You have to respect the awareness.
(B)when Floyd throws the lead right he looks to duck and back out to his right because he knows the left hook will follow. Canelo smartly didn't bother with the left hook in these instances and tried to catch Floyd with the uppercut as he ducked out. He was unable to connect but it was a very clever adjustment.

I wasn't really a fan before but I'm eager to see where his career goes partly because of clever manuveurs like those. I had figured he coasted on size but his intellect is intriguing as well.

Sorry so long