Preach on B-Hop!

[greynotsoold]

He is spot on correct. He neglects the fact that there were many slick clever boxing wizards that were white, which is typical. Archie moore did the same thing despite getting out boxed by one of them in Teddy Yarosz.
Boxing has always been about hit and don't get hit. Sadly there is a lack of people able to teach how to hit properly and even fewer with any concept of how to avoid getting hit. (keeping your gloves up just ain't enough, unless you fight a man obliging enough to hit them instead of your nose)And how to move in a boxing ring...it is a lost art and nobody teaches it any more. The idea of skipping around the ring like Ali has just ruined it, if fighters move at all.

[Beanflicker]

He's 100% right.

Boxing fans want to see brutal wars, blood and guts, back and forth brain damaging action. The problem is, that's not great boxing skill. Boxing is the art of hitting and not being hit. Boxing fans want to see a guy take stupid, unnecessary risks for the sake of entertainment.
Look at all the people who are bashing Bradley, when in reality he fought a brilliant fight using a tactic that ensured him victory and protected him from getting KO'd by a brilliant counter puncher.

Football fans don't get angry when there aren't enough big hits or dazzling punt return TDs. They don't get angry if there aren't 20 touchdowns, or if a team runs out the clock as opposed to throwing a hail mary pass to get more points.

No NBA fans say "well fuck Lebron James, he doesn't dunk enough". Soccer fans don't shit on their top guys because they don't try enough fancy bicycle kicks or whatever.

They appreciate the sport and the competition. That appreciation in boxing is very rare. We look up to guys like Arturo Gatti and Mickey Ward as great warriors, but like Bhop said, they fought in an incredibly stupid way that was severely detrimental to their health. That's not what boxing is about.