Top 5 Most Boring Champions of ALL TIME

[powerpuncher]

floyd isnt really that boring. i actually enjoy most of his matches even if others dont. the difference is that floyd has been in some good fights by normal standards (see the maidana fight). even if most are boring, some are pretty entertaining. someone like wlad never has an exciting fight. the only exciting thing he has ever done is flail his arms around while getting KO'd. or someone like ruiz who has never been in a good fight. norman stone was the only positive for his fights.

so mayweather really isnt that bad comparatively plus, he is way more skilled than most of these other boring fighters which automatically make him more bearable to watch.

[SugarBoxing]

There are guys who are trying to be special, and there are guys who are trying to be successful
Usually, the successful guys are the most boring, so

1. Wlad
2. Floyd (love his style in amateurs though)
3. Ward (love his style in amateurs though)
4. Rigo (love his style in amateurs though)
5. Bradley, Hopkins, Wright, Alexander, basically anybody without a personality and fighting traditional way without a unique feature

[bradlee180]

The game itself has changed and the fans as well.

Boxing is entertainment sold to the public.
Once upon a time, if a fighter didn't entertain, then the fans booed, and the boring guy got a reputation as being not worth paying for (unless you were a sucker!), and promoters just wouldn't promote that guy because his name didn't sell tickets.


It used to be that fighters understood that one had to be entertaining to make money in Boxing. This concept is part of why Mike Tyson said he fought the way he did in his prime.
That concept is not so anymore.
People nowadays are perfectly content to pay top dollar for non-entertaining bore-fests, proven by Mayweather's outstanding PPV numbers and Wladimir selling out a German stadium every time out and setting television broadcast records in Germany. You hear griping that it wasn't exciting, but folks continue to pay their money. Promoters avoided selling $#!t in the past because it didn't sell, but nowadays, they realize people don't mind paying for $#!t at all !

In the past, I don't recall ever seeing so many boring top fighters as there are right now! Boring, yet so well-paid that they only have to fight once or twice a year!

[bradlee180]

Wladimir Klitschko vs Alex Leapai "did horrible ratings numbers on ESPN last month in the United States.... brought in just 468 000 viewers rather than the normal 1.4 million viewers that ESPN normally gets for that time-slot on Saturdays." - Yahoo.

^Y'see, the Yanks won't pay for Wladimir bore-fests, but it doesn't matter because the man is a huge DRAW in other countries. He doesn't need the United States because someone else will pay... and a lot !!!

Wladimir’s fight with Leapai does horrible ratings on ESPN