are we forgetting what the point of boxing is?

[generalbulldog]

A Rigondeaux would not be fighting in Madison Square Garden and selling it out even during the Golden Age of boxing, that arena was only reserved for the marquee attractions.

What about Willie Pep? A feather-fisted runner who's motto was "he who hits and runs away lives to fight another day"? He was a fixture at MSG.

Pep was not a feather fisted puncher in his prime. He actually had decent power that can ko you if given the opportunity and he dazzled in the ring. I can't say the same when I watch a Rigondeaux fight. Yes he has great technical skills and that's about it.

That's beside the point, my point being is that pro boxing since it's birth has been carried by action fighters, sluggers, brawlers, ko artists or guys like ALi that dazzled in the ring. Guys that had it and brought it into the ring. Some posters here think that in some bygone era that Rigondeaux will be more appreciated while action fighters, brawlers, ko artists, won't be because the fans were more "evolved" and "knowledgeable" is patently false. Rigondeaux if placed in the golden era won't be selling out stadiums like Dempsey, Marciano, Louis, Robinson, Lamotta, etc. This sport has and will always be carried by the likes of the action guys. Who says? Boxing history says. So it's not a devolvement of the sport and its fan base if fans prefer a Pacquiao, Duran, Hagler, 80s Tyson, Pryor, Holyfield, Chavez to a Rigondeaux. It's ridiculous to suggest otherwise and it's also ridiculous to suggest fans that don't like the style of Rigondeaux isn't a "true" or "real" boxing fan.