Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
Rigo isn't boring in the least. Mindless clubbing is boring. Technical brilliance is art. You don't judge art on the opinion of those that don't understand its beauty.
There is little doubt in my mind that boxing has been devolving or eroding as the broadcasters, power brokers, pimps and thieves have played on this instant gratification mindset that is pretty much omnipotent in everything else we do. The advent of the very device I use to communicate here and all its spin offs are imo responsible for this shift. We know for instance that areas of the brain once lit are now dark. Not even boxing can escape the clutches of instant gratification due to short attention spans that coincide with this 140 character world. There simply isn't the time. Watching a boxing match that actually includes boxing is viewed as some kind of bent procrastination. Shit half the people at ringside are not even watching the fight regardless. They are staring at a device in case they miss something on Twitter.


Guys like Rigo and Floyd don't come around very often and when they do they dominate. The average fan does not want to watch a surgeon. They want a guy with a chainsaw. The average toga wearing fan most likely suffering from ADD, wants a good ole christians vs lions dust up as do the broadcasters and anything else is a failure. Its to the point where people actually expect fighters that box and don't hang out in the phone booth to do so or they suck. Boxing is being driven out of the sport of boxing.


Btw beautiful parting shot by Rigo to Arum in China. Knocks Sod out in the first round after the guy had won his last 37.