What damage has this fight done to boxing ??

[Batman]

I get all sides of this "casual" argument

Yes I do quite enjoy the hype when the casuals get involved, look at the way they elevated the Froch v Groves fight, it got everyone in the UK talking, half of them had never heard of Froch before and even less had heard of Groves but as soon as the media train starts moving they lap it up and it's great to see boxing everywhere for a few weeks before and a few days after the fight.

On the other hand it fucking annoys me when they start talking shit at me and thinking they are experts because the promo shows one fighter throwing bombs against a multitude of fighters over 45 seconds, you try and explain to the the reasons behind their predictions and they have no interest because even though you have watched each fighter and followed their career for years they obviously know more than you because they read Frank Warrens weekly column in the sun

It won't put them off though they will be back, we only really get fights like these every few years

Haye v Klitschko
Haye v Chisora
Froch v Groves
BJS v Eubank Jr
Freddie Flintoff v some fat dude (the amount of people I know who ordered box nation just for that one 4 round fight was unreal)
Mayweather v Pacquiao

That's about 5 fights in 5 years that the UK have got hyped up about, I can live with that I recon

P.s. The Freddie Flintoff bit was a joke