Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
It's about time the governing bodies fucking grew a pair. How can you sanction meaningless bullshit fights like Canelo v Khan, Brook v GGG and Bellew v Haye? These fights are made for money and money only. They do absolutely fuck all for the sport.
And what is even more disturbing is that fans are accepting it . Basically anyone who paid for tonight is a mug, and anyone who paid for tonight and is happy with what they got is watching the wrong sport. It's getting more like Wrestling every fucking day.
With the exception of old Ginge and his cross dressing promoter , it's the Brits who are guilty of these joke fights. To be be fair to the Yanks, you've got a genuine 50/50 unification fight tonight between Garcia and Thurman, and it doesn't get half the exposure because they haven't thrown tables at each other!
You have to seriously ask yourself, are you interested in Boxing as a sport, or more interested in the hype that surrounds it?
Have you heard yourself?

We got an interesting and eventful fight, which had more than enough drama. I think anorak boxing fans don't like admitting enjoying these kind of match ups because it makes them look like a casual. The hype around the fight has been fun. So what if the overall importance of it is completely manufactured.

I agree on the GGG - Brook and Canelo - Khan side of the argument because the size and ability advantage was far too heavily in the favour of the obvious winner, but tonight's fight had a sense of intrigue, and at around the 6 round mark was taking shape. Having said that, i'd imagine folk still enjoyed the GGG - Brook match up more than they've enjoyed him fighting punching bags. That's where your anger should lie....in supposedly world class fighters repeatedly avoiding challenges. I understand there's a link and the fighters get away with it because of the fans willingness to part with their cash, but tonight wasn't about that at all. Haye (who let's not forget has hardly been a career Heavyweight) was fighting a current Crusierweight World Champion after a period of severe inactivity. Bellew was fighting a former undisputed Crusierweight Champion and a former Heavyweight champion supposedly on the comeback trail. The match up was fine on paper (not 50-50, but no more one sided than 95% of all match ups) and it was better than expected in the ring.

In closing, Garcia and Thurman would have ridiculous hype if they were both English and weren't fighting in the middle of the fucking night. Nothing to do table throwing. Chisora threw a table at Klitschko and i don't remember anyone giving a fuck about that fight.