Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post
What are people talking about “not get paid”, he did what he was paid to do. It might be shameful but we should look at who paid him to be shameful. People constantly put their outrage in the wrong place.

We're fans. People who pay money to go see a fight that has been advertised and promoted to a certain extent. The ones in the ring are the ones performing up to (or down to) their supposedly best ability. So if Fighter X goes down from a swing and a miss, we have a perfect right to be upset. Sometimes I think some of us tend to over-analyze things.


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Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
In 98 percent of the fights made in boxing today, everybody knows who is supposed to win as soon as the match is made. You pick opponents that your fighter will not only defeat, but look good in doing so. That guy, while certainly not there to win, did not do what he was supposed to do. In fact he did the opposite because his actions made the showcase fighter look bad.

The chance that he did that because somebody threatened him in some way is slim to none. Why? The boxing world is full of guys that pad their records at home so it looks good because that enables them to get paid more when they travel to lose to a prospect.
The fans today haven't got a clue what matchmaking is, everything is instant gratification. They have no clue that fighter was getting peanuts so took the least amount of punishment and no clue he also cost himself future work. They see a ring they think a million.


Again... we're so hard on ourselves. Yes, some fans might be like that, but many other fans pay good money expecting to see a competitive match, or at least an honest effort from both fighters. It's neither naive or unrealistic to expect a good effort from two professional athletes. If a basketball team turned its back on the other team while they dunked and scored at will..... I'm pretty sure there would be hell to pay.