Topic could send me on quite the rant . But Just getting home and I want a stress-free night. Boxing has become a case of short attention span theater in gaps now. The term "build" is now turned on its head as some bad thing. By build I mean co main cards that used to be the norm monthly. Future opponents on the same night, not taking tin cans but decent opposition with the future big fight on the line if they were beat. I don't think it's as much a case of fights being forced on us that we don't want...it's the fact that newer fans and some old heads have arrived at the point where we'll settle...and excuse away...anything. We fall for it all. It's almost become like our politics. A lot of fans now want it quick, easy and tbh without putting much thought/research into it. 154 is a great recent example of this imo. 3 of the biggest talents...Crawford, Ortiz and Tszyu all went in with what were actually talented though "unknown or obscure" high level opponents in Murtazaliev, Madrimov and Bohachuk. And they all took their lumps admittedly to varying degrees. Tszyu getting the worst of it . But all I heard post fight in some places including what is the mental petri dish for boxing, twitter, is how they were exposed . And not much of "hey wow these fookers can actually fight and what new discoveries...credit to Bud, Ortiz and Tim for facing threats". Nope. Ok of center topic a bit

Fans just need to stop excusing nonsense match ups. It's not new and often the biggest names set the patterns for younger talents to follow. And they do. Tune up fights and showcases become the norm for supposed faces of the sport. You just have to stand for something as a fan. Even if it's your favorite fighter. And ffs stop overrating belts, that has tons to do with it.