Quote Originally Posted by Clydey_2_Times
Quote Originally Posted by zhubin
"Pure Boxers"!!! History has many examples of fighters who have tremendous skill AND heart. And where did i say i don't appreciate "subtle" fights. But NOTHING about this fight, and everything leading up to it, was subtle. It was advertised to create excitement, to to bring in not only the purist, but the casual sports fan who normally wouldn't shell out $$$ to see a fight. That is how the media AND the fighters SOLD it. Chris Byrd doesn't generate interest and money for the sport. As i said before...the only time in this fight where BOTH fighters showed a spark...where they said "hell with it...lets put it out there"...where they laid it out on the line...was the last 10 seconds. You think this will be remembered along side of the Hagler/Hearns/Leonard or Morales/Barrera/Pac/Marquez or so many other fights where the fighters raised their level to thrill us. Where all those fighters purely warriors....unskilled brutes just slugging it out?! They all had/have tremendous skill to go along with pride, heart....and most importantly....a sense of what is at stake....not only for themselves....but for the people watching. So call me tasteless.
And you actually bought into the hype? When will people learn that the buildup is orchestrated to sell tickets?

Who cares how it was marketed? If you were actually gullible enough to swallow all the pre-fight hype then God help you, mate. It was the biggest fight of recent times, but hype, talk, promotion, it's all just for show.

I did not call you tasteless either. It's like talking to a brick wall. I said that there is no accounting for taste. All that means is that different people appreciate different things. It was not meant to knock your taste for the sport.
Casual fans and people who know nothing about boxing will buy the hype. That's what the hype are for. THat's why they do all those bullshit and promotions for. To attract more people into the fight. I really don't think the casual people are dumb enough to expect a slugfest from the two fighters but we did expect a great performance from the two. As zhubin has said, we expected both fighters to put their hearts out in this fight to make it a great fight. And they failed to deliver in the casual fans eyes. This is one reason why boxing is on the decline. Fights like this. Unless you please the casual fans, boxing will continue to decline because casual fans are 100 times greater(in quantity) than boxing purists.