For me, the art of boxing is in the different styles. Like in art, there are a lot of ugly, unpleasing styles (john ruiz for example), but the diversity of styles is what makes boxing great. For Larry Merchant to suggest that guys like Cory Spinks should change or find another profession is absolutely disgusting. Sure, slugfests are great but if you want to eliminate all other styles and make boxing just two guys throwing bombs at each other for 30 minutes, that cheapens and ruins the sport. It turns it into something like MMA where "who the better man is" takes a back seat to providing blood and excitement to the crowds.

I have an idea. Instead of having guys change their styles to be more crowd appealing, why don't the fans who can't appreciate different styles and skill over violence just stop watching boxing??