Good question Khan. Maybe it's like the poster above said, we're older and as that happens we don't have all the time in the world to dream about heroe's{unless you're Bilbo}, or we become more cynical.

There are guys like Marquez/Vasquez I admire greatly, but my days of having heroes is long gone. I tend to be much more critical of all fighters these days if anything.

Also, it does seem it gets all down to the $$$ in this game now; and when I was a kid I just watched the fights and didn't concern myself about the politics of the Sweet Science.