Characters in boxing

[Majesty]

sorry im not on as much, warcraft and college takes alot of my time(should be graduating by June)

But I like the way this thread hasnt become a hate one.

The bringing up of Cotto and Margarito, you didn't need to sale that fight

But thats what you'd call a smark fight. "Smart marks" people that have followed boxing and followed these two fighters for quite a while.

But to the casual boxing fan who has no idea who these fighters are it may not be as appealing.

At my college you have boxing fan smart marks, and then you have people who don't really watch boxing but can name some people in it and would watch a fight.

Boxing needs a way to reach a younger demographic, because us as boxing fans won't be there forever. So how is boxing going to bring in a younger crowd or audience of people to get people interested in boxing, thats where my point about the outrageous people can come from.

Kudos to the guy who mentioned James Toney as one.

[holmcall]

Arreola's loud shout out of mutherf---er last night signals character potential. Yep. I see him embarassing the HBO team down the road and that will qualify him for my Hall of Fame.

[El Kabong]

Boxing doesn't NEED characters...seeing how it's an individual sport it does attract them though.

I don't care to see any more jerks than I have to in a given day...I especially don't want to pay to see them

[Althugz]

My favourites are always the characters...or usually the people I hate the most. I used to want to see Haye knocked out so badly.

Floyd and Eubank were my 2 favourite boxers...for me I loved how they pissed people off and no matter how hard their opponents tried they couldn't shut them up or prove them wrong.

I think characters are extremely important for the sport of boxing. If you don't have character how can the people care about you? Characters are very important if the sport is to attract more casual fans and keep them imo.