"To Hit and Not Be Hit Boxers" - Steve Kim

[Rantcatrat]

Steve Kim from maxboxing.com went on twitter after the Abraham/Ward fight being ciritical of Ward's style of boxing describing it as "boring." Here are a few comments he made:

"Casino ballrooms and arenas all over the country are filled with fans dressed up as empty seats who love 'skills.' "

"no contradictions, bottome line, skill is another word for saying boring."

"so next time i hear booing, i will stand up and state to everyone, please you savages, do you not enjoy this skill?"

"met a lot of fans last night, and not one of them said, 'damn that was a skillfull.' most were underwhelmed."

"I'm convinced that fans who say they enjoy 'skills' are the ones who usually don't go to any fights or its just another way of saying they like certain fighters that aren't exciting."

"Because the bottom line is when I meet fans at fights I never hear,'Wow, what an exhibition of feinting and slipping"

"Skill is a euhpamism for boring."

His point is that defensive fighting is boring to watch and doesn't appeal to most fans and the fans that do like defensive fighting, don't buy tickets to go to fights. It is a controversial viewpoint. What do people think?

[erics44]

defensive fighters arent as exciting as brawlers in general

but brawlers have to have a certain level of skill to be entertaining to watch

and being skillful doesnt necessarily mean defensive