Boxing's Last Stand
The Mega Fight Might Be the Last Fight
The lack of quality fights for free.
When I was a child, I remember watching Mike Tyson fights on NBC. Fighters like Hagler, Holyfield, Leonard, Herns, and Whittaker were occasionally seen fighting on network television. At a young age, this brutality was extremely enticing. I was hooked! When fights went to basic cable and then on to pay-per-view, I remained faithful, watching my favorite fighter Tito Trinidad keep jumping up weight classes knocking champions out.
But, what about the younger generation? They can't just turn on the television and catch a boxing match anymore. They won't have that introduction unless they happen to catch Friday Night Fights when it sporadically comes on. They won't get attached to young and upcoming fighters.
The weak heavyweight division. Boxing's heavyweight division has always been the jewel of the sport. There was a drought between the Ali and Tyson dynasties. There was a drought between Tyson and Lewis. Since Lewis, boxing hasn't been the same. There is no clear heavyweight champion at the current time and no one is planning a tournament to unify them. No one cares. Where are the undefeated heavyweight fighters with the over 90% knock out ratio? They don't exist and the sport suffers for it. Mixed Martial-Arts
Mixed Martial-Arts, commonly referred to as MMA, has exploded on the scene with exciting fights that air on basic cable almost every day of the week. Younger demographics have been hooked and they are not leaving soon. Much more violent than boxing, MMA has also gained the attention of Generation X. We love the blood and broken bones; the body slams, head kicks, knock-outs, choke-out and submissions. There are so many different ways to win. Is it even possible for boxing to compete? The average sports enthusiast today couldn't name ten boxers in their prime, but ask them about MMA and the names start flying. George St. Pierre, Anderson Silva, Rampage Jackson, Chuck Liddell, BJ Penn, Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva, Shogun Hua, and the Pound for Pound best MMA fighter in the world, Fedor Emelianenko.
Mega-Fight
So now it's time for boxing to go out with a bang. The two best fighters of this era will come face to face bringing Black and Pilipino households to a halt, not to mention the rest of the world. This fight WILLbreak box office records!
With no lack of egos, getting this fight secured will be a battle in and of itself. Both fighters are major draws with belts. Pacquiao will need this fight to define his legacy more than Mayweather, so he will more than likely walk away with the smaller purse. How much smaller, will be the question.
Both Mayweather and Pacquiao have defeated Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya and Juan Manuel Márquez, but Pacman did it in more dramatic fashion. Will Mayweather's speed compensate for Pacquiao's power? Will Mayweather's chin stand up to it's first real test? Will Pacquiao over pursue and run into Mayweather's right hand? All these questions will ba answered over screams from house to house. With both fighters in their prime, the final emperor of boxing will undoubtedly be crowned at the end of this fight. There is no fight to look towards; no dangerous threat in the wings. Two days later when we wake up from our fight party hangover, we will all mourn. This will be the end of boxing as we know it.
Published by John Calvin Byrd III
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13 Comments
Post a Comment"Pacquiao will need this fight to define his legacy more than Mayweather..." Are you kidding? Pac Man has accomplished something that no other boxer in history has ever done - Won World Championships over 7 weight divisions! What is Mayweathers legacy??? Although talented, he consistently ducked the best fighters in their primes and fought mostly smaller guys. Mayweather's legacy is one that will die out when he leaves the boxing scene - Pacquiao's will be talked about for as long as the sport of Boxing exists!
Boxing has completely died in my opinion. I'm REALLY excited about the Mayweathre/Pacquiao fight! Floyd will win by split decision.
P4P, for a matter of fact is is spelled "Pilipino". Google it. Funny who the dumbass is when you don't research before you post.
Are you serious? Are you even a boxing writer? Are you a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America? Boxing is fine and will be fine after this fight is done. Who knows it may be so good with no clear cut winner that they may have to do it again!! But I digress, lets get one done first. Oh and its spelled Filipino not Pilipino dumbass!!
@ Da Champ
You have issues! Actually, no one made any of those comments after any of those match-ups. You pulled that whole post out of your ass!
do u get paid to write? the end of d world must be near... bums can even call themselves writers... im pretty sure ur an MMA fan (nothing against mma btw) but to say these stuff about boxing, u must be a moron.. hey john calvin III, ur dad and grand dad must be regretting u got der name. just kidding man... but please stop urself from writing stuff like this piece of shit...
Please go kill urself! Wasn't Lewis-Tyson the last superfight? Or was it DLH-Mayweather? But now u say it's Pac-May?
U do know they said this when Louis,Marciano,Ali,Tyson,SRL,Duran,Hagler Hearns and DLH all retired right? An another MORON like urself will write the same UNEDUCATED MINDLESS DRIBBLE after Pac an May retire. History always repreats itslef fighters and fights come an go an others will always replace them. HISTROY PROVES THAT!
The fight should be called POUND4POUND
I would suggest that the fight
between Pacquiao and Mayweather be called
The Last Stand!
You have a point,John.The premier weight in boxing, the heavyweight division have mediocre, unknown champions. Hope this new Champ Haye will be like Lennox Lewis. Also there is so much politics in boxing with too many bodies, WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, NABF etc having their own set of champions and the public is utterly confused.And the last biggest attraction in boxing, dela Hoya has retired. Manny has just one more big fight left and then he will retire. It will take much more to revive boxing out of its doldrums.