Where have all the mega boxing fights gone?

I have to say this has been the most boring year ever in boxing, apart From Floyd vs Mosley There have been no exciting fights.

What fights need to happen this year, to make boxing exciting again?

i think boxing promotors need to make these fight happen

Many vs Floyd
Haye vs Klitschko either one
Bradley vs Khan
Hopkins vs Dawson
:fightme::fightme::fightme:

 

$$$

Haye is making too much $ fighting nobodies to be bothered with Klitschko.

Same with Floyd. Why fight Manny when you can fight OAP Mosley?

 

Don't worry. Pac vs Floyd is 99% signed.

 

That what they said last year.

 

Fuck me that was 6 1/2 months ago!:crying:ray:

 

To be fair if that happens everyone will forget how shit this year has been

 

Fuck Haye, accept to see him get KTFO.

And PBF/Mosley? That fight was boring as shit and a complete mismatch.

 

Boxing is as close to death as it's ever been. Seriously, there is absolutely NOTHING that I am even remotely looking forward to beyone Pac vs Mayweather, and I'm so sick of hearing about that fight at this point I don't even care anymore.

 

Seriously. G has done a better job than any promoter previously of bamboozling HBO, squeezing every last penney out of us, and removing excitement, suspense and enjoyment from the sport.

 

Bradley-Khan, or even Bradley-Alexander, is not a megafight.

This is what happens when promoters sign up talent and don't know what to do with it.

If Dawson-Cloud was handled correctly, it could be something, but we'll see.

 

Protection of fighters records is the main reason we get nothing. We will never see two young up and comers fight it out. Why? They are worth more with that "0" intact.

 

Look at the topics on this board for proof of the fact that there is NOTHING going on in boxing right now. Seriously, the Super 6 is the best thing going right now.

 

That's definitely part of it. Look at the match-making of Alfredo Angulo and compare it to a fighter like Fernando Vargas....by his second fight on HBO, Vargas was fighting for a title against Yori Boy Campas...by his fourth, Winky Wright.

Angulo's second fight was Andrey Tsurkan, his fourth was Kermit Cintron, and after losing that fight, he takes a step down in competition in Yorgey and Julio.

He still hasn't fought for a real world title...and gave up his interim strap to fight Joachim Alcine, instead of fighting Sergei Dzinziruk, the champion he was in line to fight, who beat the fighter (Daniel Santos) who knocked Alcine out.

Yeah, it makes plenty of sense.

HBO's standards have gone way down, and this is what we're left with.

 

the only mega fight is Pacquiao vs. Mayweather....


Haye vs. Klitschko could be big in the states(400-500K ppv's) if marketed correctly...

NO Hopkins fight is a Mega fight unless he is fighting a Trinidad/DeLaHoya...

Bradley vs. Khan is NOT a mega fight...

 

Yeah. But it's not just that. It's also the issue of promoters and their tendency to pit their own fighters against each other rather than to deliver what the fans want.

And it's also due to the cable network's reliance on promoters to make their schedules.

 

On that conference call Schaefer did for the Marquez-Diaz II pay per view, he basically said, this card was made because we kept it in house...and that the preference is to do the same thing going forward.

It's the exact same thing Arum is rightly criticized for time and again.

 

I think they've decided if it's good enough for the UFC, it's good enough for them.

 

Most boxing fans aren't as new to the sport as UFC fans are...there's a history, even a recent history, that they can look back on and compare the current status of the game to, and today's version doesn't stand up...and when you factor in the grossly inflated prices these days, it looks even worse.

 

No doubt. And I'm not defending the practice. I'm just saying, if you accept the premise that boxing is competing with UFC, it's clear how boxing promoters can justify keeping it, "in house." They say to themselves, "how can I compete with them when I'm sharing half the revenue from the promotion with another?"

Consumers seem okay with Strike-Force, UFC and others co-existing, they'll have to deal with Top Rank, G, etc.

It's difficult to tell what the long-term impact will be, but it's difficult to imagine new fans will have the great experience as fans that we've had.

 

G has about 60 fighters, the UFC has over 200 guys on their roster. Just for comparison.

 

Wow. That's amazing. I wouldn't have thought G had that many compared to UFC.

 

depending on if ufc counts wec, that is 60 spread over 17 weight classes (although most are probably within 10 weight classes) vs 200 spread over 5 weight classes.

then take into account how many more name boxers there are.

In other words, it's not very similar.

 

Jesus Christ, don't give the sanctioning bodies any ideas. :nono:

Pretty soon we'll have the:
WBC/G Welterweight Champion.
WBC/G Interim Welterweight Champion.
WBC/G Welterweight Champion in Emeritus
WBC/G Welterweight Super Champion

And the all important:

WBC/G Welterweight "Manny, We'll Suck Your Cock and Change the Weight Limitations Just For You, If You Come and Work for us Permanently" Diamond Belt Champion

 

I'm not sure the implication. I'm not saying G has the same organization as UFC. All I'm saying is, by keeping their fights, "in-house," they're able to do what the UFC does, which is to not share any of the proceeds with another promoter.

 

The slow death of American hegemony in boxing. I like it.

You better believe it....Europe will be doing bigger and better shows as a matter of course within 20 years.

I promise it.

 

Death before UFC :kidcool:

Those fights might not be mega fights, but there enough to put some interest back in the sport.

 

Maybe to put the interest of some boxing fans back in the sport...HBO can't even maintain their interest with some of their matches.

 

HBO basically acting like the Klitschko's don't exist isn't helping boxing either, we have not one but TWO dominant HW's and they aren't interested in either. They have interest in a Haye fight and that is it. Povetikin is better than Haye!!

 

Donaire-Montiel is a fight that would probably generate some real interest from hardcore fans.

Not a megafight, though.

The following is from Steve Kim...Arum saying it may end up on Showtime.

http://www.maxboxing.com/news/main-lead/its-a-tripleheader-on-shobox1

 

the only exciting happening this year has been the super six.