I agree with this. People need to clarify, at least some people have started clarifying they hate the "hype" or what HBO has done for him.
Fact is, I love that. I constantly say I prefer HBO and Showtime over PBC because they build stars. I could see why it is egregious to some hardcore fans, because they can tell the real without all the spoken hype. It works though. You get people excited over a fighter by building the hype train or encouraging it. It has been talked about here, imagine how Wilder would be perceived if he was an HBO fighter. Dudes would probably be going crazy mad at the hype and screaming they think he is a fraud, but we can't act like there isn't a benefit to that. Wilder would be promoted to superstardom and the general public would be clamoring for Wilder-Wlad. I like that HBO and Showtime do that, yeah we have to wade through some bullshyt, but boxing is largely a promotional sport. They don't have any "league" that promotes them like the NBA. I wish PBC would give their fighters a "hype" boost more. They have the roster and talent to do it. Especially if they do plan on creating their own belt and keeping most fights to their in house fighters, they need to up their marketing game.
Abel though...yeah, I have long been on the take everything Abel says with a grain of salt. He goes over the top way too much. In GGG's camp I listen to GGG and Tom Loeffler. GGG never talks dirty about another fighter and genuinely seems to respect his opponents. I have no doubt that GGG wants to cement his legacy at 160 and he is the one wanting top fighters at MW. I think it is Abel who is the one who mouths off about GGG fighting every guy not in his weight class.
Loeffler seems like a quality manager. Again I have never heard him say anything crazy. It always seems to be logical plans to move GGG to his next fight. He did a good job setting up GGG to be the mandatory for Cotto. He was putting pressure on Cotto to make the choice, are you a MW or not? That is good business. It may not work out in getting GGG a fight, but it was realistically the only way to get a seat at the negotiating table.
I still don't see any ducking and no one seems to have any real examples. If we take words out of GGG and Loeffler's mouth, they only would fight at 154 for Floyd, because Floyd is the lottery ticket. Hopkins and Ward where even joking about wanting that fight. Everyone wants the Floyd stimulus. And Loeffler's long term goal is building GGG into a star and PPV attraction. He doesn't have the promotional arm of a TR, so he has tried to get fights vs. Froch and JCC at 168 because those would have been PPV fights with guaranteed career high paydays. GGG was never the reason those fights didn't happen.
The Ward deal really isn't worth discussing, because no one seems to take an objective take on it. My view point: I would favor Ward. Ward is my current #1 PFP fighter in boxing. If we are saying the only fighter people as a consensus view will beat GGG is the #1 PFP in boxing, that really isn't an insult. You can take it to the Mayweather-Pacquiao train of thought. Just because Mayweather is better than Pacquiao, doesn't mean Pacquiao is a bum or fraud. It just means Floyd was number 1 and during Pacquiao's run, even if he wasn't as good as Floyd, he still deserved to be following right in line behind Floyd at the top of the PFP.
Then some arguments derive into just weird stuff. GGG ducking Lara? Seriously. Lara is food. Canelo had Lara running around the ring, you think GGG is scared of Lara? The reason Lara isn't on GGG's radar: HBO doesn't want the fight, Lara is currently (might be moving up) at 154, and he really isn't of that high stature. Andrade? Dude can't even get in the ring at 154 vs. C opponents, yet GGG is ducking him? I would say GGG calling out the winner of Lee-Saunders is far more desirable than Lara or Andrade. Then if people have a problem with GGG fighting guys who may be more natural at 154, then isn't Canelo or Cotto (who are the 2 best fighters at 154 IMO) better choices than Lara or Andrade?
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at Cotto.
the GGG hate is reaching a fever pitch in the coli
