I know most of this is directed towards @Skip b, he has his own perspective. When you say how do we expect boxing to grow? Well, there are some of us that do want to at least attempt to preserve some of its integrity.
For the record, I thought Broner beat Paulie, but it was close on the cards to me. 7-5 I would say. nikkas in here sayin that Paulie won 3 rounds at the most. and I dont care who you are. Broner shouldve looked better against Paulie than he did and that is why I for one immediately said after that fight his next fight SHOULD NOT be at 147.
Taylor was hyped the fukk up and wasnt shyt so yeah, I hold it against guys...give a fukk who fault it is. Taylor shouldve worked on his craft and his weaknesses instead of running around getting gift decisions. I would argue he lost to Hopkins twice, Winky, and Spinks. Its disgusting to see guys hyped like that then he cant even pay his bills because his prime earning years were so short and now he's damaged goods so promoters and networks walk away from his ass. Its disgusting. BHop literally has no shot in hell in winning that first fight because Taylor was HBO's new baby and they wanted to get rid of BHop, for numerous reasons.
I dont go around saying every young fighter is hyped but its sickening to see Canelo and Taylor alike call up guys from 2 divisions south to come up and get their brains bashed in. There is a need for the Rosado's and Josesito's of the world...but that doesnt make the sport better. All it does is manufacture microwave stars. Hot for a quick minute, then cold and stale the next.
but to answer your question....younger generation of fighters will grow by not trying so hard to protect undefeated records. I for one think Broner's loss to Maidana is the best thing for him long term if he wants to be in this game for a while, even though it had short term repercussions. I also commend Mayweather Promotions for putting some of their guys in with solid competition.
Post wasn't directed at anybody in particular.
It was just pointing out the general agenda some nikkas have when they scoring fights. On one hand nikkas will say a fighter is hyped up as fukk, but then on the other hand they overrate the skills of the fighters that lose to these same hyped fighters.
Hopkins for all his skill and experience had more trouble than he should have with a guy like Taylor, but people with agendas will make it into a media/hype story about Hopkins having the cards stacked against him when in actuality dude just got outhustled by a very game above average fighter. nikkas just wanna have it both ways. I mean I can understand dudes saying it was a close fight that could have gone either way, but you got nikkas acting like some of these fights were out right robberies
but it's cool, we'll just agree to disagree on this.