Essential The Official Boxing Random Thoughts Thread...All boxing heads ENTER.
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Three of these that you mentioned were mega events with huge names associated with them. From my understanding, what Zuffa is trying to do is promote a bunch mid-tier fighters as superstars. That's not going to work.
These are all moronic cards and they did very well? (Times Square not so much). Boxing fans are just as stupid as MMA fans, the only thing that separates them is they're protected by sanctioning bodies and the dexterity of a multi network sport?
- Riyadh in Times Square
- Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
- Jake Paul vs Gervonta Davis
- Canelo Alvarez vs John Ryder
Oh wait....not for much longer. Alishikh cutting out the sanctioning bodies in real time.
UFC, WWE owner TKO announces Paramount streaming deal for Zuffa Boxing
Zuffa is coming off the promotion of the Canelo Álvarez-Terence Crawford fight that drew more than 41 million viewers, according to Netflix.www.nytimes.com
Some beef is everlasting. 
Zuffa needs to build a homegrown roster full of names.Why are you bringing up superstars? Lol
Superstars like Pac, May, Canelo are anomalies. They’re not the norm.
Who is a non superstar that TR has developed and still there? Ok lets not do semamtics who is a household name? Robson concecous? Lmfao
UpAndComing
Veteran
I watched his last fight he had with Guido live
Man, this dude is so unpolished, so sloppy in his style. I'm actually shocked that he was an Olympian and won a Silver Medal
Maybe it's the common problem that he probably has to fire his father as a coach and get some true training
chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
My point is that boxing fans will eat anything up if you sell it right to them. Three of those fights I mentioned are rigged for the most part, but if Zuffa own the narrative, build the star in their own competition by writing the narrative, then morons buy into it and champion it any which way its served.
That would work if they're in the business of building prospects from the ground up. But from what I understand, that ain't what they're doing.
The idea is to take fringe guy like Cletus Seldin and have them compete under their tent, with no oversight from the sanctioning bodies and make him seem all-world.
Come on cuh...
chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
You need to conceptualise that there's always a perpetual emphasis on capturing the younger audience and the casual audience, more so than ever. It's not sport anymore, it's entertainment. The next fans in line are the 8-12 year olds, they don't have a clue about what a prospect is, they just want knockouts. They don't know what sanctioning bodies are, or mandatories, or doubling up the jab in rnd 11 in order to win a decision. These audiences can't discern the difference, because they'll never know. Why? Because in 10 years the sport that you think will exist, it won't, it becomes a different sport, because they write the rules now.That would work if they're in the business of building prospects from the ground up. But from what I understand, that ain't what they're doing.
The idea is to take fringe guy like Cletus Seldin and have them compete under their tent, with no oversight from the sanctioning bodies and make him seem all-world.
Come on cuh...
Seriously a good look for the heavyweight champion of the world to be in a big movie like thid
Knicksman20
Superstar
I would love to see Usyk fight Kabayel