[SBR Lou]

do "these fighters" have names...

If you bothered to actually read the exchange, you'd have seen the following:

All time greats like Mayweather are once in a lifetime. There are still guys capable of carrying the torch to keep boxing relevant in the mainstream even if they can't fill his shoes. Leo Santa Cruz, Danny Garcia, Canelo Alvarez, Adrien Broner, Chavez Jr., Andre Ward, Tim Bradley (give him time), the list goes on and on.

Showtime/CBS and Golden Boy, and even Floyd himself with his stable of fighters under his banner will continue to make exciting fights. I shouldn't include Top Rank fighters in the list since they only fight other TR fighters, but that's a separate discussion.

You thinkn Andre Ward is going to pull Mayweather numbers? If I named any of those fighters to one of my buddies they would probably wouldnt of heard of any of them!

If your buddies are casual sports fans I'm sure they haven't heard much. These fighters will start being built up once the top dog retires and they'll have the benefit of the big marketing budgets and cross-country tours. Unfortunately in sports like boxing (and even MMA), simply being the best isn't a guarantee anyone knows who you are... unlike the best athletes in most other sports.

Back on topic, UFC isn't for everyone and neither is boxing. But it was a hell of a performance by Gustafsson. I like the class he showed in what was ruled defeat. Also excited to watch Ronda Rousey again.

And to answer your question, Andre needs a new promoter.

[jjgold]

Boxing 10x better

Always was and always will be

Street fighting limited

Lou you buried everyone here

[brooks85]

If you bothered to actually read the exchange, you'd have seen the following:

lol that is who you are counting on to bring in floyd money haha that is a good laugh. They will never be at floyd's level skill wise therefore they won't bring in close to what floyd does.

and speaking of bothering to read stuff, I guess you missed that part on the first page where I said round 1 of jones/gustaffson was better than the last 6 title fights for PBF. The truth hurts but ignoring it won't change anything.

[TheRifleman]

Boxing 10x better

Always was and always will be

Street fighting limited

Lou you buried everyone here

boxing sucks you clueless clown

[TheRifleman]

I'd like to see these sissy boxers take off their shoes put on 4oz mma gloves, step into the octogan and throw down...lol...none of them would last more than 2 mins unless they ran around the ring for 5 mins. straight. Boxing is just ONE aspect of MMA..just ONE. They only have a punchers chance of winning the fight...ie Ray Mercer.

BOXING IS DEAD!!! LONG LIVE THE KING...............MMA!!!

Ali, Mayweather, Foreman, Marchiano, De la Hoya, Leonard, Robinson etc..would all get DESTROYED in the Octogan by the lowest of low level MMA fighters...........( except if they fought Tim Sylvia...props to Ray Mercer)

[TheRifleman]

[brooks85]

boxing isnt dead and never will be, but all these fanboys are in for a reality check in as soon as floyd is gone. Pros and cons tho. Pro is for the fans, title fights will actually be interesting to watch for once, they will actually be competitive because these fighters are no where near as good as floyd and never will be, that is just a fact.

Major con is for the bettors, floyd by decision is one of the best bets under the sun until he retires.

That right there shows you how lou is biased, he was calling for a floyd KO. That's fine to make predictions, but you can't see the forest through the trees as they say. Floyd isn't KOing anyone unless they stop fighting again like victor which would have been another easy decision win.

[chilidog]

course rifeman loves mma. there's one small piece of fabric keeping mma from being full-on guy on guy phaggotry.

[jjgold]

Mma cult following
Steroid sport
Kind of like pro wrestling

[Educ8d Degener8]

This is officially the stupidest fawking topic in Players Talk.

[Big Bear]

Just watched a UFC 165 bout where a guy laid on the other all rounds 3.

zZzZz

Folks excited by this?

yeah i hate the wrestling stuff. its cool when they stay on their feet though.

i like anthony pettis bc he dont do grappling shit

[jjgold]

Sport will be done in 5 years

Wannabe bouncers
Wannabe boxers
Wannabe pro wrestlers
Wannabe pimps
Wannabe mobsters


Lou is winning the thread by far

[PaperTrail07]

Still cant believe that was a real fight

I'd like to see these sissy boxers take off their shoes put on 4oz mma gloves, step into the octogan and throw down...lol...none of them would last more than 2 mins unless they ran around the ring for 5 mins. straight. Boxing is just ONE aspect of MMA..just ONE. They only have a punchers chance of winning the fight...ie Ray Mercer.

BOXING IS DEAD!!! LONG LIVE THE KING...............MMA!!!

Ali, Mayweather, Foreman, Marchiano, De la Hoya, Leonard, Robinson etc..would all get DESTROYED in the Octogan by the lowest of low level MMA fighters...........( except if they fought Tim Sylvia...props to Ray Mercer)

[The iron sheik]

yeah i hate the wrestling stuff. its cool when they stay on their feet though.

i like anthony pettis bc he dont do grappling shit

Not to disrespect you, but this is dumbfukkery of the highest magnitude. If you like to see striking, perhaps you should watch striking.


You saying "I hate the wrestling stuff" in relation to MMA is like me saying "I like ice hockey but I hate the skating stuff".

[Ron_Paul_2012]

Still cant believe that was a real fight

The worst UFC 135er could easily take Gayweather down and pound him out. No shuckin' or jivin' would be able to save him. Anyone who did not go ALL IN when Couture fought James Phoney missed out big time.

[Imsmarterthanu]

Shaolin Monk vs Tae Kwon Do master

more entertaining than most of the UFC undercard fights

[snufflyjoe]

Sport will be done in 5 years

Wannabe bouncers
Wannabe boxers
Wannabe pro wrestlers
Wannabe pimps
Wannabe mobsters


Lou is winning the thread by far

MMA will be bigger than ever in 5 years while boxing slowly and painfully dies. Lou is losing and so is boxing