By David Johnson @mrdaj
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| The fans still want to see Rigo! |
Let’s
make no mistake, we all love seeing knockouts! It’s the quickest route to
keeping a boxing fan happy and enthralled...
But is
it?
When
Sergio Martinez sets the trap for Paul Williams and unleashes one of the
greatest knockouts of all time or Diego Corrales shows heart, determination and
ring savvy (spitting out the gumshield to gain a little break) in Round 10
against Castillo, then the answer is unequivocally YES!!
But what
if every single fight, on every single card (especially Pay Per View) was a
knockout between Round 1 to Round 3? To me that would mean there are some
seriously flawed skills and we would only ever be exposed to a lower level of
quality.
They say
variety is the spice of life and it is so very true with Boxing.
We NEED
boxers like Floyd Mayweather and we also need Guillermo Rigondeaux. We need to
appreciate the finer skills and the craft of these guys.
Don’t be
frustrated that they continuously win and outclass people, enjoy it.
For
example, Wladimir Klitschko (I think he comes across excellently by the way)
bores me to tears and I’d much rather see a David Haye or Mike Tyson as
Champion, but his style is effective and at present unbeatable (if you know
what I mean).
I long
for the day that the robot is beaten and someone can lay claim to that... But
that’s his style, he’s the Champion and if you don’t like it, find someone who
can beat him! We should still want to watch the fights... and be able to!
My real
rant is at the fact that HBO seem to have canned Guillermo Rigondeaux.... This
is a guy who schooled Nonito Donaire (a P4P Top 5 Fighter in many people’s
opinions). His reward....
“You’re
not exciting the fans and you’re not good enough for our station”
If I
walk into a pub and there is a guy who plays the most boring Pool you’ve ever
seen and is unbeaten in 12 games, I want to be the one who beats him with
outrageous shots, a fast and aggressive style and rips my shirt off and
celebrates with the adoring crowd.... (I’d actually rather be a World Champion
boxer, but I’m being realistic).
Message
to the TV Networks.... Calm down on the need to “Find the wider audience” (we
know you need to make money, but still) and let fighters grow... Because maybe
one day Guillermo Rigondeaux will get overly confident and cocky and get
knocked spark out in 2 rounds...
At least
we’d all be happy then!
EFTA
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