re: thread #58082923954 about the fight... the judges are killing boxing

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So you think in boxing, punching shouldn't be numero uno?

Its all about defense? No wonder boxing fricking sucks, be a use you think you just saw a good fight. WorldStar has better fights on a daily basis than that shite we saw tonight.

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Punching is numero uno. I don't think I saw a good fight. You're assuming that I did, but I never said I did. I didn't even care who won. My entire point is that Mayweather didn't just "run" away while getting pounded and still win. It was his entire god damned strategy. He won based on his skill in defense and his counterpunching. The stats on punches thrown don't lie. Mayweather was the better, more efficient boxer. Plain and simple.

I think you guys have forgotten that your personal opinion on what boxing should be or is has no bearing on what it truly is. It doesn't matter if you liked how it went down. There are four categories used for scoring, and Pacquiao didn't win in any of them conclusively. Mayweather controlled the pace and had superior defense in every round outside of two. That makes him the better boxer. Like I said before, I didn't give a shite who won. I'm just saying what I saw. I just think that Mayweather winning amplified how "awful" people thought it was because of their personal feelings towards him.

It wasn't by any means good, but it's not the ultimate death knell people claim it is for the sport. Just because people who have seen one fight don't like it doesn't mean the sport is dead. It's the same thing as someone seeing one GSP fight saying UFC sucks. It's the same exact case as when LSU and Bama played in 2011. It was built as the greatest game of all time, and it turned into a defensive showdown with very little action. Some people loved it because they respected the defense. Other people around the country hated it and thought it was the worst game ever because there wasn't any scoring. There was way too much clinching, but other than that, it was clear who controlled and won the fight.

It sucked that that's the kind of fight that it was. For every Mayweather, though, there's a Gennady Golovkin.