Boxing Busts out of Coffin, Brushes Dirt off Shoulders

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Boxing Busts out of Coffin, Brushes Dirt off Shoulders

According to people who don't know what the fuck they are talking about, the state of the sport of boxing was comparable to the state of Ricky Hatton, in this photo.

After years of being called "dead" by many mainstream media outlets, as well as new age UFC fans, boxing has pulled a Fat Joe - Busting out of the falsely created coffin, and brushing the dirt off it's mother fucking shoulders.

The common thought is that the popular combat sport is now the UFC. This means that there is no room for boxing, as the percentage of fans that combat sports receives from the sports fan pie; is a small one. I'm a fan of both MMA, and Boxing, and can tell you the former thought is a false one.

While the implied death most likely never really happened, (PPV's featuring Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have continuously sold at higher rates than most comparative UFC cards, for example), it is nice to also finally brush away the eager MMA trainee or "UFC is fucking awesome, I watch it at the bar" crowd.

One of the counter points from these type of people, (Which doesn't make any fucking sense anyways) has been "Well, if it isn't Manny or Floyd boxing is dead". The reason I say this doesn't make any fucking sense, is because it doesn't. The very selling of 1,000,000 PPV's proves it is not dead. You can't qualify it by saying "OH IT IS MANNY/FLOYD", as if it is no longer boxing itself. It's also boxing and It's a fucking million PPV's, qualify that.

Sergio Martinez, being a Baus. Also, collecting a gigantic paycheck, and bursting boxing-gloves-first, from the depths of the underground.

Moving on to the real news, and that is the 475,000 PPV's sold for the Martinez VS Chavez Jr. fight, just this last weekend.

Credit to BloodyElbow.com, let's put that number into perspective:

This fight did better on PPV than UFC 149 and 150 combined and outdrew all but three 2012 UFC PPVs (145, 146, and 148). It's the best selling PPV for boxing this year not involving Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. The three major PPVs by HBO in 2012 (this card, Mayweather/Cotto, and Pacquiao/Bradley) have done a combined 2,875,000, which is a benchmark the UFC didn't even reach until it's 7th PPV of the year, UFC 148.

Hold on to your open finger MMA training gloves people - Those are some interesting numbers to sink your teeth into.

At the end of the day, the half a million PPVs really just proves that boxing was never "dead" to begin with. It also proves that just because the UFC is successful, that fact doesn't mean boxing can't also be successful at the same time. Granted, the days of Muhammad Ali are long gone, however the days of Manny Pacquiao came long after those days had ended. Boxing and MMA can co-exist, and any true combat sports fan is going to appreciate both.

Finally, the Martinez VS Chavez Jr. card shows that boxing has more than Floyd and Manny. Just like it had more than Ali, Tyson, and De La Hoya. Much like the UFC and MMA in general, boxing needs it's stars. But to say another star won't ever be born, is discrediting the two sports in general, and further more; it spits in the face of all up and coming fighters currently busting their ass in training as I write this.

Personally, I'm looking forward to more from both of the fighters (Martinez/Chavez Jr.), and I am glad that such an excellent fight card got so much attention.

Next up, Jon Jones beating the ever-living-Mumm-Ra shit out of Vitor Belfort - Can't say I am expecting to be as impressed with this match up.

5 comments:

Boogieman said...: Good article, I agree with most of what was said here. It is also nice to see those statistics after all the "boxing is dead" talk from Dane White and co.; September 22, 2012 at 8:15 PM
LouisianaFireGorilla said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; September 23, 2012 at 8:02 PM
PittyPatti said...: Yes thuggles, I also agree boxing is far from dead.; September 23, 2012 at 8:06 PM
MT said...: Cotto VS Trout should be good as well.; September 25, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Boogieman said...: Well, I was very unimpressed with Trout when I saw him fight, but it wasn't that he was a bad fighter, just boring and put me to sleep.; September 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM

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In one city citizens go so far as to stop protesters from toppling a Lenin statue, while Russian flags have been raised in Crimea.

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A sad number: 27.

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The best part however, is when they ask of a monthly credit card payment, comparable to what hungry-child-in-another-country charities ask for.

This continues - every day. This could be news for the masses, every single day. Forever.

People should donate to NPR, and affiliate FM stations across the US, however NPR should stop dedicating so much time to asking for money. Most people agree with that statement.

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Three teenage soccer players in California accuse their high school teammates of physical assault and sexual abuse. The abuse has been long running allegedly, as accusations span across a time frame of at least 2 years.

The deeds were done as a sort of initiation ceremony for entry into the schools varsity soccer club. The victims, some as young as 14; were forced to enter a room, with coaches watching. Once in the room, the children were told by teammates to disrobe, and then all types of weird shit ensued, such as some of the kids having javelins shoved up their asses.

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All of it is the worst part, actually.

What the hell is wrong with people? This question also remains unanswered, to be placed alongside other time proven unanswered riddles, such as the true location of the Yeti, or Noah's ark.

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Thanks to the efforts of the Israeli air force, the cruise turned out to be no-so-relaxing, as one of the bodies was actually decapitated during the strike, and civilians - including a 10 year old child, were also injured.

Israel still wonders why a majority of the population in the middle east wants to go to war with them.

Everyone else is pretty sure they know exactly why, and that is because apparently, you can't take a Harley-Davidson down the street in Gaza without having to worry about an Israeli fighter jet chasing you down and launching a rocket at you, and/or your children.

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The International Monetary Fund releases statements showing "cautious optimism" regarding the outlook for the global economy, as they conclude their annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan.

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In other words, they release a statement saying some stuff, but not really saying stuff. Then praising, followed up by adding conditions to the praise.

So maybe the IMF is pointless after all. Then again, if the IMF isn't needed, what global organizations are needed? They do provide important services after all, important services to civilization - like releasing statements. And doing reports on stuff.

True to form for any global entity, we can all look forward to the IMF continuing to release a lot of statements that don't really mean anything.

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US financial giant JP Morgan Chase posts record breaking profits for the third quarter, 2012. Using mind boggling numbers like 25.9 billion, news outlets attempt to explain to the typical citizen that this is a good thing, and report on the "success" of the bank.

In reality, these profits show the true problem. As most people still struggle in the down economy, corporate giants like JP Morgan Chase continue to break "records" in dollar figures, as everyone else just stands around and wonders when trickle down economics is actually going to trickle down something.

As CEO's and share holders make a toast and talk about millions or billions, the every day worker just wonders what its like to actually have a savings account.

10/11/12

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Called "rinky-dink" (which is polite for "shitty") by experts, the fact that even a low power entity like Hezbollah has access to technology like drones speaks volumes towards explaining and understanding the modern generation of surveillance and warfare.

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