Could this guy bring boxing back?

[1srelluc]

Damn he's fast!

I gotta say - for me he's better than sweet pea and sugar Ray put together, except for a lack of class.

The speed, the defense (one of the best I've seen) and the show are just amazing.

Sadly I fear boxing is never going to come back as it was, it's too fragmented, there's competition from mma, and it's all on pay to view.

Narrator: "He dodged punches longer than Floyd Mayweather dodged taxes"

 

[August West]

Evolution killed boxing. Growing up, we always knew who the heavyweight champion was, but those days are gone. Only lowlifes follow it now.

 

[odanny]

He's very fast and is so good defensively too, what he needs now is a worthy opponent. Mayweather and Pacquio are not around anymore.

 

[DukeU]

Hadn't seen him fight but he looks like a great fighter.

The thing that killed boxing and continues to keep it down is there are too many champions in each weight division. (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO)

And those Champions duck and dodge each other for money reasons. Think Mayweather vs Pacquiao.

Mayweather dodged Pacquiao for close to 10 years before agreeing to fight, and by the time they did their skills had diminished, robbing fans of what would have been a great fight, had they met in their prime.

 

[okfine]

Hadn't seen him fight but he looks like a great fighter.

The thing that killed boxing and continues to keep it down is there are too many champions in each weight division. (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO)

And those Champions duck and dodge each other for money reasons. Think Mayweather vs Pacquiao.

Mayweather dodged Pacquiao for close to 10 years before agreeing to fight, and by the time they did their skills had diminished, robbing fans of what would have been a great fight, had they met in their prime.

"haven't" but "he looks like"

Ok. Hah Hah Ha!

 

[DukeU]

"haven't" but "he looks like"

Ok. Hah Hah Ha!

There's a video.

 

[InstantOn]

A cousin who's a sound man says boxing is one of the hardest events to do right.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

Hadn't seen him fight but he looks like a great fighter.

The thing that killed boxing and continues to keep it down is there are too many champions in each weight division. (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO)

And those Champions duck and dodge each other for money reasons. Think Mayweather vs Pacquiao.

Mayweather dodged Pacquiao for close to 10 years before agreeing to fight, and by the time they did their skills had diminished, robbing fans of what would have been a great fight, had they met in their prime.

Agreed on all fronts

but let me say… an aged Pacquiao might have still defeated Mayweather had he been breast fed until 12 years old.. right?

Or, maybe his mother could have been in his corner and he could have latched onto her tit in between rounds?

 

[Redheaded Stranger]

lol What a joke. The vide narrator dramatically says Whittaker's opponents' nicknames--as if London pub bouncers deserve nicknames.

The mockingbird would not, of course, do that against the likes of Bivol or Beterbiev, lest he get knocked on his ass in two seconds.

And don't forget that Whittaker was the clown who refused to wear his silver medal on the Olympic podium. This clown sulks when he loses the big one, but tries to mock much lesser opponents. Clownish PR.