F--- boxing

The desire to see him get konocked on his ass or he's fulfilling this destiny of new bro culture where they all think they can fight.

 

I've covered a Jake Paul fight. It's not a boxing crowd at all, the Jake Paul had the same meatheads that go to the UFC fights. So when we're talking a "boxing" crowd I don't know that he has a boxing crowd. It's a UFC crowd.

 

So it’s sort of like a club show where a lot of the fans are friends or acquaintances of the fighters and as long as the guy who changes their oil keeps winning who’s to say he’s not the next Sugar Ray Robinson as far as they’re concerned?

 

I covered Jake Paul when he fought Mike Perry in Tampa. It was a heavy "Go check out my OnlyFans" page crowd and the men you would expect to hang out with them. It's a very stereotypical crowd if you imagined what type of people follow Jake Paul on social media.

 

1). I can’t imagine a mediocre athlete in any other sport being able to make as much as the best in a sport
2). Why does serious boxing media bother covering his fights?

 

2.) Because people love spectacles that entertain them. See also: Trump, Donald.

 

Basketball writers don’t cover celebrity games.

 

If this were a world where celebrity basketball games filled a football stadium but the average sports fan couldn’t name a single NBA player, basketball writers would cover celebrity games.

 

The boxing element in Jake Paul cards is existant. It's been great for Amanda Serrano, who is a great women's fighter, and she's made a fuckton more money than she would otherwise. She and Katie Taylor headlined a PPV and sold tickets at Hulu Theater.

If I were advising a promising young fighter that had skills and could knock someone out and needed some eyes on him, telling them to latch onto this isn't the worst idea. Fight in front of big crowds, have good fights. Even if 20% of that crowd remembers you by the morning and wants to track your career, that's a lot of people.

 

I was at a Grey Cup party yesterday (go Argos!!!) and there was a lot of pregame chatter over the mess of a main event on Friday night but this group - none of whom are boxing fans - raved about the fight the women put 0n.

 

Oliver McCall is fighting tonight. He’s 59.

Oliver McCall, Former Heavyweight Boxing Champ, Returning To Ring at 59 Years Old

 

At least he's picking on someone his age.