Do big fights that become mismatches hurt boxing?

[pistol whip]

Casual fans don't wanna' see a close fight...they wanna' see an asswhippin...

I don't think thats true at all!!! If anything they wanna see Cunningham vs Ademek every fight! I know i do!!!

[lefthook2daliva]

I don't think thats true at all!!! If anything they wanna see Cunningham vs Ademek every fight! I know i do!!!

Lol, as 2 non-casual fans how we gonna' know? You could be right, but I think that the most famous schoolyard beatings were the upsets or the mismatches.
Imo casual fans default to the schoolyard...

[Motofan]

They 100% hurt boxing. Those are the fights that get shown in bars and have the chance to earn some new fans for the sport. When one guy whips the other guys ass for the whole fight casual fans wont even finish watching it. Which is sad because there havent been many competitive "big" fights for a while.

[Ido]

I am not sure what to add, but I am ****ing Glad Pac/DLH took place. It was cool when he KO”ed Mayorga. Mayorga is always deserves a beating. But DLH has to be one of the most overrated boxers of all time.

[FreshPrince]

They don't help much, but it's better when the underdog whips the ass of the favorite like Pacquiao-DLH and Mosley-Margarito.
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[tommy boo boxer]

We'll never know because Hopkins and Joe both know that fighting Dawson is flirting with a loss. Dawson at least fought Johnson. Let me see Hopkins or Calzaghe fight Johnson and I'll admit to being wrong.

hopkins already beat Johnson... or do you mean now?

[aether]

Pacquiao-Marquez II had the most ppv buys below welter ever. and that turned out to be an amazing fight

[Left2body]

I think what really hurts boxing are really blatant BullS^^ decisions like Holyfield-Lewis I.

[MANGLER]

Only when they are PPV.

Its anti climatic/boring PPV's that hurt the sport because it is the casual fan who PPV's are produced for.

If a fight is hyped as hell and produced PPV, and it turns out to be an exhibition for one fighter, people are going to feel that they didn't get their money's worth. Its as simple as that.

Co-sign. Cats can live down a blowout as long as they didn't shell out good $ for it.

[brently1979]

Fights that don't live up to the hype destroy boxing.

eg:

DLH vs Mayweather "The World Awaits"

So many non boxing fans watched that sparring session.