No ring girls on PBC ?

[ikorolev]

Is it true ?

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/boxin ... athy-duva/?

Is Haymon gay or what is his reasoning ?

[jujigatame]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

[Maxime]

Models cost money. Since they serve no purpose. What's the point?

[ikorolev]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

People beating each other in a face often creating a bloody mess will never be family friendly.

[SenorPipino]

I didn't notice but I read that you never see the ring announcer except for the decision.

Probably just as camera shy as Haymon.

[Datsue]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

[Tony1244]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

People beating each other in a face often creating a bloody mess will never be family friendly.

I totally agree. If a hurt sport is family friendly, so are ring card girls. If a restaurant advertises itself as family friendly, I avoid that restaurant. I'm anti-family.

[Emil]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

x2 on the bolded part. Same with needing half naked ladies at car shows.

[jujigatame]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

People beating each other in a face often creating a bloody mess will never be family friendly.

Not so sure about that. It was an extremely popular sport 50-60 years ago, with millions of people watching fights on primetime TV. You have to assume a lot of families would watch together similarly to other sports.

American football is violent as hell and is the most popular spectator sport in the US.

[JCS]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

x2 on the bolded part. Same with needing half naked ladies at car shows.

Those ladies probably draw a shit ton of extra people though.

As for combat sports... If they actually showed the ring girls on TV... I could vouch for them a bit more. With regards to UFC, I certainly don't mind seeing the girls at the weigh-ins or during the fights.

[jujigatame]

You really think ring girls draw people to the fights? Anyone who wants to see tits can just go to a strip club, or ANYWHERE on the internet. I don't see why anyone would spend $50+ on boxing tickets to see women in bikinis.

[JCS]

You really think ring girls draw people to the fights? Anyone who wants to see tits can just go to a strip club, or ANYWHERE on the internet. I don't see why anyone would spend $50+ on boxing tickets to see women in bikinis.

I was talking about the car show..

[jujigatame]

I guess that's less unbelievable, but still kinda weird.

[greg]

...the presence of ring card girls IMO is not critically important, it's "nice-to-have" sort of thing as long as they keep in the background and not trying to hog the limelight..

[PsychoGamerTwo]

Is it true ?

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/boxin ... athy-duva/?

Is Haymon gay or what is his reasoning ?

I'd love to see ring boys.

[SNG]

He didn't hire superfluous half naked women to hold cards, what a faggot.

[ikorolev]

Ring girls is a tradition (and a good one in my opinion). Maybe we also don't need long announcements, national anthems ? Judges also cost money. Maybe refs could make final decisions ?

[Tony1244]

Honestly I've never really understood why we need strippers walking around the ring between rounds, in either boxing or MMA. I have some problems with Haymon's matchmaking style, but he's trying to produce a more family-friendly product for the networks and for that I can't fault him.

People beating each other in a face often creating a bloody mess will never be family friendly.

Not so sure about that. It was an extremely popular sport 50-60 years ago, with millions of people watching fights on primetime TV. You have to assume a lot of families would watch together similarly to other sports.

American football is violent as hell and is the most popular spectator sport in the US.

American football has cheerleaders. IE. Dallas Cowboys..

If women in bikinis are offensive to you, take personal inventory and ask yourself why?

[Tony1244]

Ring girls is a tradition (and a good one in my opinion). Maybe we also don't need long announcements, national anthems ? Judges also cost money. Maybe refs could make final decisions ?

Ring card girls are NOT offensive. What's offensive are when ring announcers announce the name of anyone who isn't one of the fighters or the ref.

[Tony1244]

Is it true ?

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/boxin ... athy-duva/?

Is Haymon gay or what is his reasoning ?

I'd love to see ring boys.

Maybe they should have ring dudes when women are fighting?

Sounds like a balance.

[SNG]

Ring girls is a tradition (and a good one in my opinion). Maybe we also don't need long announcements, national anthems ? Judges also cost money. Maybe refs could make final decisions ?

Refs do make decisions at a certain level. Also, national anthems should be gotten rid of. How boring.

[Emil]

You really think ring girls draw people to the fights? Anyone who wants to see tits can just go to a strip club, or ANYWHERE on the internet. I don't see why anyone would spend $50+ on boxing tickets to see women in bikinis.

I was talking about the car show..

You could then apply that to pretty much anything then. There could be half naked women at the supermarkets to attract more men to go "shopping", etc etc

[Emil]

Is it true ?

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/boxin ... athy-duva/?

Is Haymon gay or what is his reasoning ?

I'd love to see ring boys.

Maybe they should have ring dudes when women are fighting?

Sounds like a balance.

Frida Wallberg already had a ring boy for her last title fight, though he kept his clothes on and wore a suit..
However she received a lot of threats for not having a half naked woman, so it seems like a sensitive issue.

[AntonS]

Is it true ?

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/boxin ... athy-duva/?

Is Haymon gay or what is his reasoning ?

I'd love to see ring boys.

Maybe they should have ring dudes when women are fighting?

Sounds like a balance.

It happened a couple of times on Gold Coast

Surfers Paradise Meter Maid

[crusader]

Ring card girls have never added value to a broadcast for me. I want to watch boxing, not a few seconds of a somewhat attractive woman holding a giant card over her head, especially when I can find equally or more attractive women wearing far less on what seems like every other website.

Is anyone going to really not watch a particular broadcast just because there aren't card girls? Haymon will probably save money by not having to pay them.