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SFW wrote:Why is it so offensive to point out clearly shitty match making? Agenda is definitely showing, sounds like the direction of that agenda is where the discrepancy lies.

Ricky_ wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:The PBC is offering so many fights you can't keep up. Who else is doing that?

Yes, there are a bunch of bad match ups, they're bunch of good ones.

Anyone who is trying to infer that the PBC is bad for boxing has some alternate agenda.

Only an idiot would believe an investment consortium ring-fencing a chunk of top fighters to compete in a new in-house franchise is good for boxing.

Cue BAD INTENTIONS i guess.

koolkc107 wrote:Anytime something worthwhile is in its infancy, you are going to have haters.

But, it is amusing to see some of the reactions nonetheless

Here's something for you to chew on...

The PBC is going to have more FOTY candidates than any 2 other entities combined.

That is successful by any yardstick, nevermind a first year.

koolkc107 wrote:
The PBC is going to have more FOTY candidates than any 2 other entities combined.

That is successful by any yardstick, nevermind a first year.

Counter-puncher wrote:

koolkc107 wrote:
The PBC is going to have more FOTY candidates than any 2 other entities combined.

That is successful by any yardstick, nevermind a first year.

Could you name a few for me? I haven't really been following this year

crusader wrote:I think it's been okay. There have been some good match-ups (the matchmaking seems better when the bouts are between foreign fighters or lower-level guys), but also a fair bit of dross, and I don't think it's a vast improvement over the pre-PBC situation.

And I'll tell you what BI, you know what I find even more strange than complaining about PBC? Having a hissy fit and screaming agenda just because some people predicted that Povetkin would beat Wilder if they fought (no bias in your pick of Wilder though, right?), or crying racism because a couple people mentioned Ward in a thread about dirty fighters (you mentioned Maidana by the way--you must be a racist asshole then). It's laughably ironic to see one of the forum's most agenda-driven posters moan so much about others doing the same, whether they really are or not.

crusader wrote:I think it's been okay. There have been some good match-ups (the matchmaking seems better when the bouts are between foreign fighters or lower-level guys), but also a fair bit of dross, and I don't think it's a vast improvement over the pre-PBC situation.

And I'll tell you what BI, you know what I find even more strange than complaining about PBC? Having a hissy fit and screaming agenda just because some people predicted that Povetkin would beat Wilder if they fought (no bias in your pick of Wilder though, right?), or crying racism because a couple people mentioned Ward in a thread about dirty fighters (you mentioned Maidana by the way--you must be a racist asshole then). It's laughably ironic to see one of the forum's most agenda-driven posters moan so much about others doing the same, whether they really are or not.

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:

crusader wrote:I think it's been okay. There have been some good match-ups (the matchmaking seems better when the bouts are between foreign fighters or lower-level guys), but also a fair bit of dross, and I don't think it's a vast improvement over the pre-PBC situation.

And I'll tell you what BI, you know what I find even more strange than complaining about PBC? Having a hissy fit and screaming agenda just because some people predicted that Povetkin would beat Wilder if they fought (no bias in your pick of Wilder though, right?), or crying racism because a couple people mentioned Ward in a thread about dirty fighters (you mentioned Maidana by the way--you must be a racist asshole then). It's laughably ironic to see one of the forum's most agenda-driven posters moan so much about others doing the same, whether they really are or not.

Great memory, fortunately, mine is good too.

It wasn't predictions that Wilder would lose, it was people being totally dismissive of Wilder.
More dismissive of him than other fighters. Most of those same people wouldn't say Anthony Joshua loses to Povetkin KO 2.
I understand much of the criticism, but I think the Wilder haters have gone a bit too far.

The Maidana thing came when you guys were calling Ward the dirtiest fighter ever because he was beating up your boys.
I was comparing him to other fighters who are also dirty, but got no criticism about it.
I think Maidana committed at least one foul that could have or did result in a point loss in every fight I seen him in.
Are you seriously denying that he isn't a dirty fighter?

The PBC thing is as stands. I've been a serious fan for 11 years.
Many times I lost interest in the sport for months because there simply wasn't enough content.
Based on that experience, I can't see any logical fan being ready to dismiss any boxing organization
that's putting on 22 shows in 3 months.

I would be defend HBO the same way. I would defend Top Rank the same way.
But, in the reality we share, only the PBC is doing it.

So why would any logical fan want this organization to end immediately?

Please enlighten me.

The Euro-bias is in full effect. Wilder KO's Povetkin or cruises to an easy decision.

Or we can do thing where we say Wilder will lose every fight, and when he finally does, we all say he was a bum.

crusader wrote:
The Ward racism accusations were an even more glaring example of this and I remember them quite well as a result. About two or three people briefly mentioned Ward, including Saad, who vehemently supported many black boxers during his time here and even took his appellation from one of them. Ward had recently been in fights which featured him heading butting and elbowing opponents, so there were grounds for him being named, yet you came storming in playing the race card as if the same factors that led you to choose Marcos Maidana (you racist bro?) couldn't possibly be applied to Ward..

crusader wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:

crusader wrote:I think it's been okay. There have been some good match-ups (the matchmaking seems better when the bouts are between foreign fighters or lower-level guys), but also a fair bit of dross, and I don't think it's a vast improvement over the pre-PBC situation.

And I'll tell you what BI, you know what I find even more strange than complaining about PBC? Having a hissy fit and screaming agenda just because some people predicted that Povetkin would beat Wilder if they fought (no bias in your pick of Wilder though, right?), or crying racism because a couple people mentioned Ward in a thread about dirty fighters (you mentioned Maidana by the way--you must be a racist asshole then). It's laughably ironic to see one of the forum's most agenda-driven posters moan so much about others doing the same, whether they really are or not.

Great memory, fortunately, mine is good too.

It wasn't predictions that Wilder would lose, it was people being totally dismissive of Wilder.
More dismissive of him than other fighters. Most of those same people wouldn't say Anthony Joshua loses to Povetkin KO 2.
I understand much of the criticism, but I think the Wilder haters have gone a bit too far.

The Maidana thing came when you guys were calling Ward the dirtiest fighter ever because he was beating up your boys.
I was comparing him to other fighters who are also dirty, but got no criticism about it.
I think Maidana committed at least one foul that could have or did result in a point loss in every fight I seen him in.
Are you seriously denying that he isn't a dirty fighter?

The PBC thing is as stands. I've been a serious fan for 11 years.
Many times I lost interest in the sport for months because there simply wasn't enough content.
Based on that experience, I can't see any logical fan being ready to dismiss any boxing organization
that's putting on 22 shows in 3 months.

I would be defend HBO the same way. I would defend Top Rank the same way.
But, in the reality we share, only the PBC is doing it.

So why would any logical fan want this organization to end immediately?

Please enlighten me.

Your memory actually doesn't seem too good. If you read the Wilder-Povetkin thread again (http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... 855&hilit=) you should see that before you posted opinions were split between Wilder and Povetkin, and there were also multiple posters who suggested that it would be an easy win for Wilder (no rant about people being dismissive of AP though). Then you came in and stated:

The Euro-bias is in full effect. Wilder KO's Povetkin or cruises to an easy decision.

Or we can do thing where we say Wilder will lose every fight, and when he finally does, we all say he was a bum.

Of course when someone is extremely biased they tend to interprete things in a distorted way, and if you read the above thread and see that as an example of Wilder bashing I think that applies to you in this case.

The Ward racism accusations were an even more glaring example of this and I remember them quite well as a result. About two or three people briefly mentioned Ward, including Saad, who vehemently supported many black boxers during his time here and even took his appellation from one of them. Ward had recently been in fights which featured him heading butting and elbowing opponents, so there were grounds for him being named, yet you came storming in playing the race card as if the same factors that led you to choose Marcos Maidana (you racist bro?) couldn't possibly be applied to Ward. It's unfortunate that there are people like you who are so quick to unreasonably accuse others of racism, as this is the type of thing that just contributes to further animosity between groups while impeding positive interaction.

As for PBC, I already noted that I think it's been okay so far, and I believe that some people probably have a bias that prevents them from fairly evaluating the quality of its product. There have been, however, many mismatches despite Haymon having a very large pool of talent to draw from, so I think some criticism is justified and I find it hypocritical that you so often cry agenda if people disagree with you when you're one of the most agenda-driven posters around.

BAD INTENTIONS wrote: So why would any logical fan want this organization to end immediately?

Please enlighten me.

Ricky_ wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote: So why would any logical fan want this organization to end immediately?

Please enlighten me.

Why would any boxing fan prefer to see the likes of Adonis Stevenson ring fenced into a closed organisation like PBC and matched against bums than see a historic best-versus-best LHW showdown with Kovalev?

PBC is hijacking talent from the sport, contracting them to a failing money-making venture for a consortium, and screwing over the sport by ring fencing some of its best talent.

PBC is for idiots.

tiny_acres wrote:

Ricky_ wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote: So why would any logical fan want this organization to end immediately?

Please enlighten me.

Why would any boxing fan prefer to see the likes of Adonis Stevenson ring fenced into a closed organisation like PBC and matched against bums than see a historic best-versus-best LHW showdown with Kovalev?

PBC is hijacking talent from the sport, contracting them to a failing money-making venture for a consortium, and screwing over the sport by ring fencing some of its best talent.

PBC is for idiots.

Before PBC Arum and GBP would not match up fighters against each others.
So what is the diffeence.It is just a new guy in the cold war.

crusader wrote:Poor guy can't read well

I never stated that your point about Wilder was racial, and perhaps your moaning in that thread was entirely a product of a different sensitivity, one to what you see as a pro-Euro bias. That said, I wouldn't be remotely surprised if that perception were also influenced by your views on race, even if some Europeans aren't white and certain people think Joshua would wreck Wilder (of course no one suggested that in the thread). Considering that the posts were split roughly 50/50 and multiple people stated that Wilder would easily win (damn all those people being dismissive of Povetkin!! Pro-American agenda at work!!!), the nature of your response suggests to me that bias was just as much at play in your case as it was for the others, but you characteristically played the crybaby and accused others of being agenda-driven. By the way, here is a quick lesson for you: 60 percent of people choosing AP (an Olympic gold medalist who clearly has a better resume than Wilder) in the poll hardly suggests dismissivness of Wilder, as it may well be that the large majority of those people think Doentay still has a good chance of winning, just not as good as Povetkin does.

The Ward example was obviously a racial issue though, as you explicitly yelled racism after just a few people mentioned Ward's name (in the same vein as forum PBC warrior benny). You say you want to talk boxing, but unfortunetly instead of doing that you immediately accused people of being prejudiced against Ward because of his race (which is a very serious allegation), as if there couldn't possibly be any other reason why they mentioned him, such as them simply having fuzzy memories, him headbutting Kessler several times (I don't think Maidana has butted as much in a fight), or his blatant elbow to Bika's head, all of which were unpunished by refs in his hometown. In fact, for someone who just wants to talk boxing you digress into screeds about race, religion, and how shitty you think society is an awful lot, and perhaps more than any other poster you're likely to lead the conversation away from the ring.

Now I want to talk boxing and generally keep conversation away from those topics, but I can't help but call you on your hypocrticial bellyaching when you continually accuse others of having questionable motivations in what they post; you're one of the most biased posters around and your posts follow a common narrative just as much as anyone else's do.

Now how long until the next round of accusations and grievance listing?

tiny_acres wrote:

Ricky_ wrote:

BAD INTENTIONS wrote: So why would any logical fan want this organization to end immediately?

Please enlighten me.

Yes they would. Arum has a track record of falling out with other promoters but still getting deals done.

Why would any boxing fan prefer to see the likes of Adonis Stevenson ring fenced into a closed organisation like PBC and matched against bums than see a historic best-versus-best LHW showdown with Kovalev?

PBC is hijacking talent from the sport, contracting them to a failing money-making venture for a consortium, and screwing over the sport by ring fencing some of its best talent.

PBC is for idiots.

Before PBC Arum and GBP would not match up fighters against each others.
So what is the diffeence.It is just a new guy in the cold war.

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:

crusader wrote:Poor guy can't read well

I never stated that your point about Wilder was racial, and perhaps your moaning in that thread was entirely a product of a different sensitivity, one to what you see as a pro-Euro bias. That said, I wouldn't be remotely surprised if that perception were also influenced by your views on race, even if some Europeans aren't white and certain people think Joshua would wreck Wilder (of course no one suggested that in the thread). Considering that the posts were split roughly 50/50 and multiple people stated that Wilder would easily win (damn all those people being dismissive of Povetkin!! Pro-American agenda at work!!!), the nature of your response suggests to me that bias was just as much at play in your case as it was for the others, but you characteristically played the crybaby and accused others of being agenda-driven. By the way, here is a quick lesson for you: 60 percent of people choosing AP (an Olympic gold medalist who clearly has a better resume than Wilder) in the poll hardly suggests dismissivness of Wilder, as it may well be that the large majority of those people think Doentay still has a good chance of winning, just not as good as Povetkin does.

The Ward example was obviously a racial issue though, as you explicitly yelled racism after just a few people mentioned Ward's name (in the same vein as forum PBC warrior benny). You say you want to talk boxing, but unfortunetly instead of doing that you immediately accused people of being prejudiced against Ward because of his race (which is a very serious allegation), as if there couldn't possibly be any other reason why they mentioned him, such as them simply having fuzzy memories, him headbutting Kessler several times (I don't think Maidana has butted as much in a fight), or his blatant elbow to Bika's head, all of which were unpunished by refs in his hometown. In fact, for someone who just wants to talk boxing you digress into screeds about race, religion, and how shitty you think society is an awful lot, and perhaps more than any other poster you're likely to lead the conversation away from the ring.

Now I want to talk boxing and generally keep conversation away from those topics, but I can't help but call you on your hypocrticial bellyaching when you continually accuse others of having questionable motivations in what they post; you're one of the most biased posters around and your posts follow a common narrative just as much as anyone else's do.

Now how long until the next round of accusations and grievance listing?

Okay man,

I'm just a troublemaker looking for race problems where they clearly don't exist.
I'm just a troublemaker looking for problems, the world is headed in the right direction.
I'm just a troublemaker looking for problems, religion is a blessing to the world.

Okay, now that you've gotten than out of me, can you leave me alone and discuss boxing with other people?

BAD INTENTIONS wrote:[
And the only reason DLH and Arum do business now is because of the growth of Haymon.

I understand the criticism of the PBC, it's the same standard BS I've been seeing for the last 11 years.

I don't understand what standard people are comparing the PBC to.

What is it worse than?