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candyslim wrote: ↑05 Apr 2021, 09:24 Arreola did well against Kownacki, far better than I expected, and that is the only reason I'm not denouncing the fight with Ruiz as a horrible and brutal mismatch.

As it is I could name a hundred fights involving heavyweights that would be more competitive and more interesting to me than Ruiz v Arreola and that is without naming any boxer more than once.

If there were no limit to how many times the same fighter could appear, then that list could grow from 100 to at least 1000 maybe significantly more.

To illustrate the point, these are some of the potential fights involving Andy Ruiz Jnr. that would interest me more than Ruiz v Arreola : Joshua, TFury, Whyte, Wilder, Usyk, Parker, Povetkin, Pulev, Ortiz, Hunter, Rivas, Joyce, Miller, Wallin, Kabayel, Kownacki, Sanchez-Faure, Helenius, Martin, HFury, Yoka, Hrgovic, Chisora, Bakole-Ilunga, Gassiev, Breazeale, Takam, Jennings, Bryan, Shaw, Washington, Makhmudov, Dubois, Ajagba, Polite-Coffie, Sirenko, Kossobutsky, Majidov, ...

The list of fighters I'd rather see Arreola fight instead of Ruiz : As above starting with Povetkin with the addition of a number of other prospects.

Fighters I'd like to see fight Arreola as opposed to just being less undesirable than the Ruiz fight, as above starting with Breazeale with the addition of Chaney, Franklin, Davtaev, Romanov, Balolov, Kean, Miljas, Ahio, Babic, McKean, Huni, Anderson, Conto and so on and so forth.

Finkel wrote: ↑05 Apr 2021, 21:31But this fight? They are drumming up interest in the PPV based on the question:
How fat with Andy Ruiz Jr. be?

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑06 Apr 2021, 09:53

Finkel wrote: ↑05 Apr 2021, 21:31But this fight? They are drumming up interest in the PPV based on the question:
How fat with Andy Ruiz Jr. be?

Arreola and Ruiz Jr. are both durable fleshy Californian-Mexican heavyweights with crowd-pleasing fighting styles.

Both men are large, physically strong, aggressive "stalk-‘til-they-can't walk" fighters deemed as big punchers.

People will watch the fight (especially those of Mexican descent), because it'll be entertaining (while it lasts) and action-packed, so it'll do well commercially.

It's a bit of a hometown derby!

I suspect many mainstream casuals prioritise entertainment over sporting justification, because they're less concerned about resumes.

And to be perfectly honest with you, I've seen lots of novices compete on the Street Beefs backyard brawling YouTube channel, where their bouts are far more exciting to watch than some top-tier world title fights (i.e. Johnny Nelson vs. Carlos De Leon and Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran III).

So I can understand the reason why some people are willing to pay to watch certain unimportant bouts than those with titles on the line, because it's all about being entertained.

And let's not forget that 14 fighters are appearing on this fight card. And most of them have Mexican blood or speak Spanish.

So the PBC are obviously catering for a certain demographic.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑06 Apr 2021, 09:53

Finkel wrote: ↑05 Apr 2021, 21:31But this fight? They are drumming up interest in the PPV based on the question:
How fat with Andy Ruiz Jr. be?

Arreola and Ruiz Jr. are both durable fleshy Californian-Mexican heavyweights with crowd-pleasing fighting styles.

Both men are large, physically strong, aggressive "stalk-‘til-they-can't walk" fighters deemed as big punchers.

People will watch the fight (especially those of Mexican descent), because it'll be entertaining (while it lasts) and action-packed, so it'll do well commercially.

It's a bit of a hometown derby!

I suspect many mainstream casuals prioritise entertainment over sporting justification, because they're less concerned about resumes.

And to be perfectly honest with you, I've seen lots of novices compete on the Street Beefs backyard brawling YouTube channel, where their bouts are far more exciting to watch than some top-tier world title fights (i.e. Johnny Nelson vs. Carlos De Leon and Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran III).

So I can understand the reason why some people are willing to pay to watch certain unimportant bouts than those with titles on the line, because it's all about being entertained.

And let's not forget that 14 fighters are appearing on this fight card. And most of them have Mexican blood or speak Spanish.

So the PBC are obviously catering for a certain demographic.

gregregegg wrote: ↑21 Dec 2020, 03:13 just living in fantsy land for a day...

Spence vs Crawford
Inoue vs garry russel Jr (126)
Canelo vs Babic (heavyweight)
GGG vs Jaime Munguia (160)
Gassiev vs wilder (heavyweight)

don't really know whos favourite in any of them.

keirw wrote: ↑06 Apr 2021, 23:17

gregregegg wrote: ↑21 Dec 2020, 03:13 just living in fantsy land for a day...

Spence vs Crawford
Inoue vs garry russel Jr (126)
Canelo vs Babic (heavyweight)
GGG vs Jaime Munguia (160)
Gassiev vs wilder (heavyweight)

don't really know whos favourite in any of them.

Bit of a curve ball choice that one.

But f**k it, I'd pay to watch it