On this nook of the Universo Pugilistico, it is all about my sack– my bulging, bulbous, aching sack– and the gooey, salty reality contained inside. So…sit again, shut your eyes, pull again your hair, and prepare for this week’s cash shot of knowledge. This week we’ve feedback/questions concerning Tank Davis, Tank/Floyd/PBC beef, the UFC, and Pay-Per-Every thing
Tank, Floyd, And many others…
Hey Paul,
Remark – First, I wish to say that final Saturday evening’s card was stacked and fairly entertaining so far as PPV playing cards go. Secondly, Tank Davis is an issue! Every of his fights I see a little bit one thing totally different. Most of us followers are impressed by his energy, however his ring IQ is soooooo underrated. And he is fought so many kinds. He at all times appear to be calm and relaxed regardless of how a lot warmth is being thrown at him, ready for the right alternative to counter or assault. Pit Bull gave him a fairly good scrap, and Shakur primarily based on his boxing abilities might pose a couple of moments, however I actually do not see anybody competing with him in or round his weight.
Query – Behind the scene there seems to be one thing happening between PBC (Al Haymon), Floyd, Leonard and Tank that has not come out but. Just lately there was numerous trash speak, accusations, restructuring, and flat out trolling.
What’s your take?
– Reggie Cannon
Hey Reggie.
I fully agree along with your feedback. As I wrote on Monday, Tank is particular. He brings that savvy boxing intuition and bettering ring IQ and than throws in a real killer intuition behind it. Anybody diminishing his accomplishments is both an fool or somebody using a weirdo anti-Tank agenda. I don’t see anybody at 135 beating him and solely possibly two individuals even giving him some issues.
As on your query…I believe numerous the meat we see on social media and see percolating within the enterprise area is as a consequence of Floyd Mayweather’s ego. That’s simply my fully uniformed, not-so-educated guess. There may be some mandatory restructuring inside all of their enterprise pursuits. In the long term, I don’t suppose something actually adjustments for any of them.
A Counter to My UFC Declare
Hello Paul,
Glad to see you continue to on the market persevering with to pump out good work and retaining individuals accountable.
Concerning your Notes revealed on the seventeenth, I do not disagree with nearly all of what you wrote. I believe lots of your apprehensions concerning the potential Saudi takeover of boxing may result in various points.
One factor I believe you’re incorrect about nevertheless is that this line: “one the place the identical names are shuffled round many times and incoming new expertise is of diminished high quality as a result of, beneath the UFC, the expertise is coming from strip mall dojos and from no matter may very well be stolen from very secondary MMA corporations.” (emphasis added)
I believe this level is demonstrably false. Whereas I am undoubtedly a boxing man first, I comply with the UFC reasonably intently and am near individuals who comply with it extraordinarily intently. The expertise stage within the UFC has by no means been larger and that is seen most vividly within the new expertise. Most of the individuals exterior of the highest 10, together with a number of individuals with a restricted variety of skilled fights, would run circles round champions from simply 10-15 years in the past. It’s because the game has developed a lot in a brief time frame.
One instance of that is the brand new coaching program situated close to the Penn State campus. Penn State wrestling, which has gained 11 workforce nationwide championships since 2011, and is the host of a few of the finest nationwide workforce members, now has connections to that MMA coaching facility constructed proper subsequent door. Since wrestling might be the perfect beginning background for somebody getting into MMA, and there is a massive inflow of former top-level wrestlers getting into the game (within the early days of the UFC, it was wrestlers from D2&3 guys dominating the Octagon), I do not suppose it may be pretty stated that within the UFC the “incoming expertise is of diminished high quality.”
Thanks once more on your work and carry on rockin’.
– Jeremiah Davis
Hey Jeremiah.
I’m not a UFC/MMA man. I used to be simply going by the unanimous laments of each UFC/MMA man I do know that the product is diminished in recent times and that actual breakthrough stars have been a lot tougher to return by. I may very well be unsuitable. However the “UFC mannequin” because it’s manifested by means of the proposed Saudi boxing league would undoubtedly result in a diminished high quality of the product. There’d be little-to-no “minor leagues” for growth and no actual probability for any of the younger stars to face a fringe Prime 10 or Prime 15 man to enhance his sport on the best way up. I’m not conscious of any actual developmental proving floor for UFC fighters, the place they’ll face some UFC-level guys in precise fight as they develop and develop, honing their abilities towards high-end fighters earlier than hitting the highest tier. Possibly I’m simply not conscious of that, although. Boxing, nevertheless, does have that developmental construction in place. It wouldn’t have a lot of that beneath the Saudi proposal.
Pay-Per-Every thing (Revisited)
Hello, Paul, as at all times wishing you and your loved ones the perfect!!! Completely agree along with your article concerning PPV, in my case, despite the fact that I contemplate myself to be a hardcore boxing fan, I’ve discovered to pay just for the most important fights on PPV. I’m completely wonderful with watching the highlights or any youtube video of some other combat posted the subsequent day. To this point, this 12 months I’ve solely paid for 2 pay-per-views. The subsequent one would be the Crawford combat in August, the entire card pursuits me. So far as subscription, I’m wonderful with the ESPN Plus value, and subscribe to DAZN primarily based on the fights. For instance, I’ll subscribe to DAZN, June 15, 2024 and cancel the subsequent day. That can enable me to look at Matias vs Paro, Bam Bam vs Estrada and Jarron Ennis for the worth of 1 month. Most likely will not subscribe until the tip of the 12 months if one thing pursuits me. By the best way, the three fights that had me hyped through the first half of this 12 months was Beterbiev vs Bivol, that was ESPN Plus, Amanda Serrano vs Taylor, on Netflix and Virgil Ortiz Vs Tzyu, simply my luck that every one of those fights had been both postponed or cancelled. That’s boxing!! Take care.
– Benjamin from Puerto Rico.
Hey Benjamin.
Shoppers shall be customers. We’ll choose and select what’s of worth to us primarily based on value and high quality of content material. Boxing followers are savvy in that regard, as you’ve simply proven. Sadly, if the die-hards are selecting to move on many– of not most– exhibits, that signifies that the not-so-die-hards and curious casuals are in all probability not shopping for into a lot of something. How can we construct a fan base for the long run if all of our greatest fights and fighters are behind paywalls? This sport is paying its payments by promoting off its furnishings and there’ll come day the place nothing is left however an empty home. We have to construct for the long run, however I don’t see anybody actually making an attempt. I simply see lots of people grabbing at pennies on the expense of future dimes.
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