Blog Hound: Can De La Hoya-Mayweather Jr. Bout Save Boxing?
With Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. squaring off Saturday night
in Las Vegas for the middleweight championship, the majority of the blogosphere
feels that despite the enormity of the fight, it won’t be enough to revive the
sport.
TDA
Training
Posted By: Nathan Teodoro |
| “For those who’ve loved
boxing, as I still do, you can only lament the lack of organization, standardized
rules, and unified belts. Can Mayweather and De La Hoya save boxing? Sadly,
I think it may be too late...” |
850 The Buzz Blog
Posted By: ChrisClark |
| “Boxing has been a fringe sport
for years, but this fight needs to put the sport back on the map because
boxing faces competition from mixed martial arts fights like the UFC. There
is a certain buzz that a great fight creates, but I don’t think that
there is anything that this fight can do to revive boxing.” |
Jimmy
Smith
Posted By: Jimmy Smith |
| “Here is hoping the match is
memorable enough to save boxing for a couple more years. Because lord knows,
two bigger names in boxing will never fight like this again. The era of
the big-name prizefight is over.” |
BeLOW
Me
Posted By: weinish |
| “The UFC has personable fighters
who have also grabbed hold of the pop/fashion culture, something that hasn’t
been seen in boxing since Muhammad Ali. All of this points to the rise of
the UFC, and end of boxing. This is why this weekend’s fight is ‘The
Last Fight’.” |
TigerHill
Posted By: patrick |
| “I find it interesting that very
few have talked about the actual fight rather than this fight’s importance
to boxing. I will only say this once….Boxing, as we know it, is dead.
Nothing will bring its former form back to life.” |
BUILDING THE BUZZ: The Sports Blog Index analyzed "the buzz" surrounding
the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight from the perspective of the sport of boxing.
Click
here for more analysis.
- The topic measured 8 out of 10 on “The Buzz,” which indicates a high level
of interest among bloggers.
- Most bloggers are calling it the "fight of the century,” but there is critique
that boxing in general is fading.
- There are several comparisons to mixed martial arts, showcasing that sport’s
growing relevance.
- Two of the most influential general sports blogs express negative sentiment,
with Dan Shanoff calling the fight "effectively a non-event" and Deadspin
saying the fight "is likely to disappoint.”
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