This Saturday night on HBO Pay Per View, Live from the Staples Center in the City of Angels, a boxing event will take place. It?s going to be an interesting night of boxing, to say the least. Many boxing ?followers? are voicing their opinion that this fight is not Pay Per View worthy.
Do I think it?s worthy of placing a Pay Per View price tag on Hopkins vs Dawson? Absolutely not. But I am a fan of the sport and not someone who just ?follows? the sport from time to time. I?m the kind of fan who would pay money to go see Bernard Hopkins shadow box, so am I going to order the fight? Well that?s neither here nor there. My point is that we as fans must do what we can to support the sport that we love.
It?s like watching your favorite football team, say they play against the worst team in football, you still tune in to watch, right? So are you going to sit there and tell me that you will support another sport but not your favorite sport? And sure you can sit there and say, ? well the football game I choose to watch is not charging me to view it.? Well that may be true, but you are still lending a hand by helping improve their ratings and thus helping out the sport.
Just take a good look at the UFC, they have Pay Per View fights just about every week, and they happen to put up very good numbers. Now are every single of their events Pay Per View worthy? Of course not, but the UFC fans still order and watch the fights to support the sport that they love.
Usually when a bad call takes place during a boxing fight, we as fans are quick to jump up and say, ? this is what is killing our sport.? In other sports like baseball, hockey, or football, when have you ever heard their fans say ? this is what is killing our sport? , After a ref or an umpire makes a bad call? We as fans seem to be the ones holding the double edged sword, we are the ones killing the sport. Not enough loyalty and support.
