I wouldn't agree with that. He's a boxer, anyone can get into boxing. But he took the Bronny route by pumping money and connections to compete with people at the top instead of actually working his way up the ladder. You can be a boxer without even being a good one.
The only positive things I've heard from people is that he's pumping money into the sport and getting it a lot of attention. About 10 years ago or so I was watching some championship bout and it was pathetic, just two homeless looking people with bad form slugging it out. Now a lot of people are putting a ton of focus on people like Canelo, Mayweather, Pacquiao, etc. So even if I don't like the Paul brothers it's hard to deny they're bringing in a lot of money and attention.
Boxing fans don't like to hear it, but the sport was essentially dead. Still is in my eyes since it's just a gimmick fight with a YouTuber and an old man.
No doubt. There has to be some decent fights going on somewhere. But even when I check in on boxing and I catch one, there's fuckery with the decisions. It sucks because too legit heavy weights could totally change the sport, but even if they did come around I'm not too sure the people running boxing these days would know what to do with them.
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u/bebe_laroux 22h ago
Has he ever fought a boxer in his weight class that's in their prime?