Because people here can't form opinions of their own, they can only be told who is the best. People bashing Jack Slack for actual analysis of fighters with their skills and styles, what do you expect?
Sherdog is more MMAth than it is about thoughtful analysis.
So, you're telling me she is a big enough star to attract other boxers to NM of all places, but she is unable to fight in any other city because she wouldn't draw a crowd out there?
I call BS. Like I said before, Laila Ali, another one of star women boxer, fought all over the place.
The woman has 23 decisions to her name. All of which happened in NM. If you can't believe that is suspicious, then that's just blindness. Find one other name fighter who has fought their entire career in one state, please.
And, like another poster pointed out a second ago, she was beating up fighters with losing records right until the end of her career. She fought some good boxers, sure. And she decision'd them. In New Mexico.
So, based on her record, we know:
1. She never won a fight outside of New Mexico.
2. All but two of her fights are in New Mexico, most of the time in local shows.
3. She fought plenty of fighters who had losing records.
Those are all signs of a protected fighter. Add in the fact that she's got those exact rumours flying around about her career, and it's not hard to see why it is probably likely.
You can deny it all you want, but it doesn't change the facts. Your evidence is no more convincing than mine. At least mine looks at the reality of a fighter who won most of her decisions in the exact same building.
Based on your comments you know nothing about her career and based on that first comment why you are even trying to discuss this with me is laughable.
She was a star in NM, womans boxing doesnt draw, but it drew in NM with her so thus people wanted to come their to fight her.
Its pretty simple logic but clearly you have formed an opinion based off looking at boxrec and dont want to listen to someone who actually followed her career and watched her fights.
Yeah. Because there is no obvious advantage always fighting in your home town or anything lol
Just admit you're a die hard fan of hers. It's ok, but it does mean you're heavily biased. She has her good wins, and then she has a lot of fluff surrounding it. All fought in the same city.
She's been protected to a degree, whether you like it or not.
Do you understand the economics of womans boxing? Until you figure that out why are you even discussing the topic.
So you are now trying to use the fact I actually watched her fight before Dana told you too as a bad thing?
She fought in NM because she was a star in NM and drew in NM. In womans boxing that is rare. You want her to go fight somewhere else just to say she fought somewhere else when she will draw 2000 more fans every time in NM?
Give it up. You have no clue what you are talking about and continue to try and use the fact she fought in a town she sold tickets in as something bad. That is just laughable.
Is it because:
a) They hate Ronda and her hype so much, that whenever they think her opponent "has a zero chance" they release their frustration also towards that opponent who has done nothing to deserve that hate.
b) Their average IQ is so low they think not having X amount of ranked wins/being unproven = bad fighter.
c) They havent really payed any attention at all to Holm`s skill set, so they are just crying in chorus how she is going to lose in 30 seconds despite everything in Holm`s and Jackson/Winkeljohn`s approach to a fight game indicates otherwise. They also havent noticed how strong and athletic she is, how good defensive wrestling she has etc.
d) All above?