tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post4750212560739522205..comments2023-07-15T07:17:49.535-04:00Comments on Professional Wrestling in U.S. Popular Culture: Golden Boy vs. Pretty BoySam Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-759372375155301112007-05-08T03:40:00.000-04:002007-05-08T03:40:00.000-04:00I also thought it paralleled a wrestling match. Th...I also thought it paralleled a wrestling match. The crowd definitely favored one fighter over the other. I think Mayweather was trying to get into De La Hoya's head by mocking him with his outfit. I also thought that the way the camera would focus in on Oscar's wife during the fight was simliar to the way the WWE would show Bret Hart's sister during his fight against the British Bulldog or when Elizabeth would be shown during a Macho Man match. In all these cases, these women are able to tell a story within the story.Ismaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569007541989884404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-19972722622277201592007-05-07T21:49:00.000-04:002007-05-07T21:49:00.000-04:00I've maybe seen a handful of boxing matches, and d...I've maybe seen a handful of boxing matches, and didn't realy notice the pageantry such as you described. The question here is whether the taunting and pageantry is taken from the popularity of pro wrestling, or has it always been that way in boxing, and as such did the two genres of athletic entertainment influence each other? At the same time, is this taunting supposed to be real? Is this 'real' in ring psychology, screwing with the other figher's head by insulting his family? Or is it all a show? I suspect that most of it is, but I don't think any boxing promoter would actually admit it, since boxing is 'real', and wrestling is 'fake'....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com