Would showing highlights on SportsCenter and other programs help boxing?

Not even sure if its HW Tons and i means tons of people know who Oscar Delahoya is.....but guess what he only fights on pay-per-view. So people who dont even really know about boxing but know or have heard about superstars wont ever see them fight. "Oh yay! i know oscar he is fighting soon really? oh damn i dont have 50 bucks" To me all these silly payperviews are ruining people from getting into the sport. Like someone said earlier, A non fan sure as hell wont really know who JMM or Rocky Juarez and for a fight of someone that hardly anyone outside of boxing fans knows is on ppv is just insane. Sure i dont blame the fighters for wanting to make more money for ppv fights but they are helping themselves lose money in the long run. Ok so say you pay 50 bucks and you dont really watch boxing to much. Like i had a few friends over to watch the DLH-PBF fight... They thought it stunk hard...Now just imagine if they had paid for the fight and not came over to leech it....They would never buy another ppv where as if they saw it without having to pay (a whole weeks spending cash to most people) they might still be wanting to see more. One of my friends said "You actually paid for this fight?" i didnt really know what to tell him but it made me not want to buy another ppv. Very freakin true, PPV is what is ruining the sport, if I remember correctly it started out only the HW's would fight on PPV, now it's every tom, dick, and harry. To think about it if you look at the wrap up after every PPV fight they always talk about PPV buys and how much money it generated. imagine how many fans would flock to boxing if those PPV events were live on HBO, hmph can we blame promoters for this i.e. Don King who started it, I mean for goodness sakes look at Murad Muhammed trying to squeeze every penny out of people to make them pay for a older Roy fighting a little know opponent, what casual fan is going to pay for that, that's the only reason I haven't cancelled Showtime, if you have a subscription then their PPVs are free on their channel.

definitely... espn only hype big names mostly american boxers on their program... they didnt even talk about vasquez vs. marquez fight

it would work as a double edged sword. people would get more exposed to boxing but when people get drawn to boxing, they get repelled by its corruption and snoozers. when boxing gets its shit together and stops fucking around with itself, then the people will come. boxing's losing fans not because of a lack of support or exposure. but because there arent enough exciting fights and too much politics.

Lets just be realistic, the thing that could bring boxing back to the forefront is a dominate HW division, sure we all love boxing and can watch any weight class, but to the casual fan who just wants to see Mike Tyson part 2 or some big knockout machine they are not going to watch the lower weight classes unless its a big fight like PBF and Oscar, we just have to be patient and wait for the HW boom. Not even sure if its HW Tons and i means tons of people know who Oscar Delahoya is.....but guess what he only fights on pay-per-view. So people who dont even really know about boxing but know or have heard about superstars wont ever see them fight. "Oh yay! i know oscar he is fighting soon really? oh damn i dont have 50 bucks" To me all these silly payperviews are ruining people from getting into the sport. Like someone said earlier, A non fan sure as hell wont really know who JMM or Rocky Juarez and for a fight of someone that hardly anyone outside of boxing fans knows is on ppv is just insane. Sure i dont blame the fighters for wanting to make more money for ppv fights but they are helping themselves lose money in the long run. Ok so say you pay 50 bucks and you dont really watch boxing to much. Like i had a few friends over to watch the DLH-PBF fight... They thought it stunk hard...Now just imagine if they had paid for the fight and not came over to leech it....They would never buy another ppv where as if they saw it without having to pay (a whole weeks spending cash to most people) they might still be wanting to see more. One of my friends said "You actually paid for this fight?" i didnt really know what to tell him but it made me not want to buy another ppv.

Lets just be realistic, the thing that could bring boxing back to the forefront is a dominate HW division, sure we all love boxing and can watch any weight class, but to the casual fan who just wants to see Mike Tyson part 2 or some big knockout machine they are not going to watch the lower weight classes unless its a big fight like PBF and Oscar, we just have to be patient and wait for the HW boom.

it pisses me off that boxing doesn't get the coverage it should on espn. it's all about the rights and this and that with the major labels but it's a damn shame that they don't try and promote more by doing so. they have no problem showing everything else but when a big fight or a fight with some importance, fuck any fight, they don't get it any attention. it would help boxing tremendously to gain new fans and help keep up the interest if they would show boxing highlights and give boxing news like they do other sports. the drama in boxing is like no other, i haven't a clue why they don't.

Ugh, I can't stand the way sportscenter, ESPN magazine, Sports Illustrated, etc, hype Football, Baseball, and every other sport to no end and boxing is a 3rd or 4th class citizen. My roomates are obsessed with football and all I am going to hear about for the next 6 months or however long the season is, is about their fantasy teams, favorite teams, players (bleh). Boxing and MMA are so much more compelling than watching some fat thugs throw a ball around a field and bump into eachother. Baseball which I used to be a huge fan of, also is overhyped, but is ok in small doses. Same goes for Basketball. We'll have to wait until Floyd of Oscar fights again so ESPN can jump on their nuts for a couple weeks; until then they will completely ignore boxing. Come on now you know damn well it isnt like that. NFL has amazing athletes, otherwise people wouldnt watch. Boxing needs to take notes from the NFL as far as promotion goes.

Big name fights are better!!!

the whole ppv concept is what really makes boxing not as mainstream more than showing a few highlights on sports center Oh, I completely agree. I only mentioned it because pay-per-view is here to stay no matter how much I dislike it. Believe me, I hate it. This stupid J.M Marquez vs R. Juarez pay-per-view is a perfect example of what is wrong with boxing. They need to scrap that piece of crap right now, or go and load it with 6 or 7 meaningful/exciting fights to keep it. lol. I would complain less about pay-per-view if they were down to 2 or 3 per year, and LOADED with fights that are no-brainers for the good of boxing.

Oh, and they should do like 10 minute segments on good upcoming fights. that would be even better Yeah you hit it on the head, screw little 30 second clips....

We live in a SportsCenter world now. If boxing, HBO, and Showtime give the rights to SportsCenter and other highlight shows the rights to air boxing highlights, would it help boxing be more mainstream? actually thats stupid, of course it will, but the better question is will it bring many new fans to the sport? has this ever been brought up? YES!!!! ive been sayin that forever! of coarse it would be great. Ive seen them do it on occasion, and then when i mention the fight to a non-boxing fan, they sometimes know what im talking about!!!! Like for the Holyfield-Savarse Oh, and they should do like 10 minute segments on good upcoming fights. that would be even better

the whole ppv concept is what really makes boxing not as mainstream more than showing a few highlights on sports center

I think you answered your own question but it was important to talk about. People/sports fans need to see some exciting highlights on the Sports shows in order to think, "hey, I want to see the rest of that fight too! I wonder if the next fight coming up next week will be that good?" Once that happens you get a few guys getting together and chipping in to pay for the pay-per-view and they get hooked on the boxing experience.

i would like to see an exclusive combat sports channel that touches on a little of everything from around the world

ESPN and Fox Sports and such would really help it out. Especially for big ko's on instant replay.

Ugh, I can't stand the way sportscenter, ESPN magazine, Sports Illustrated, etc, hype Football, Baseball, and every other sport to no end and boxing is a 3rd or 4th class citizen. My roomates are obsessed with football and all I am going to hear about for the next 6 months or however long the season is, is about their fantasy teams, favorite teams, players (bleh). Boxing and MMA are so much more compelling than watching some fat thugs throw a ball around a field and bump into eachother. Baseball which I used to be a huge fan of, also is overhyped, but is ok in small doses. Same goes for Basketball. We'll have to wait until Floyd of Oscar fights again so ESPN can jump on their nuts for a couple weeks; until then they will completely ignore boxing.

for sure without a doubt. they used to show highlights all the time atleast in the big fights They might still show highlights of the really big fights, not sure though i am usually on these forums after big fights instead of watching sport center