Boxing has hit the biggest LOW for me right now
Setanta have just gone bust.
ITV are NOT renewing their boxing contract.
BBC doesn't want a part of boxing.
Sky are expensive and show limited (often delayed) coverage.
Pavlik-Mora cancelled.
Chagaev-Valuev cancelled.
Haye-Klitschko Cancelled.
Khan-Kotelnik Postponed.
John-Juarez Cancelled.
Mayweather-Marquez Cancelled.
Countless others I probably can't remember right now have been cancelled/postponed.
One Heavyweight fight last weekend with a dismal performance from Chagaev (No3 ranked) and a disasterously boring showing by Klitschko.
One good battle was Pascals recent win, I enjoyed that fight.
But Boxing has really hit a low in the UK, I don't know what it's like everywhere else but i'm starting to get seriously PISSED OFF.
What the **** is with boxers hardly EVER fighting?
David "Layoff" Haye when he next fights would have had boxed 5 rds in 18 MONTHS, ****ing disgraceful.
David Price, a "newbie" gaining bronze at the 08 Olympics has had 1 fight in ****ing 10 months, how the **** can you learn the trade if you fight that ****ing far apart.
Chad Dawson is stuck fighting 40-year olds in what will be his 4th fight in a row against one.
Tomaz Adamek is fighting Bobby Gunn who is so much of a bum its untrue, getting a shot at the Undisputed no1 is disgraceful.
Bernard Hopkins needs to sort himself the **** out, he had an amazing victory last year, you gonna retire or what? talk of him fighting in 2010 is laughable at his age and doesn't do nothing for the sport.
Shane Mosley again, like B-Hop, great victory in Jan, now what are you doing? waiting for the big fights? stop waiting start doing. One win doesn't necessarily make you the best when you lost 2-3 fights ago, fight highly ranked contenders, ABC holders, anything, just ****ing fight.
Arthur Abraham is going round in ****ing circles, same as Felix Strum. And don't even get me started on Mikkel "Osama Bin Hidin" Kessler.
Kelly Pavlik is all over the shop, what is this guy doing, he's injured, he's not injured, he wants Mora, he never wanted Mora.
Sakio Bika is still rated as active although hasn't fought since his 3 round win over Manfredo 8 months ago, at 30 years old the guy should be out battering someone every month.
Vernon Forrest is lost, not having fought since Septembers win over Mora last year, still rated, but how can he possibly be stated as "Active".
Junior Witter is getting a title shot, even though he hasn't fought for 9 months, and at 35 thats not the best idea.
A bigger search party should be called out for Joan Guzman than the Air France disaster, whats he doing? 33 years old, it's your prime really, what are you doing?
Steven Luevano is a world champ who hasn't fought for 8 months, by the time he fights he would have been out of the ring for 10 months, which at 28 years old is really, really sad.
Roman Martinez won the world title in March with a great display, he's 26, still very young, but 4 months on theres no sign of him fighting in the near future. Every three months, why bother getting stale.
Rant over, this went on WAY WAY longer than expected, but I really needed to get it off my chest, boxing is really pissing me off atm, I just want to go up to promoters/fighters and sit down with them and ask them what the **** is going wrong, and try and put some sense into thier heads.
All in all, Boxing will never leave me, but it is getting right on my tits atm.