My God, they actually have been saying boxing is dead for centuries

read the full article here: http://theglitchking.sportsblog.com/posts/3756319/my-god--they-actually-have-been-saying-boxing-is-dying-for-centuries.html I always assumed that was just something people were saying till I stumbled onto these ancient articles from the google news paper archives dating back over 200 years. This is a long one and well worth the read. I think everyone here can appreciate this. Some of the text is scrambled though. I'm going to quote from the articles found in the goodle news archives. They're well worth a read if you've ever stood on the boxing is dying bad wagon I read every one of these and love it. In no real order here are some I found most interesting. 1937 - Jack Dempsey knows his own game. When he says boxing will be washed up within a year, unless something's done, he's talking straight from his heart. "It isn't boxing anymore, he complains, "but just a big lawsuit." Still, when Jack thinks the evils of his former occupation can be cleaned up by appointing a czar-someone like judge landis, who runs organised baseball, there is room for doubt read the full article here: http://theglitchking.sportsblog.com/posts/3756319/my-god--they-actually-have-been-saying-boxing-is-dying-for-centuries.html