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  • #21
    Is it really in decline? Every week you get a fight card on espn, twice a month on hbo, twice on showtime, fights every night on Classic, and occasional and decent cards on Versus. There's so much boxing on TV it's hard to watch it all. But there are so many media today that it allows people to have more specialized interests, so of course not everybody is going to watch all this

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    • #22
      Originally posted by kayjay View Post
      Is it really in decline? Every week you get a fight card on espn, twice a month on hbo, twice on showtime, fights every night on Classic, and occasional and decent cards on Versus. There's so much boxing on TV it's hard to watch it all. But there are so many media today that it allows people to have more specialized interests, so of course not everybody is going to watch all this
      Boxing used to be the most popular sport in America, back in the 1920s. It was surpassed by baseball and then football and the basketball but still held a strong popularity. But if you look at sports polls it's popularity has been declining for the last several decades to the point where it ranks somewhere below Australian **** wrestling in popularity. Young fans aren't being reached, it's rare to see good fighters on free TV if you can even SEE a fight on free TV. Fight clubs are closing all over the country to the point where many big cities now have none. So yes I'm alarmed. I believe boxing is the greatest of all sports: It's a pure sport featuring man on man competition in a fight for supremacy. To see it decline down to a "niche" sport distresses me greatly.

      Poet
      Last edited by StarshipTrooper; 09-10-2007, 01:01 PM.

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      • #23
        Originally posted by poet682006 View Post
        And hardly anyone outside of hardcore boxing fans knows who Calazghe is. If he had fought in America the guy would be a superstar by now. He'd be a buttload richer and he'd be headlining PPV cards. Instead he's kanguishing in obscurity because he won't fight outside the UK.

        Poet

        but as far as reaching a worldwide audience it wouldn't make a difference. i agree it would make a difference as far as the american audience is concerned but not the rest of the world. the european audience would be unaffected as would the marginal asian audience (from my experience of south asian tv they haven't been interested in boxing since tyson)

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        • #24
          Originally posted by rooq View Post
          but as far as reaching a worldwide audience it wouldn't make a difference. i agree it would make a difference as far as the american audience is concerned but not the rest of the world. the european audience would be unaffected as would the marginal asian audience (from my experience of south asian tv they haven't been interested in boxing since tyson)
          The Thais and the Phillipinos are boxing crazy. Japan has a smaller but still hard core fan base. US TV reaches all of them, US TV reaches into Eastern Europe and Russia. My whole point is that the US is the only country that has a media that stretches globally.

          Poet

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          • #25
            Doesnt Matter where fights are held. It makes no difference.

            Some fighters still fight for pride.

            Truly Great fighters should fight Globally.

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            • #26
              Originally posted by poet682006 View Post
              The Thais and the Phillipinos are boxing crazy. Japan has a smaller but still hard core fan base. US TV reaches all of them, US TV reaches into Eastern Europe and Russia. My whole point is that the US is the only country that has a media that stretches globally.

              Poet

              yes, and US TV has a big part in Calzaghe-Kessler which is not even taking part in the states. i see what you mean, but i really don't think the fight has to physically take place in america for it to get worldwide exposure. its the 21st century damnit!

              also i don't know what its like in other non-american countries, but coverage of big american shows doesn't always happen. its not like a show is automatically screened because its being carried by hbo. although it has been getting better now that setanta are competing with sky to get the big fights.

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              • #27
                Originally posted by skilspaydabills View Post
                recognition? I always wondered this, is that the case?

                Yes, Because of Vegas and the widespread PPVs. More eyes, see it more recognition.

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                • #28
                  Do HBO/showtime reach as far as the BBC does? I didn't think so - if boxing was brought back to the Beeb you'd get coverage across europe, India, the middle east, pretty much everywhere. But audley harrison ruined the chances of that every happening.

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                  • #29
                    Oh **** that was a bad beating. Poor Audley.

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by skilspaydabills View Post
                      recognition? I always wondered this, is that the case?
                      Even a big European fight is only available a few other euro countries than their own.

                      Big American fights are available in every state and often shown in many euro countries, and elsewhere.

                      If you want world wide recognition, you have to go to the states...

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