Boxing doesnt need to be "saved", it's not going to "die"

[MetalVomit]

Proof? My girlfriend who has watched only 2 other boxing matches her entire life, was captivated by the Pavlik/Miranda war. That's all it takes, someone who may not necessarily be up to speed on the greatness of boxing just needs to see one good fight and they want more.

[bengidaro]

It's such an intersting and fun spectator sport thaat it will never die. I completely agree with you. Plus internationally it is as big as ever. Boxing is in markets it wasn'tin 10 or 15 years ago. Not everybody here loves it but as a whole its doing great

[James78]

Proof? My girlfriend who has watched only 2 other boxing matches her entire life, was captivated by the Pavlik/Miranda war. That's all it takes, someone who may not necessarily be up to speed on the greatness of boxing just needs to see one good fight and they want more.

That's right it's never gonna die because it CAN'T die.

[1bad65]

Fights like that are exactly what boxing needs. As long as fights like that get put together, it's great for boxing. What is bad is when promoters, managers and the sanctioning bodies make to where two good fighters are not matched up.

[MetalVomit]

Fights like that are exactly what boxing needs. As long as fights like that get put together, it's great for boxing. What is bad is when promoters, managers and the sanctioning bodies make to where two good fighters are not matched up.

You speak the truth.

[_Skillionaire_]

Proof? My girlfriend who has watched only 2 other boxing matches her entire life, was captivated by the Pavlik/Miranda war. That's all it takes, someone who may not necessarily be up to speed on the greatness of boxing just needs to see one good fight and they want more.

Yes, and then one fight like Taylor/Spinks turns them off to boxing again.

[Fighting Cougar]

Boxing has gone through stuff before and it has survived and it will always survive wether anyone like's it or not. ]

[deuce_drop]

boxing is going to die, it's going to get more bastardized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more than anything else!

[-Antonio-]

The Mayweather/DLH PPV did help it a lot though. I had a friend message me Saturday night saying "Pavliks the truth". Suprised the hell out of me. Before he watched the DLH PPV he never watched boxing.

[Steelhammer86]

Boxing will never die

Boxing will never die, but the mainstream North American media is hurting boxing. The problems are:

1) The refusal among some sportswriters in North America to acknowledge how good the Eastern European heavyweights really are.

2) The ignorance of some sportwriters about boxing. (check some of the stories on yahoo.com and even worse, SI's website - those simpletons still have Nicolay Valuev as the WBA heavyweight titleholder!)

3) The refusal of the media in North America to pay attention to the great boxers in other countries (Pacquiao, Calzaghe, the Klitschkos, Chagaev, Mormeck, Darchinyan, etc.).

4) Too little attention given by the media to positive stories, such as the emergence of a classy young guy like Kelly Pavlik as a bona fide top fighter, or the amazing comeback of Oleg Maskaev, winning 12 consecutive fights and the WBC title after he was believed to be washed up at age 33.

5) Too much attention given by the media to negative stories that are hardly worth reporting (Frazier and his daughter's litigation, or Tyson's latest foolishness).