The Great Black Hope

[Steak]

That's exactly what it is. Kids are influenced a lot by whats on TV or whats popular. Boxing isn't "cool" anymore, at least not in America.

yea, you will pretty much never see boxing on espn, pretty much ever. even those little messages on the bottom are tiny.

very irritating.

[Scott9945]

What about that black guy from the first or second Rocky movie????

Sorry, but he died in Rocky 4.

[Floyd R]

You still have not posted your boxing record yet. I bet you have never been in a boxing ring.

My Eastern European brothers are tougher and stronger...just admit it, you Americans have gone soft.

[Sweet Pea 50]

To Gavinz, **** you and your red karma. I never understood that ***** **** anyway.
And don't worry **** puppet, I WON't be watching any heavyweight bouts for quite a while. Not when there is Taylor-Pavlik 2, Vasquez-Marquez 3, Pac-Man-JMM2, and Calzaghe-B-Hop coming up.
Have a ****ing The Heavyweight division just ain't what it used to be.

[sitai]

question to wlad owns...

how many eastern euro heavyweights would make a top 20 all time list?

2 at most.... (one actually but for arguments sake i'll give you 2)

you can't get credit for taking over if ther's no challenge

america still has almost 95% of the greatest heavyweights ever...

wlad is a good fighter,
the rest of them are boring mediocre fighters... you can't tell me that you're amazed by sultan, povetkin, chageav etc

no one is discriminating against eastern euro fighters, but its obvious to see that most of these guys wouldn't cope very well against any great fighters of the past....

[Jim Jeffries]

To Gavinz, **** you and your red karma. I never understood that ***** **** anyway.
And don't worry **** puppet, I WON't be watching any heavyweight bouts for quite a while. Not when there is Taylor-Pavlik 2, Vasquez-Marquez 3, Pac-Man-JMM2, and Calzaghe-B-Hop coming up.
Have a ****ing The Heavyweight division just ain't what it used to be.

Don't worry, I'll just put you on ignore so I don't have to read your posts which are either crying about the HW division or attacking another poster. Calzaghe/Hopkins, yeah, there's a really exciting fight.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Don't worry, I'll just put you on ignore so I don't have to read your posts which are either crying about the HW division or attacking another poster. Calzaghe/Hopkins, yeah, there's a really exciting fight.

Another ***** move on your part. "I'll put you on ignore..."
Me, crying about the Heavy Weights? Never me. There are to many other great fights in other divisions.
And YOU attacked me with that gay ass red karma. So if you get **** punted, and can't take it, don't be a little girl about it.

[Floyd R]

I agree with your comments.

In the early 80's I knew a sizeable number of teenagers that were actively involved in boxing and a handful were interested in pursuing careers as professional boxers. These were poor kids from the inner city that depended upon gyms like the PAL, Boys Club of America, and other community based boxing gyms that were affordable for people living in low income households. All of these gyms are now closed with a few PAL's scattered here and there that still offer boxing classes to young people.

Within the last 10 - 15 years every so often I run into a young person that is studying boxing. None of the ones I meet have plans of becoming professional boxers. Times have changed and not only are young people less active today but most have no interest in amateur boxing never mind pursuing a career as a professional boxer. I have noticed this shift occurring as more community based boxing gyms have closed. The young people that are physically active are generally interested in playing basketball, football, or sometimes baseball. Ask the average kid if he wants to study boxing nowadays and he will look at you as if you are crazy.

No, its happening to baseball too. Black kids don't grow up playing baseball or boxing anymore.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

That's exactly what it is. Kids are influenced a lot by whats on TV or whats popular. Boxing isn't "cool" anymore, at least not in America.

Exactly boxing isn't cool anymore to the young kids here in the U.S. Plus our society is all about what's new and what's the in thing and usually the youth are taught what's new and in from television. Football is shown on tv and sportscenter all the time, even during the offseason with the draft and player troubles. Football is what's in here in the U.S. and unfortunately boxing is not.

[Boxingwizard]

Chazz Witherspoon is the future of the heavyweight division.