Boxing needs a Superbowl

[-Swizzy-]

Its the guy in the thread starters avatar. Google his name to find out more about him.

st.pierre is the best p4p mma fighter in the world bar none. he has freakish athletic ability. he is 170 lbs and is known to take down great heavyweight fighters in sparing sessions. he was a pure striker(puncher, kicker the best at both) when he first came into the mma and basically had no ground skills like judo, wrestling or jiu jitsu. but since he started training with canadian olympic wrestlers that has become the best part of his game and has beaten and dominated 2 of the best ground fighters at their own game in his last 2 fights. that is basically the low down on st.pierre.

[number6]

This sounds like a good idea to me, i dont think its a very realistic one but i like it all the same.

One thing that MMA edges boxing in is the undercard, it was even more so when Pride was around.

[duffgun]

st.pierre is the best p4p mma fighter in the world bar none. he has freakish athletic ability. he is 170 lbs and is known to take down great heavyweight fighters in sparing sessions. he was a pure striker(puncher, kicker the best at both) when he first came into the mma and basically had no ground skills like judo, wrestling or jiu jitsu. but since he started training with canadian olympic wrestlers that has become the best part of his game and has beaten and dominated 2 of the best ground fighters at their own game in his last 2 fights. that is basically the low down on st.pierre.

Ok he is a UFC fighter i not really interested in UFC so i haven't really heard of any of there names we don't get much if any UFC coverage on freeview over in the UK. so he is the best at the sport.

[Steak]

I like your idea, but nobody would buy a boxing ppv thats 80 bucks. Almost no matter what the matchups were.

but it would be so much fun to have something like that. I like that other guys idea, network television! It would make more money than ppvs anyway with all the advertisements.

but if this kind of thing ever happened...
It would be fantastic.

[HappyBoxingFan]

World Fight Night

This sort of ties into a thread I just saw about a Boxing SuperBowl... here's my idea...

WORLD FIGHT NIGHT

WHAT?

Boxing's Super Bowl. Three World Championship headliner matchups on one night. For instance instead of Pavlik/Taylor in Feb., Marquez/Pacquiao in Mar., and BHOP/CalZ in Apr., they all happen at one location on one night. This should be done once a year. Also, three very solid undercard matchups involving top prospects/fading stars. A boxing extrravaganza... Boxing's Super Bowl.

WHY?

Gives Boxing the frontpage of sports for a week. Gives Boxing a main event... something to build up to. This will draw in casual fans. Casual fans create pressure to clean up the sport. Cleaning up the sport gives us better fights.

WHEN?

Third week of February. Dead time in American sports. I don't know about other countries, but I imagine almost everywhere in the Northern Hempishere it's similar.

HOW?

Tough. Need alot of cooperation from alot of people. Promoters need to realize that an event like this will make them a fortune in the long run. It's too bad that today's promoters are constantly making Penny-wise pound-foolish decisions.

Ideally, it would be an event on Free Tv. But baby steps. Open up charging like 75 bones on PPV.

WHERE?
Would be an event that moves around... depending on bids from cities. As other countries begin reaching out to foriegn fighters... the event could be moved from the US to Europe and maybe Mexico/South America..

Give me suggestions and problems with/for this idea.

[th4l3pr3ch4un]

I like that idea... that would really be somethin to have that many great matchups in one night... It would really make history, id buy that in a second..But if you think boxing is slipping, where were you throughout 2007?

Oh and GSP is a great fighter... but matt serra my man knocked that ass out, cant wait for the rematch.. i think it will be a similar outcome.

[HappyBoxingFan]

I like your idea, but nobody would buy a boxing ppv thats 80 bucks. Almost no matter what the matchups were.

but it would be so much fun to have something like that. I like that other guys idea, network television! It would make more money than ppvs anyway with all the advertisements.

but if this kind of thing ever happened...
It would be fantastic.

People would pay.... It would be huge.

[msagrain]

At the end of the day tho it just is not going to happen

[HappyBoxingFan]

At the end of the day tho it just is not going to happen

Nice spirit. Well done. That's how we get things done.

[-Swizzy-]

I like that idea... that would really be somethin to have that many great matchups in one night... It would really make history, id buy that in a second..But if you think boxing is slipping, where were you throughout 2007?

Oh and GSP is a great fighter... but matt serra my man knocked that ass out, cant wait for the rematch.. i think it will be a similar outcome.

yeah, it was a lucky punch but its not happening again. I kinda relate it to rahman on lewis, something that can't happen twice. serra is good but he isn't in st.pierre's league, watch for georges to dominate 100% of the rematch.