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By Jake Donovan - Good things come to those wait. Fortunately for boxing's power brokers, its fan base largely consists of the most patient cats on the planet.
Realizing an unlikely return to the old days, when a major fight was always front page news (or at least back pages for those outlets whose sports sections begin in the rear), the boxing fraternity has instead grown accustomed to the traditions of recent years.
The best example of boxing tradition can be found on Showtime, who adopted the "Great Fights, No Rights" policy in 2004, which resulted in a new edition of Showtime Championship Boxing being brought to our living rooms like clockwork on the first Saturday of every month. More often than not, the series has been preceded the night before by an installment from their highly-acclaimed ShoBox: The New Generation series. The SCB package is also always a lock for a fantastic card on the eve of the Super Bowl.
So much for tradition, at least through the first few weeks of 2008.
The year started out with good intentions. Showtime offered their first SCB telecast of 2008 on January 5, with Paul Malignaggi's close call against Herman Ngoudjo. The show was preceded the night before by the Peterson brothers – Anthony and Lamont – returning to the ShoBox circuit and looking fantastic as usual in separate bouts. Another installment of ShoBox airs this Friday, to help officially kick off Super Bowl weekend. [details]
Realizing an unlikely return to the old days, when a major fight was always front page news (or at least back pages for those outlets whose sports sections begin in the rear), the boxing fraternity has instead grown accustomed to the traditions of recent years.
The best example of boxing tradition can be found on Showtime, who adopted the "Great Fights, No Rights" policy in 2004, which resulted in a new edition of Showtime Championship Boxing being brought to our living rooms like clockwork on the first Saturday of every month. More often than not, the series has been preceded the night before by an installment from their highly-acclaimed ShoBox: The New Generation series. The SCB package is also always a lock for a fantastic card on the eve of the Super Bowl.
So much for tradition, at least through the first few weeks of 2008.
The year started out with good intentions. Showtime offered their first SCB telecast of 2008 on January 5, with Paul Malignaggi's close call against Herman Ngoudjo. The show was preceded the night before by the Peterson brothers – Anthony and Lamont – returning to the ShoBox circuit and looking fantastic as usual in separate bouts. Another installment of ShoBox airs this Friday, to help officially kick off Super Bowl weekend. [details]
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