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The tug of war over middleweight prospect Harry Joe Yorgey (21-0-1, 9KOs) is likley to end up in court of law. To bring everyone up to date, I'm going backtrack the details of the ongoing legalfest. [details]
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Pisses me off
You know I was a casual fan of boxing, maybe a bit more then casual, in the 80's through early 90's. I then got busy and the lack of coverage and televised fights drove me away. It was only two years ago when my travels forced me to spend 4 to 5 nights a week in a hotel room that I became a true fan. Watching ESPN classic showings of matches gave me something to look forward to in the hotel room.
This crap is the type of thing that could turn me right back off again. It seems criminal to me that you can't watch any names at the top of the game witout shelling out $50.00. If you want to split the PPV you have to find a few friends that actually give a flying fart about a sport they all gave up years ago. To see a fight in person for one of these names you need to travel to one of a few cities that seem to host them. Then for local fighting give it up. Because of the lack of coverage half the cards seem to get cancelled and promoters continue to swear they will "never return" due to a 10% occupancy at the arena. Then of course we have the sanctioning bodies who couldn't sanction a tarot reading if any real oversight was in place. We have fighters that don't or won't fight real competition. I think Floyd is the best fighter out there but you know what....who cares if he isn't going to fight. If you aren't going to do anything but do the victory dance then fine but lets stop argueing about your talent as your talent is no longer relevant.
I can deal with the frustrations above but when the last real vestige of free viewing of the sport begins to look as tainted as we are all told it really is, well it really starts to get you down.
Don't get me wrong. I really, really love the sport. It does frustrate me that it seems a sport that I alone of anyone I talk to in real life seems to care about. But in reality am I the only one who gets a little down on these type of articles and the business decisions that seem to be driving the sport into the nosebleed seats of the sports arena?
Sorry for the rant. Just a bit ornery today I guess. -
Hey E.S.P.N Wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey E.S.P.N. how long are you guys going to cover up this mess!!!!!!!!.
You know Loughrey is guilty... but I guess you really don't care!!!!!!!
And you care less less about the sport with the way you are responding to this joke.
Who is Loughrey related to that you would not check this out...
Oh I wrong you checked it out by letting Loughrey listen in!!!! Nice going Keep up the ****ty work.
I am loosing all respect for you guys.
How can you keep Loughrey on what the hell is wrong with this picture???????????????
I can't beleive you spended Teddy Atlas Are you kidding :::: what did you do to Loughrey -- Oh yeah you let him listen to the people being interviewed about this mess. NICE GOING......Comment
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