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Sportscenter and ESPN for not reporting it enough. Or maybe HBO/Showtime for not advertising it enough, but Sportscenter and ESPN could atleast take time to talk about it on some of their damn shows.
I also kinda blame the judges in Trinidad-De La Hoya and Lewis-Holyfield 1 also. That turned a lot of people off of the sport. Though DLH-Trinidad also turned people off because of the running DLH did.Comment
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I think the casual fans want a "star" that gets everyone amped and excited to watch. It takes more then an exciting fighter, some fighters just have "it" that make a fight into an event. Ali had it, Sugar Ray had it, Tyson had it, De La Hoya had it, but nobody out there now creates the kind of excitement in the hearts of casual fans. If one of those guys I just mentioned was fighting, it was on at the bar. It was an event. I think Boxing just needs that new "star" to re-excite the mainstream public.Comment
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Sanctioning bodies. They make boxing look bad wit all the alphabet soup bull****. If we gotta have all these belts, at least condone the other bodies' champions unifying. All these ****** fees and political ****blocking of fights is annoying as hell.Comment
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Another reason I didn't like Floyd. I don't think he was good for boxings image. He was a ****ing rapper long story short. Arrogant bragadocious and loud. That isn't what the sport needs. Generated short term buzz and his retirement doesn't help either. He left a bad taste in many a mouth.Comment
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In my opinion it is on a decline now because their arent many superstars that are american (except for pavlik) give it time and when those superstars show up the sport will boost tremendously.
The other thing is that if they can get one huge fight not necesarily as big as the floyd-dlh fight but a big one and if it is a great fight that kind of exposure would be huge. Because in the 80's when superstars fought eachother the fights were incredible and a great fight is better then the super bowl in my opinion.Last edited by Danny Gunz; 06-16-2008, 11:54 PM.Comment
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1. Matchmaking. Seeing a main event that has someone brought in as an opponent and really has little chance of winning. This has got better, ESPN2 has started getting more evenly matched fights. And with all of the "upsets" we've been seeing lately I think its more of just them finally finding someone that has a chance. People use records to base on how they think a fight will go. But they do not realize that someone 24-5 might have a more solid record than someone 25-0.
2. Bad decisions. I quit watching boxing because of this for a couple years. Seems that it has gotten better, while there are still some bad ones.
3. Lack of free fights. On a lucky week I might get boxing 3 nights in the week. ESPN two nights and HBO one night. ESPN is good because if they fights are all short they show more. HBO usually has two fights and if they both end in the first round then your **** out of luck for watching boxing. Even though I'm sure they had more fights they could show.
4. Boxing getting pushed back for other sports. ESPN has to treat boxing like a seasonal sport. If there is ANY other sport going on it takes priority over boxing. Hell, wed night fights is only on during the spring/summer if I remember correctly. And during fall/winter its a crapshoot on whether you will get to see any boxing during a week.
5. And I hate to say it but UFC. I think UFC is pulling in a lot of the potential boxing fans at young ages now and leaves less people interested in boxing. Its sad that this fad is putting a dent on something that has been around for a LONG time. But I'm sure in a few years when UFC isnt around it will get better. Anything that gets popular so quick is usually a fad and dies out about as quickly. Does make sense that teenagers would rather see a streetfight since they dont really know any better.Comment
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Bumpity Bump...Comment
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All the sanctioning bodies and curruption...Comment
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