Boxing is too inconsistant to be a mainstream sport.

[MJ406]

It has seriously become a frustrating sport to be a fan of!

It's hard to be mainstream when all of your important fights are on pay channels.

agreed, hell your not even talking about the PPV fights, but true HBO and Showtime do show a good portion of the fights that are not on ESPN, telemundo, Versus or PPV.

heck this came up on here already, but I'll agree with the original post as Pavlik-Hopkins isn't a fight that I care for all that match, considering it is at a catchweight and on PPV.

*and I didn't know PPV costs reached $60 yet, I thought the highest they got to was $54.95. (am I forgetting High Def costing more?)

[Spiegelo]

Man cmon, this has been a ****ing amazing year in boxing. We had Pac-Marquez, Vazquez-Marquez, Cotto-Margs, Katsidis-Cas, Campbell-Diaz, Pac-Diaz, and plenty less mainstream fights that ended up being classics. We still got an amazing 2nd half to come. Amazing lightweight champion matchups, unsettled welterweight rematches to come, plus the unlimited potential from up and coming fighters like Juanma Lopez, Linares, and Gamboa.

[MJ406]

the first half of the year was strong ... agreed with the Pacquiao vs Marquez and Cotto vs Margarito fights being 2 of the bigger, plus the ones you named

but as it sits right now

Katsidis vs Diaz
Campbell vs Guzman
Andrade vs Bute
Taylor vs Lacy
and Hatton vs Malignaggi

is all im looking forward to. the Pavlik-Hopkins and potential DLH-Pacquiao fights are real downers IMO that kinda "kill the momentum"

heck look how long this Oscar fight has been dragged out .. when'll he announce an opponent, the middle of October?

[deevel79]

Even now, we spend 6 months talking about a potential fight that "might" happen sometime late next year. Its kind've pathetic.

[deevel79]

Not to mention most of the up and coming fighters who want that golden ticket fight so they fight bums for 30 or so fights until/and or if they get the shot. Boxing should be fought in an elimination tournament style.

If this were the case, it would be the most popular sport on earth!