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By Jake Donovan - Bracket season. It’s the time of year when almost everyone on this side of the Atlantic becomes a college basketball fan. From now through the first Monday in April, the NCAA will watch a field of 65 teams whittle down to a national championship through a simple process – win or go home.
In a sport where fans complain of too many champions roaming around in too many weight classes, you’d think boxing would be more receptive to the concept of regularly staging tournaments. One loss should not kill a career, but it should momentarily remove you from the mix, and allow the winners the right to face each other to prove to the fans once and for all who’s the man.
Not only does boxing refuse to embrace the idea of a playoff system, its power brokers often go out of their way to avoid staging meaningful events while other sports are in the process of crowning champions. Often is the case when the sport all but goes dark from mid-October until after Halloween to avoid competing with Major League Baseball playoffs, specifically the World Series. [details]
In a sport where fans complain of too many champions roaming around in too many weight classes, you’d think boxing would be more receptive to the concept of regularly staging tournaments. One loss should not kill a career, but it should momentarily remove you from the mix, and allow the winners the right to face each other to prove to the fans once and for all who’s the man.
Not only does boxing refuse to embrace the idea of a playoff system, its power brokers often go out of their way to avoid staging meaningful events while other sports are in the process of crowning champions. Often is the case when the sport all but goes dark from mid-October until after Halloween to avoid competing with Major League Baseball playoffs, specifically the World Series. [details]
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