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The biggest dissappointments this year:
Prospects - We've seen many prospects go down this year, Ortiz, Angulo, Arreola, Shemunov, etc.
Kelly Pavlik - only fought once in 2009 against a mediocre contender (Rubio).
Hometown decisions - There's been far too many questionable hometown decisions this year all around the world.
David Haye - By the time he fights Valuev, it will have been a year since he beat Monte "No guns" Barrett in his first fight since moving up from Cruiserweight.
Shane Mosley - Since his big win over Margarito, Shane has been inactive due to the fact that he's hunting for a big fight. Shane's no spring chicken and the buzz from his surprising victory over Marg's is almost dead.
and finally, the most dissappointing thing in boxing this year:
HBO
Boxing fans were subjected to less quality events, more pricey PPV shows, and more lopsided fights. HBO had a bad year, even for bad economy standards. Many fights have been postponed and cancelled, others surrounded by controversy and questionable match making. Never did it seem more apparent that boxing's #1 show in town was making mistakes than the Froch-Taylor situation. Instead of making an investment in a great fight, boxing made an investment in a fighter (Chad Dawson). Now I'm a huge Dawson fan, but HBO isn't serving the boxing fans justice when they push a Dawson-Tarver rematch down our throats. The first fight was one-sided and the rematch would be also. Meanwhile Showtime picked up the Froch-Taylor fight and have been on a roll ever since.
Not only that, but look at the names I mentioned above, how many are HBO fighters? I'll save you the trouble, 6 out of 7. And the one fighter that isn't an HBO fighter, Shemunov, is probably the least dissappointing of the bunch.
HBO had better step up it's game, because they're fighters are spiraling downward in a similar fashion.
One thing I know for sure, I'm glad I subscribed to Showtime.
Prospects - We've seen many prospects go down this year, Ortiz, Angulo, Arreola, Shemunov, etc.
Kelly Pavlik - only fought once in 2009 against a mediocre contender (Rubio).
Hometown decisions - There's been far too many questionable hometown decisions this year all around the world.
David Haye - By the time he fights Valuev, it will have been a year since he beat Monte "No guns" Barrett in his first fight since moving up from Cruiserweight.
Shane Mosley - Since his big win over Margarito, Shane has been inactive due to the fact that he's hunting for a big fight. Shane's no spring chicken and the buzz from his surprising victory over Marg's is almost dead.
and finally, the most dissappointing thing in boxing this year:
HBO
Boxing fans were subjected to less quality events, more pricey PPV shows, and more lopsided fights. HBO had a bad year, even for bad economy standards. Many fights have been postponed and cancelled, others surrounded by controversy and questionable match making. Never did it seem more apparent that boxing's #1 show in town was making mistakes than the Froch-Taylor situation. Instead of making an investment in a great fight, boxing made an investment in a fighter (Chad Dawson). Now I'm a huge Dawson fan, but HBO isn't serving the boxing fans justice when they push a Dawson-Tarver rematch down our throats. The first fight was one-sided and the rematch would be also. Meanwhile Showtime picked up the Froch-Taylor fight and have been on a roll ever since.
Not only that, but look at the names I mentioned above, how many are HBO fighters? I'll save you the trouble, 6 out of 7. And the one fighter that isn't an HBO fighter, Shemunov, is probably the least dissappointing of the bunch.
HBO had better step up it's game, because they're fighters are spiraling downward in a similar fashion.
One thing I know for sure, I'm glad I subscribed to Showtime.
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