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I'm sure they said the same thing about boxing when DLH was the main attraction. Pac came out of nowhere. When Pac's done, some one else will come up...
Boxing will not die anytime soon. If anyone got the February issue of the Ring Magazine, William Dettloff wrote an awesome article talking about how boxing won't die titled, "A Look Ahead to 2010."
Before Pacquiao's rise and boxing's subsequent resurgence, boxing was proclaimed "dead". I see that to be boxing's lowest point, one which it may hit again after Pacquiao's retirement.
The thing about boxing being "dying" though, is that I could care less if it "dies". I could care less about how much time boxing gets on Sports center.. Lets get these dumb people to stop talking about Mayweather/Pacquiao when they have no idea what they're talking about. (Have you heard Skip Bayless debate boxing?) MMA fans, go ahead and buy those UFC fights and debate boxing/ufc. We have the vocal minority of UFC fans vs the silent majority of boxing fans. Lets rewind time to two years ago. PPV sales were still doing well, my boxing gym was still full (probably more filled than now after MP and Money May have blown up), and there were a handful of entertaining fights to watch, even if it never made the paper and the mainstream public never gave a ****..
So who cares about MMA/Boxing.
Who cares if boxing doesn't keep up it's recent string of success? As a fan, I've learned not to expect much with these sanctioning bodies and corrupt promoters. But fighters come and go, and I can expect another great one to "revive" the sport, even with the dirty politics of the sport.
I also find it ironic that what I think to be the main reason for the fall of boxing, PPV, is the platform on which UFC has risen....
Boxing will not die anytime soon. If anyone got the February issue of the Ring Magazine, William Dettloff wrote an awesome article talking about how boxing won't die titled, "A Look Ahead to 2010."
Before Pacquiao's rise and boxing's subsequent resurgence, boxing was proclaimed "dead". I see that to be boxing's lowest point, one which it may hit again after Pacquiao's retirement.
The thing about boxing being "dying" though, is that I could care less if it "dies". I could care less about how much time boxing gets on Sports center.. Lets get these dumb people to stop talking about Mayweather/Pacquiao when they have no idea what they're talking about. (Have you heard Skip Bayless debate boxing?) MMA fans, go ahead and buy those UFC fights and debate boxing/ufc. We have the vocal minority of UFC fans vs the silent majority of boxing fans. Lets rewind time to two years ago. PPV sales were still doing well, my boxing gym was still full (probably more filled than now after MP and Money May have blown up), and there were a handful of entertaining fights to watch, even if it never made the paper and the mainstream public never gave a ****..
So who cares about MMA/Boxing.
Who cares if boxing doesn't keep up it's recent string of success? As a fan, I've learned not to expect much with these sanctioning bodies and corrupt promoters. But fighters come and go, and I can expect another great one to "revive" the sport, even with the dirty politics of the sport.
I also find it ironic that what I think to be the main reason for the fall of boxing, PPV, is the platform on which UFC has risen....
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