i heard boxing was dying

[mookiep]

so why do small time fighters like juan diaz and paulie malignaggi put up sell out crowds in chicago where neither of those two are even known?

[xzworks]

thats the wake.........

[flexxx145]

You heard this from MMA jerk offs who don't realize that MMA will never be as popular as boxing. Just for the fact that anybody can do MMA. It takes years of preparation to become a pro-boxer.

[rskumm21]

so why do small time fighters like juan diaz and paulie malignaggi put up sell out crowds in chicago where neither of those two are even known?

You'd be surprised. Boxing is pretty big in Chi-Town. Both of those guys are well known fighters, especially there since their is such a big Mexican, and Italian population in Chicago.

[check hook]

don't believe the hype...boxing is on the rise......have some great fighters coming up and great matches:


May v Mosley

Dawson v Pascal

Super 6 (Lucian Bute lies in wait for a potential fight with the winner) ----> Bute also draws big crowds in Canada.

Abraham and Klitschko's = big crowds in Germany

Froch, Khan, Haye and the other UK fighters

Kessler can draw 50K in Denmark

Martinez v Pavlik

Green and Mundine draw crowds in their respective home cities here in Australia......


JMM, Bradley, Malignaggi, Lamont Peterson, Hopkins, Adamek, Chris John, Berto, Urango, Katsidis, Guzman, Darchinyan, Funeka Gamboa, Valero, Donaire + other phillipino pugilists, Jermain Taylor may return........the list goes on


boxing is in good shape.....and alot of the phillipino fans who follow MP will continue to watch + support boxing after he retires....


All we really need is an explosive and skilled American to take the HW scene by storm and boxing will well and truly be revived.............

A great Chinese boxer ( born in China) may help aswell.....imagine a Bruce Lee type with a 1 billion strong fan base....................

[-Blackout-]

You heard wrong.

[J.Dempsey]

If and that's a big IF boxing starts to die, it'll be good IMO, boxers would get paid less n there be less DIVA type fighters callin the shots, boxers won't be able to duck other fighters as much because they'd need the fights, I think it might do some good...either way we all got our own lives outside of boxing don't we? Who gives a ***?!

[PAKYO]

don't believe the hype...boxing is on the rise......have some great fighters coming up and great matches:


May v Mosley

Dawson v Pascal

Super 6 (Lucian Bute lies in wait for a potential fight with the winner) ----> Bute also draws big crowds in Canada.

Abraham and Klitschko's = big crowds in Germany

Froch, Khan, Haye and the other UK fighters

Kessler can draw 50K in Denmark

Martinez v Pavlik

Green and Mundine draw crowds in their respective home cities here in Australia......


JMM, Bradley, Malignaggi, Lamont Peterson, Hopkins, Adamek, Chris John, Berto, Urango, Katsidis, Guzman, Darchinyan, Funeka Gamboa, Valero, Donaire + other phillipino pugilists, Jermain Taylor may return........the list goes on


boxing is in good shape.....and alot of the phillipino fans who follow MP will continue to watch + support boxing after he retires....


All we really need is an explosive and skilled American to take the HW scene by storm and boxing will well and truly be revived.............

A great Chinese boxer ( born in China) may help aswell.....imagine a Bruce Lee type with a 1 billion strong fan base....................

phillipino fans have been into boxing even BEFORE pac, mind you.

[KESSLER]

Malignaggi is big in New York.

[check hook]

phillipino fans have been into boxing even BEFORE pac, mind you.

yes...but there are plenty who watch just becase of MP.....or only watch MP.......so the more of those we can convert to mainstream fans the better......