You know what is SAD WWE ppv makes more then BOXING ppv...

[spinksjinx]

Boxing needs to be shown again on ABC and NBC for free again! but I heard the reason they dont wanna show fights anymore on basic TV is because it is to violent.

I approve and disapprove of this. I think it would be great and lots of money to be made but from a spectator I would hate it. I love hearing the corner and I probably wouldnt get that out of network boxing. We would probably be stuck with commercial after commercial. But from a financial standpoint by all means, hell they show the local bar room tough man in my area and we have about 45k people and six thousand people tuned in locally. Yet local promoters are afraid to bring boxing here.

[hectari]

WWE is fake though hahaah.

[Manny_P]

Espn Classic
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Fox Sports

Plenty of exposure just low caliber fights nobody cares about Tex Cobbs son fighting.

you got me.



yea, i jest wish top fightas nowadays would stay VERY active as they were when they were tryin to get on top ye know?





side note: I'm up fo that rumored boxing channel, that would be the ****in shiznite fo shizzy!

[hectari]

I approve and disapprove of this. I think it would be great and lots of money to be made but from a spectator I would hate it. I love hearing the corner and I probably wouldnt get that out of network boxing. We would probably be stuck with commercial after commercial. But from a financial standpoint by all means, hell they show the local bar room tough man in my area and we have about 45k people and six thousand people tuned in locally. Yet local promoters are afraid to bring boxing here.

^you got a point hearing the corner talk is my favorite as well, It will be kinda hard to do a fight commercial free because that would be free tv basically and the station will not get paid, but they can do it like the olden days when announcers would talk about sponsors during certain times in the match. I gaurantee if they did this it would bring boxing into the mainstream again.

[Manny_P]

In all honesty, the WWE does not only a better job promoting their PPVs, but they are always full of a lot of matches.

Imagine a boxing card that featured:

Vitali Klitschko vs James Toney
Zab Judah vs Shane Mosely
Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton
Diego Corrales vs Miguel Cotto
Samuel Peter vs Calvin Brock
Antonio Margarito vs Luis Collazo

That is the equivalent to a WWE PPV card. The problem with most Boxing cards is there is a main event that everyone pays for, and usually two or three other fights that no one cares about. That is not the case for the WWE.

man, if that's one card fo one night, that would be insane!!!!!!!!!


they should do that. seriously. LOL

[spinksjinx]

In all honesty, the WWE does not only a better job promoting their PPVs, but they are always full of a lot of matches.

Imagine a boxing card that featured:

Vitali Klitschko vs James Toney
Zab Judah vs Shane Mosely
Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton
Diego Corrales vs Miguel Cotto
Samuel Peter vs Calvin Brock
Antonio Margarito vs Luis Collazo

That is the equivalent to a WWE PPV card. The problem with most Boxing cards is there is a main event that everyone pays for, and usually two or three other fights that no one cares about. That is not the case for the WWE.

While wrestlers take some hard bumps and bruises and while everything might be premeditated some of the stunts they do is insane and causes some pain. However, those guys work like 5-6 days a week. You cant be working boxers like that. However, I know what you mean Don King does this with his cards and is good at it.

If an organization ever swooped in and contracted boxers and gave them every 2-3 months to prepare and showcased ppv cards say 3-4 times a year than their would be serious money to be made. But that is just a big ass headache that would lead to more corruption and fixing than now. That would be turning Boxing into pro wrestling.

[Urban Predator]

Aint that some ****? people actually pay for scripted wrestling? it is ridiculous that WWE makes tons more money then a real live anything can happen fight that aint scripted.

Boxing is a niche sport. And with next to no exposure in the vast majority of the media, how is it supposed to garner new fans?

Pretty much the only time Boxing makes headlines is when something bad has happened.

Tyson biting someone makes the front page. Hatton beating Kostya barely made the back page.

[hectari]

Also being shown on Basic TV would actually make the fights hungrier to fight! and that is how those lower no name fighters who put on tough fights on espn get famous! Look at the fights in the 50s people wanna see excitment without basic tv broadcast I do not believe danny chacon, and danny lopez, and so forth would be as big as they were.

The reason why boxing will not be on ABC or NBC or CBS is because of the PROMOTERS greed ppv only benifits them! they want that money fast and quick while the other people get robbed. That is why we need some sorta union or league in boxing.

[Truth]

I used to be a HUGE wrestling fan. But then I just started to finally relize when I got too my second year of high school how ****** it is and how since its fake it has no real historical significane. Its pretty much a sitcom...

[hectari]

Boxing is a niche sport. And with next to no exposure in the vast majority of the media, how is it supposed to garner new fans?

Pretty much the only time Boxing makes headlines is when something bad has happened.

Tyson biting someone makes the front page. Hatton beating Kostya barely made the back page.

Your right!!!

SAd the only thing that makes boxing noticed now is something bad! a fighter who got in a coma made the front page awhile back that guy who fought viloria and he was just a c class fighter! but his tragedy makes the front page?

Diego Corrales didnt even make the front page and on ESPN they didnt even make the main page! Yahoo you have to find boxing on MORE SPORTS sad that horse racing gets high billing then boxing.