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by David P. Greisman - We apply the phrase “the Super Bowl of…” to three situations: an exorbitant event, the culmination of competition, or a combination of both.
There is little that can compare to the big fight feel – the buzz in the air, the hair standing up on your neck, the butterflies rolling in your stomach. You can’t miss it. You must see what happens, how it happens and when it happens.
Boxing needs more than one or two Super Bowls per year.
It needs those nights when the mainstream media take note, when the casual fans tune in, when a champion can be anointed or a superstar made in front of the largest possible audience.
Because unlike the big game in the major sports, the big fight in boxing isn’t the end. The culmination of competition isn’t the conclusion, with the winner starting all over again next season. A victorious boxer can build on momentum. He might defend a title belt. He will continue a storyline.
But that is the advantage that the major sports have: a natural storyline that progresses into the grandest of finales. The season establishes favorites and underdogs, feeds into pennant races and playoffs – and, ultimately, it peaks.
There will always be the two best teams going for a championship. Boxing is an individual sport. It isn’t always the two best fighters facing off in the ring. And even when they do face off, rarely was there a natural progression to deliver them there. [Click Here To Read More]
There is little that can compare to the big fight feel – the buzz in the air, the hair standing up on your neck, the butterflies rolling in your stomach. You can’t miss it. You must see what happens, how it happens and when it happens.
Boxing needs more than one or two Super Bowls per year.
It needs those nights when the mainstream media take note, when the casual fans tune in, when a champion can be anointed or a superstar made in front of the largest possible audience.
Because unlike the big game in the major sports, the big fight in boxing isn’t the end. The culmination of competition isn’t the conclusion, with the winner starting all over again next season. A victorious boxer can build on momentum. He might defend a title belt. He will continue a storyline.
But that is the advantage that the major sports have: a natural storyline that progresses into the grandest of finales. The season establishes favorites and underdogs, feeds into pennant races and playoffs – and, ultimately, it peaks.
There will always be the two best teams going for a championship. Boxing is an individual sport. It isn’t always the two best fighters facing off in the ring. And even when they do face off, rarely was there a natural progression to deliver them there. [Click Here To Read More]
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