I'm not sure how much non-Mnany/Floyd coverage of boxing there is in the US but over the last 5 or 6 years Sky has made a huge push for boxing, there's definitely a growing interest AND mainstream appeal, especially post Olympics. I musta seen dozens of new kids come to my gym in that time.
Boxing had a lot of mainstream appeal in the 90s too, what with Naz, Eubank and Benn...a little bit of Lewis too.
I think boxing is doing better than ever in the UK and parts of Europe. In the US the story seems bleak though, with some of their top talent not being well known, unless your Floyd Mayweather, even then he isn't as big as Ali, Tyson, Leonard or Oscar in their primes.
Boxing had a lot of mainstream appeal in the 90s too, what with Naz, Eubank and Benn...a little bit of Lewis too.
I think boxing is doing better than ever in the UK and parts of Europe. In the US the story seems bleak though, with some of their top talent not being well known, unless your Floyd Mayweather, even then he isn't as big as Ali, Tyson, Leonard or Oscar in their primes.
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