How did boxing become so popular in the UK?

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  • Motorcity Cobra
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    #1

    How did boxing become so popular in the UK?

    Was it because of a niche app or from being on one of the largest networks in the UK?

    Discuss.
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    #2
    Because they invented it?

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    • pillowfists98
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      #3
      It was cause of Eddie Hearn.

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      • pittapatta66
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        Between tea and crumpets, babysitting their wife's son and kissing the ass of a 90 year old monarch they needed something else to do; getting blind drunk and watching boxing.

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        • SHO_RULEZ
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          #5
          Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra
          Was it because of a niche app or from being on one of the largest networks in the UK?

          Discuss.
          Well, the rise of dominant fighters such as Calzaghe, Froch, Haye...

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          • Mammoth
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            #6
            Brits will watch anything really. Even darts tournaments are popular over there.

            "Go on, lad. Shoot that dart"

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            • giant_king
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              Cause that's all they have to look forward to in life.that and soccer.so they put all they time and energy into that.in the U.S. we have so much other stuff going on.god for one family are careers.basketball football tennis baseball an so on.we have more to look forward to

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              • Laligalaliga
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                #8
                Originally posted by giant_king
                Cause that's all they have to look forward to in life.that and soccer.so they put all they time and energy into that.in the U.S. we have so much other stuff going on.god for one family are careers.basketball football tennis baseball an so on.we have more to look forward to
                I never knew you this dumb, it's so funny.

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                • jaded
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by El Gitano
                  Because they invented it?
                  Not exactly...it dates back to 6th century BC Olympics but the Brit's did establish what came to be known as professional boxing. From Wikipedia...
                  Boxing evolved from 16th- and 18th-century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century with the 1867 introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.

                  It's safe to say it's always been popular in the UK...it's just that there was much less of an international environment a couple of decades ago and particularly more recently.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by SHO_RULEZ
                    Well, the rise of dominant fighters such as Calzaghe, Froch, Haye...
                    How did you watch their fights? On an app or TV?

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