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  • 15 Rounds again
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    Am torn as a Brit living in N America

    When I lived back home the worlplace / office talk after a big fight weekend was always about the fight.
    Living here people are not really that interested in boxing

    Why the disparity in support for the sport?
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    #2
    We have football, baseball, hockey, and basketball.

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    • Clegg
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      #3
      No Mexicans there?

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      • Phenom
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        #4
        Boxing going exclusively to HBO took it away from the mainstream ESPN couldn't show highlights of the big fights because premium networks don't allow it they couldn't properly cover it like they do with other sports

        TR and PBC are doing a good job bringing it back to the mainstream

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        • WallabeeKing
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          #5
          What Clegg said, haha.

          Mexicans around my way are the only folk I talk boxing with. Even then it's a select few.

          I need an English bítch in my life though, I like the accent.

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          • sicko
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            #6
            People are BOXER Fans here not BOXING Fans! Only care when certain fighters are fighting and that is it!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mister Wolf
              We have football, baseball, hockey, and basketball.
              /thread___________

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                #8
                Originally posted by 15 Rounds again
                When I lived back home the worlplace / office talk after a big fight weekend was always about the fight.
                Living here people are not really that interested in boxing

                Why the disparity in support for the sport?
                You have boxing and soccer.

                We have basketball, football, baseball, and then also hockey, golf, tennis and soccer to a lesser extent.

                Boxing is just not a mainstream sport here like it is in the UK.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by 15 Rounds again
                  When I lived back home the worlplace / office talk after a big fight weekend was always about the fight.
                  Living here people are not really that interested in boxing

                  Why the disparity in support for the sport?
                  It sucks but I've almost never met anyone who gives a **** about boxing, and those those that do are casual fans who dksab. Even at my boxing gym everyone seems to just be casuals, and I've had 10+ years at various boxing gyms.

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                  • 15 Rounds again
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by WallabeeKing
                    What Clegg said, haha.

                    Mexicans around my way are the only folk I talk boxing with. Even then it's a select few.

                    I need an English bítch in my life though, I like the accent.
                    You wouldn't say f**k all to most Englishmen at MSG June 1, son.
                    At least not without a gun in your American hand.

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