Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 11:53 am  

St pete wrote:

Watching rocky lol

I'm massive fight fan. I've been more boxing matches than you've had hot dinners.

Which means ... what exactly? I don't know how many fights I've watched. A lot I suppose. It's not something I count.

When was the last time you went a fight?

The only fights I've been remotely interested in watching live I didn't stand a cat in hell's chance of getting tickets to.

I've just been Vegas for thst small fight too.

Good for you. If it were me I wouldn't have wasted the money. The fight came too late. Both are years past their primes. The undercard was diabolical.

I go every big fight I can get tickets too. You don't even know boxers unless they been on tv lol

I think you'd be surprised by what I know about boxing. But by all means consider yourself the expert.

You taking up the charity fight idea Sado mentioned ?

I'm not interested in providing charity.
I don't much care for silly stunts.
I'm 43. Unfit and overweight.
I have a life.

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 2:13 pm  

[quote="Mugwump"]Which means ... what exactly? I don't know how many fights I've watched. A lot I suppose. It's not something I count.

The only fights I've been remotely interested in watching live I didn't stand a cat in hell's chance of getting tickets to.

Good for you. If it were me I wouldn't have wasted the money. The fight came too late. Both are years past their primes. The undercard was diabolical.

I'm not interested in providing charity.
I don't much care for silly stunts.
I'm 43. Unfit and overweight.
I have a life.[/quote

The great mugwamp is unfit, overweight and not interested in giving to a good cause? I'll tie my left behind my back if you want?

You have this mentality to disregard anything you have no interest in. Boxing in Britain is booming since the London Olympics. Arenas all over the country are selling out every single fight. Josh Warrington from leeds is relatively a novice in the paid ranks and sold out leeds arena. The smith Brothers often sell out the Liverpool Echo arena. Quigg, crolla and co sell out phones 4 you arena regular. Luke Campbell v tommy coyle will sell KC out (something hull rl can't do. Frampton filled a purpose bulit outdoor arena out. Froch v groves sold 80,000 at Wembley.

Yeah I see what you mean, boxing is on its knees

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 2:45 pm  

http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/new ... n-funding/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/23126816 http://www.gbboxing.org.uk/news/one-yea ... cy-525.php

http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/new ... n-funding/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/23126816 http://www.gbboxing.org.uk/news/one-yea ... cy-525.php

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 3:00 pm  

That's right - just disregard each and every criticism I've raised. There are no problems in boxing. Move along.

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 3:54 pm  

Boxing will be fine. Like every sport it seems like the fans have been predicting it's decline for years but still it remains one of the most lucrative sports in the world.

Now that May-Pac is done, and Al Haymon is building his empire and getting boxing back on terrestrial TV in America, along with the bypassing of the alphabet soup governing bodies I think the next 5 years could well see a revolution in boxing.

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 4:11 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

That's right - just disregard each and every criticism I've raised. There are no problems in boxing. Move along.

yes and completely ignore the evidence as shown in the links I posted too

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 5:03 pm  

Donkey OTay wrote:

yes and completely ignore the evidence as shown in the links I posted too

I'm sorry - I thought we were talking about boxing in the popular sense - i.e. a globalised sport primarily centred in the United States of America.

If funding is up in the UK - great. If gates are up in the UK - great. However, this doesn't alter the fact that there are serious structual and systemic problems within the global sport of boxing.

Precisely where do you think half-assed sports such as UFC have stolen much of their substantial fan-base from?

As for measuring the health of a sport PURELY IN TERMS OF MONEY - Jesus Wept! By that rationale - Mayweather vs Pacquiao was the greatest fight in the history of boxing rather than a dreary afterthought.

Surely you can't be happy about the fact that old gimmers such as Hopkins have managed to squeeze out ten years or more at the top purely because - until recently - THERE WAS NO ONE OF ANY QUALITY TO STOP HIM .

High profile fights such as Calzaghe vs Roy Jones or David Haye vs Dr. K etc. etc. have been nothing short of embarrassments.

Too many belts. Too many over-protected fighters. Too little actual fighting.

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 5:05 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Now that May-Pac is done, and Al Haymon is building his empire and getting boxing back on terrestrial TV in America, along with the bypassing of the alphabet soup governing bodies I think the next 5 years could well see a revolution in boxing.

I've heard all this before. The last time it was Golden Boy Productions (which, initially, did seem like it was putting together decent fights with good undercards).

Look how THAT worked out.

Re: So when does this nuke drop in RL? : Thu May 07, 2015 6:24 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

I've heard all this before. The last time it was Golden Boy Productions (which, initially, did seem like it was putting together decent fights with good undercards).

Look how THAT worked out.

It's already happened