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I recently spoke to a long time friend who is a professional trainer about how It was far less confusing for the average fan when there were only 8 recognized world champions, without the current assortment of alphabet organizations.It's dead Jim.
Do you know who the WBC, IBF, WBO or WBC champions are, in any weight class?
If my life depended on it I could not name a one.
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Back then, there were also occasional boxing lineups called "Tommorrows Champions", which featured Olympic medal winners and top prospects on primetime network television, and before PPV, it was not uncommon for title fights to be broadcast by what they called "Early Bird Satellite" on programs like "The Wide World Of Sports".I remember watching Olympic Boxing in the 70s and 80’s. The US Boxers got big coverage and the matches were shown in prime time. Boxers like Ali, Frazier, Forman, Spinks, Sugar Ray got their exposure. Now, they are rarely covered
Also, fights were shown on broadcast TV. Today, any fight of merit is pay per view.
it died when tyson retired.....It's dead Jim.
Do you know who the WBC, IBF, WBO or WBC champions are, in any weight class?
If my life depended on it I could not name a one.
I remember watching top heavyweights fight on Wide World of Sports on Saturday afternoons. I saw most of my Ali fights that way.Back then, there were also occasional boxing lineups called "Tommorrows Champions", which featured Olympic medal winners and top prospects on primetime network television, and before PPV, it was not uncommon for title fights to be broadcast by what they called "Early Bird Satellite" on programs like "The Wide World Of Sports".
My favorite memories are of the days when the Friday and Saturday night fights were sponsored by Gillette.
it died when tyson retired.....
When they started using gloves...It's dead Jim.
Do you know who the WBC, IBF, WBO or WBC champions are, in any weight class?
If my life depended on it I could not name a one.
in boxing i feel you have to have a fighter that people want to see.....like one who has a reputation as being a badass like tyson or one who has a big mouth but backs it up like Ali....many tune in the fight just to see guys like those 2 get their asses beat......Agree
There is nobody that is a draw like Tyson and Tyson fought frequently when he was starting out.
I remember watching top heavyweights fight on Wide World of Sports on Saturday afternoons. I saw most of my Ali fights that way.
Later, HBO had top fights to watch
True. It would be great if a network like ESPN reintroduced a regular weekly boxing show.Fighter pool sucks. Lazy and fat. Selective on who they fight. Thank Mayweather.
Showtime Boxing is gone. Amazon may take over.
out boxing someone like what Leonard and Ali used to do is not trying to avoid a fight.....One would think that some enterprising person, probably in the U.S., would try to form a new or consolidated sanctioning organization that would, by sheer financial clout, drive the lesser sanctioning bodies out of business. The problem there, of course, is that Leftists have ruined everything, and American Leftists don't like boxing - don't consider it a legitimate "sport."
My own interest in the sport is rather perverse. I always like boxing MATCHES that unfold like FIGHTS. Boxers like S.R. Leonard and even Larry Holmes never appealed to me; they appear to be winning the match by avoiding a fight. Give me an early Mike Tyson, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, etc., who are (or seem to be) intent on beating up the other guy, not just winning the match on points.
I would never actually pay to watch a boxing match, but it is sad that the state of the sport has sunk so low that few people know or care who the current champions are, or what they are champions of.
One would think that some enterprising person, probably in the U.S., would try to form a new or consolidated sanctioning organization that would, by sheer financial clout, drive the lesser sanctioning bodies out of business.
It's been crap for the last 5 years. PBC has all the talent and they are working on a deal with Amazon Prime Video, so maybe a free fight once a week? If you read the fight calendar, there are no non-pay per view fights. IMO, that has killed the best sport in the world.True. It would be great if a network like ESPN reintroduced a regular weekly boxing show.
They had a good run on ESPN Friday Night Fights back in the 80's.
But greedy promoters ruined that.
When Don King entered the picture.It's dead Jim.
Do you know who the WBC, IBF, WBO or WBC champions are, in any weight class?
If my life depended on it I could not name a one.
