F--- boxing

I think one of the many problems Boxing has is that there are not any big fights on network TV. I remember watching Pernell Whitaker, Evander Holyfield and Marvin Hagler on ABC back in the 80s.

Growing up, kids would be able to watch up and comers and former champions, we had people to idolize. I think it is a fair assessment that kids watching boxing would encourage them to take up the sport the same way kids watching Michael Jordan wanted to play basketball.

Look at the 2008 Olympics, the Americans did not win a medal. Kids aren’t boxing and the sport is suffering.

 

Another thing boxing could use is a strong, charismatic personality in the ring. I'd say another Ali, but there's never going to be anyone like that again.

No over-the-air fights means no more of those pre-fight shows as well, like Howard Cossell used to do with Ali, Frazier, Foreman, ect. Even though the fights were all closed-circuit, they helped sell the sport. And in those days, even though you knew the results, you'd always tune in to Wild World of Sports a week or two after to see it replayed, usually with Cossell and one of the fighters in the studio picking it apart. We now get shows building up the fights as well, but, as noted, they're usually on the same premium network that's carrying the fight.

 

The sport became two greedy but it's always great when there is a mega fight.

 

Not bad for a supposedly dead sport.

Extracted from an article in December 9, 2009 edition of Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter about Koki Kameda beating Daisuke Naito for the World Boxing Council Flyweight Championship.

The Kameda/Naito fight took place on November 29, 2009.

http://www.f4wonline.com/

 

Women's boxing is the craziest shit I have ever covered. In the ring and out, it was a freaking circus.

 

Mr Liut,

The easiest way to induce cognitive dissonance in a feminist: Ask about women boxing for the entertainment of an almost exclusively male audience. Pro: Occupational equality, women allowed to do what men do. Con: Prurient, misogynist entertainment leaving one woman beaten up. If you have to do a feature on women's boxing, it's a lob to hit. The feminist's head will explode unless she has a paradox-absorbing crumple zone.*

*Futurama, Robot Santa.

o-<

 

One of the most fucked up things I've ever seen was in a women's fight. A girl was hit with a good punch and a wig came flying off her head.

 

Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez had a really good fight tonight.

 

Yup.

And one of the judges was definitely bent.

119-110!!

 

Funny!
Not so the night Ann Wolfe appeared to have knocked Vonda Ward's head off her body. Ward stepped into the punch and I thought she was dead. Laila Ali talked big shit but she wanted nothing to do with Ann Wolfe.

The Ali-Christy Martin presser brawl was classic. Found my recorder under the debris by listening for it. The "record" button became disengaged and a previous interview with Jim Haslett was rolling. Followed his voice. Thanks, Jim.

 

Edit: Fixed the links.

I found this online. It’s the full fight.

On December 11, 1981, fourteen months after being stopped by Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali (a few weeks shy of his fortieth birthday) reaches the end of the line.

Muhammad Ali Vs Trevor Berbick (December 11, 1981) (Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas)

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Paul Williams scored all his points on low blows, right?