Why does boxing continue to repel fans?

[yoitsdan]

Well the only time you see UFC is on Spike:TV every now & then when they have their show and when they replay old fights.
Pride is only shown on FSN, I think and most of what they have shown in the past is about a year old.

On the other hand, there is also soooo much boxing on regular TV at least here where I'm at. (Los Angeles, California USA)


Thursday 1/4/07- boxing on the 'VS' channel, they'll replay a classic fight and I'll record it.
Thursday boxing on ESPN:Classic, they'll replay a classic fight if I don't already have it I'll record it.
Friday 1/5/07- I will come home tune to 'ESPN:2' and watch The Peterson Bros. kick off the new year. Then I'll flip the channel to 'Telefutura and watch Jose Armando Santa-Cruz kick off the new year. Then I'll flip the channel to 'Showtime' and watch the conclusion of the Super Middleweight tournament between Mendy vs. Hanshaw.
Thats 3 channels with at least 10 fights not on PPV.

Also look at your boxing calendar, HBO or Showtime hasn't had a PPV since Nov. and they won't have one probably untill March:MAB vs. JMM.


Jan. 5
(Showtime): "ShoBox" tournament final: Anthony Hanshaw vs. Jean Paul Mendy ; Jose Izquierdo vs. Nick Casal.

(ESPN2): Anthony Peterson vs. Juan Garza ; Lamont Peterson vs. Juaquin Gallardo plus 1 more fight.

(Telefutura): Jose Armando Santa Cruz vs. Luis Arceo plus about 3 more fights.


Jan. 6
(Showtime): Samuel Peter vs. James Toney, WBC heavyweight eliminator; Jose Antonio Rivera vs. Travis Simms, 12 rounds, for Rivera's WBA junior middleweight title; Roman Karmazin vs. James Obede Toney


Jan. 11
(Versus): Almazbek "Kid Diamond" Raiymkulov vs. Antonio Pitalua ; Anthony Thompson vs. Robert Frazier.


Jan. 12
(ESPN2): Cornelius "K9" Bundrage vs Chris Smith plus 3 more fights.


Jan. 19
(Telefutura): Henry Bruseles vs. Wilfredo Negron ; Francisco Lorenzo vs. Rocky Martinez plus 2 more fights.

(Showtime): Juan Manuel Lopez vs. TBA ; Victor Ortiz vs. Marvin Cordova .

(ESPN2): Randall Bailey vs. Anthony Mora plus 3 more fights.


Jan. 20
(HBO): Juan Urango vs. Ricky Hatton ; Jose Luis Castillo vs. Herman Ngoudjo.


Jan. 25
(Versus): Ulises "Archie" Solis vs. Will Grigsby plus 1 more fight.

Jan. 27
(HBO): Jorge Arce vs. Julio David Roque Ler ; Kelly Pavlik vs. Jose Luis Zertuche, ; Vanes Martirosyan vs. TBA.

And Febubary looks to be as good as Jan.

Yo all this is good for us, I'm talking about the mainstream. UFC 66 grossed $110 million, and boxing should be making that kind of money, it really is kicking boxing's ass. What I think is that the big fights should be shown on national networks for free to re-establish the fan base.

Well then who the hell pockets the $110 mill. cause I just read that UFC fighters are REALLY underpaid. Now I'm confused?

The money is re-invested in new contracts, its still establishing itself to monopolise the other organizations. It is huge, and like top tier boxing, top tier ufc fighters make 6 figures in fights.