Quote Originally Posted by generalbulldog View Post
Boxing had the mainstream audience in America what caused boxing to lose it completely was going to Showtime/HBO. At one point according to my dad and older brothers boxing was right up there probably a close 2nd with American football in terms of popularity and American Football has been the most watched sport since the late 60s or so.





Hagler-Antuorfermo 1 and Leonard-Benitez were championship bouts on network tv.



Tyson-Marvis Frazier was on network tv, ABC to be exact.



Holyfield-Qawi 1 was also on network tv.
It was and had glory days but it's not boxing going away from networks its the other way around. The money is not there and networks are on life support with 500 + channels now and web. The three main networks are going the way of the Sunday morning newspaper and print media. Love the clips...and focus.