Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
Do you remember the first Hamsho/Hagler fight, when Marvin weighed 156 because he wanted to moving all night? Managing weight and having your fighter peak at the right time used to be arts.
I would be much more upbeat about boxing if there were more places for fighters to fight, more opportunities to learn, and more people to teach them.
I was talking with some friends after the Bradley-Alexander fight saying I could not believe just how badly the sport had fallen. When I got the old "You just favor the old guys" gripe I said to them, "let's see, two 25 and under, ranked, highly gifted fighters with 20-25 fights apiece right?" They agreed. So I popped Little Red Lopez and Bobby Chacon in the DVD player and they sat down to watch. After about three rounds they were apologizing all over the place.

The major problem is the one you identified. The dearth of teachers. I don't know how it gets fixed.