sad state of boxing

[Howlin Mad Missy]

Welcome. You're an idiot.

You don't like their style but they keep on winning don't they.

[badr_hari]

I know your problem with the brothers. They beat anyone at heavyweight because they are too good and you think its the end of the world. But if there is no competition for Klitschko, doesn't mean boxing is in a sorry state. You have Froch vs Ward and Bhop vs Dawson coming for the undisputed titles at 168 and 175. Just accept reality and learn to give respect.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

how dare they be better than everyone else! Curse them

[tysonesque]

To be fair to Bigmike, he is not far from the truth.

The Klit brothers are both very limited boxers who dominate the division purely because of the sheer size of them. They are not exactly the most exciting fighters the world has ever seen either. With the heavyweights being boxing's flagship division, it doesn't really help the sport to have 2 giants beating up on guys who are giving away 2 stone or more and a huge height and reach disadvantage.

A Superheavyweight division should be introduced to stop farces like last night happening anymore.

No one can deny that boxing isn't in good health at the moment. There was a time when everyone knew who the heavyweight champion of the world was, but no one who isn't a pretty hardcore boxing fan could tell you much about the division at the moment.

I've always been a huge boxing fan, but my interest has been in decline for years. My gripes are the usual gripes that everyone has, ie ridiculous fragmented "world titles" that mean nothing and allow champions to go almost their entire career avoiding the best in their weight division and even when big fights do happen it usually only occurs when one the fighters involved is past their best and looking for a payday.

You still get terrible hometown decisions like the Cox and Prescott fights ended in and all manner of other things that just kill the sport and make a mockery of the whole thing.

Here in the UK, there is no boxing at all on terrestrial television and that doesn't help either.

[bigmike]

I know your problem with the brothers. They beat anyone at heavyweight because they are too good and you think its the end of the world. But if there is no competition for Klitschko, doesn't mean boxing is in a sorry state. You have Froch vs Ward and Bhop vs Dawson coming for the undisputed titles at 168 and 175. Just accept reality and learn to give respect.

Gotta earn respect

[Matias64]

Welcome. You're an idiot.

You don't like their style but they keep on winning don't they.

Theory:

Black american (or british) champion - media hype them
Easteuropean champion - media underrate them as much they can. So people start to talk about "sad state of boxing".

So the problem is not boxing but self-importance of so called anglosaxon culture. We have seen this phenomenon before in other sports too. Nothing new under the sun.