Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post

I haven't been following boxing really for atleast a year, im getting sick of all the bad decision's, fights not happening. And just in general no real exciting fights, hate to put a downer on it but does anyone else feel the same way ?


(Don't want to get accused of starting another thread, so I'll just bump this one up... since it's related to the subject at hand).


Was looking at this post, and I'd have to agree with two out of the three points ICB mentioned: bad decisions, and big fights not happening. Fortunately, we DO get the occasional exciting fight every now and then. Anyway, I ran across this article in the Fox Sports page. Granted, it's just a guy in Fox Sports writing about boxing (and horse racing). But it's another person's opinion that is read by countless readers that turn to Fox Sports for the latest sports news.

I'll Have Another, Manny Pacquiao underscore shadiness of their sports - News | FOX Sports on MSN

Everytime someone frets about the state of boxing nowadays, we hear the same, standard responses:

a. Boxing's been around for over a hundred years... and it will always be around.

b. Yeah... boxing's got its problems. But they can't be fixed. They are (shudder) part of boxing.


Meanwhile, MMA grows bigger and bigger... and boxing loses fans daily. I love boxing. I've loved it since I watched my first big fight. And I'd like to see it last another 100 years. But something's broken, and it needs to be fixed.

First of all... what's with the ancient mummies ruling the sport (i.e.: Jose Sulaiman)? Doesn't this scumbag ever plan to retire? Someone should show this guy the door... maybe give him a gold watch first. And what about Oscar de la Hoya? Wasn't he talking about doing something positive for boxing once he retired? Didn't he mention something about being actively involved in the fixing of the sport? Wasn't he supposed to be the new blood? Taking over from the Don Kings and the Bob Arums? Whatever happened to that? As far as I know, DLH is only lining his pockets through his own GBP organization, when not modeling fishnets or doing recreational drugs.

Hell. I even read these days that football/soccer is going to implement goal-line technology. Imagine! A sport as mired in tradition as football/soccer.... modernizing! All other sports change with the times (read the article). How about boxing?

Bad decisions, top fighters not facing each other, increasing doping incidences.... it's enough to make one puke. Doping is in other sports as well, but they are doing vast amounts more to try to fix the problem than boxing is.

But change has to come from the top. And as long as scumbags like Jose Sulaiman have no one to answer to, change will never happen. Judging will not be improved. Refereeing will not be improved. Big fights will not be made in a timely fashion (only when the fighters are over-the-hill). More and more fighters will come up dirty in doping tests. And boxing will slowly sink into fringe sport hell, with a few of us diehard fans hanging on to the wreckage.