How much do you spend on boxing?

[erics44]

could I include the beer i buy and the money i spend on sepcial efforts on big boxing nights?

[greynotsoold]

For many years I bought cable just to watch the fights (USA, ESPN, HBO Showtime, then) and every pay-per-view. And for every fight I had people over, and that cost money, too. And I taped every fight for a very long time. And I was a member of the Forum Ringsider Club for years and before that I sat ringside for the fights at the Forum for quite some time (though, to be honest, a business associate comped that).
Then you get into the gym in my garage, which I updated as fast as Ringside came out with new product. And all my friends had gyms in their garages, which I paid for. Over the years I've supplied handwraps for maybe 150 kids, not to mention picking them up and driving them to the gym. In the old days you used to have to buy video of fights (no youtube!!) and I've had many stolen from me. (boxers are ok; MMA guys cannot be trusted) At one point, around 2002, I had over $2000 invested just in fight tapes in my possession.
I've made numerous trips to Texas to watch particular fighters work out. I once made the mistake of driving an all original 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang, all original, top to bottom, to a gym in Riverside. Don't know what it cost me to replace the parts stolen off of it...
It adds up.

[Master]

I have virgin cable so get Eurosport and ESPN on it as part of the package and pay extra for Box Nation. So I spend £30 per month or £360 a year which I can live with. I do not get PPV – forget that since - Tyson v Lewis maybe it was it was against Danny Williams fight. I was an avid recorder of boxing since 1986-2010 I had 500 VHS tapes now I record on DVD but only good contests.

[Onix]

Again looking at it as an annual expense has really got me thinking about making changes and at least getting rid of cable and just getting an occasional PPV, but then I start hearing about all the matches that are set to happen and I change my mind.

this January we have a huge triple header which includes Mikey Garcia VS Orlando Salido, that fight in itself make it hard for me to cut the cable but on the same card Triple g is coming back! They sure know how to plave them, January is probably a big month for alot of people to reconsider their expenses and when they throw on a card like this it makes it very hard to let go.