Quote Originally Posted by nuggetdotcom View Post
I keep saying it but boxing is doing itself no favours, so clearly a site for boxing fans/experts/wannabee experts is going to decline, same as billiards, badminton etc. (darts is doing well). WE are let down by bullshit promoters with bullshit prospects, its almost like the X factor. There is no clear mechanism for young talent to come through, win lose or draw, its all down to getting 'signed' by someone with a TV contract, thereafter bullshit all the way. Don't know what the answer is, it could be low rent high crowd cheap media MMA bollox, I hope not, that would be the complete end.

Sorry to be so negative
I think MMA has something very right as far as drawing interest. People today have very short attention spans with how many distractions we have. You turn on an MMA fight and the announcer is screaming about how exciting everything is. Even though MMA is actually far slower than boxing. I don’t want to see boxing come to this, I would find it insulting. But I bet it would go over very well with the casuals “this guy is very excited, this must be exciting”

But in boxing half the time the announcers are insulting the fighters. Saying they’re boring, the fight is boring, their style is boring. What do you expect a casual to think, it’s boring.(for the record I don’t hear this from the Sky crew)