Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Versus and ESPN really have dropped the ball in regards to setting up fairly even matches between young fighters and older fighters....I thought the momentum from the Mosley-Estrada card would have really lit a fire under those guys over at ESPN and Versus.

Versus had Pavlik fights on tv that's big time.


I think the main thing bothering boxing is while on such channels as HBO and Showtime they are devoid of ADVERTISEMENTS.....ie there is nothing to draw people into boxing, MMA has GNC stuff and powerbars and tribal tatoos.....and boxing USED to have PBR, Gillette, Miller High Life, etc....MAN products.

The lack of advertising = the lack of intrest


EXAMPLE...NASCAR is basically a 3 and a half hour commercial and it has only grown in popularity and boxing went from basic tv to cable to special packages to ppv all of which have less and less advertising and boxing's popularity has steadily declined
Those are great points! You're right, the only advertising for boxing you see on TV is for upcoming PPV fights. You're also right about ESPN, I thought they claimed that 1st PPV fight card of theirs did so well.