Does Boxing Coverage Suck Where You Live?

**PRIDE OF BOSTON** · 02-13-2008 02:40 PM

It's not bad. The NewEngland scene has always been decent. Alot of regional fighters and such. As for World level... Well, we get the same as all the US with Showtime, HBO and ESPN... So it's OK but def not the hayday of boxing...

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**Canvasback** · 02-13-2008 04:27 PM

Have to agree, for the most part the media coverage of boxing is terrible. The Boston Globe used to have a sunday column written by Ron Borges, but I haven't seen it since he got in some kind of trouble regarding plagerism of something. Big fights might get and standard AP story, but that's it. Local tv? Forget about it. Football, baseball, basketball and hockey get all the attention. Anytime the sports guy talks about boxing it always seems like he has a smirk on his face.

**Karas** · 02-14-2008 01:43 AM

pretty much, if im too see a fight its that kebab boy Amir Khan. Guy is ridiculously publicised for someone with no professional credentials

**zupg** · 02-14-2008 02:51 AM

It pretty much socks here. I live 10 miles from Youngstown, OH (you know Pavlik's home town) and the coverage around here has pretty much sucked. They just really started covering Kelly a lot more in the past year and a half. Before that you might find something on the back pages of the paper, or a short 5 second clip on the news that Kelly had won a fight, but never any details. And you never hear a word about any other boxers at all. Which is really sad. I remember growing up and boxing was one of the main sports on TV and news. Now you don't hear much at all or you got to pay to see any of the good matches. I like to watch but hate to spend $50 to see ppv or even the extra $15 a month to get hbo or showtime.