Quote Originally Posted by Youngblood View Post
I never truly started getting excited about this, until just prefight for Abraham/Taylor. After that I was thru the roof and sold on it.

Was the Froch/Dirrell a bit of a black eye on it? Yea, some. But also...let us not deny that for sure bad judging and big differences of opinion are a fact of boxing. Wish they'd get it right all the time, but they won't. As well, even though it has caused a lot of debate, I don't think it will detract from the design at all. In fact, I know for sure I will be tuning in to see what Dirrell brings next time and if he learns from it, and further more, Froch...but moreso in his case, I'd like to see him flattened.

Overall I am more excited about it regardless of what happened. I suspect others are too. I doubt you wil find many who watched who won't watch it any more. I think it will only grow in excitement, and hopefully get better, and with more story lines.

Short of fighters pulling out, and people simply quitting for anything other then danger to their health reasons, I think it is a huge success for the boxing fans. For the sport. That it will bring new people to it, and as I read Kirkland write earlier in another thread...has the potential to become a mainstay in the boxing world, a successful format and in many divisions.

I like what I see so far. A lot.

Personally I'd like to see some mini-tournaments (top 4 of each division) in some of the lower weight classes. There's a some great fights that can't be made currently because the money isn't there for travel etc.