been thinking about this thread for a while now....

two main problems, IMO

1) no heroes or vilains in the game right now. No new Roy Jones Jrs., Mike Tysons, Sugar Ray Leonards, etc. Thus, the average public doesn't care about two unknowns, even if they are ranked, whereas old housewives who didn't even like boxing watched Tyson/Holyfield. Every schoolyard kid talked about haglar/hearns, leonard/hearns, etc. Boxing need a new icon, doesn't matter which weightclass, it needs one.

2) PPV is killing sports like never before.. Nowadays you get to see fights only well after they're overwith, unless you're willing to pay for a f'in cable box and then ppv. Thus, few fights are made readily available to the mainstream public. At least big fights used to be on HBO once in a while. Not anymore.