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Originally Posted by troutman
There are proably more poeple boxing in the world than ever before. The financial rewards are to huge to ignore.
I think the problem is marketing - the only people watching boxing now are hard-core people willing to buy fights on PPV.
Back when championship fights were on Network TV, fights were big events. Boxers were big stars and household names. It has been said that Ali is the most famous person in the world.
People like Howard Cosell contributed to the spectacle.
It is confusing that there are so many different champions at each weight class. They all have to be unified.
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I wonder if Boxing is an example where chasing the PPV money is a short term cash cow but a long term money loser since, as you say, when these fights were on network TV you always knew who the champ was and who the big contenders were. I don't think I could name who holds any of the HW belts, and haven't seen a championship fight in 8 years other than a few highlights.
As a borderline fan, I don't care and turn off boxing; I can remember a time when I saw a fight with a savage young guy who had a chance to be the next great one (Tyson before he hit the big time) but those days of interest are long gone.
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