August 8, 201214 yr ... for the first time ever. Wilbon: US Boxing Continues Fall Pretty incisive takedown by Michael Wilbon. It's nothing we haven't heard about USA boxing before: the Olympic association is poorly run, there are few prospects because the boxing gyms are closing, the move to pay-per-view and the rise of other sports has removed boxing from the American consciousness. Still, this is a huge disappointment for the USOC. Can boxing in the United States be saved? Perhaps an even more compelling question: is it worth saving?
August 8, 201214 yr Just yesterday I was remembering watching Sugar Ray Leonard and Howard Davis and the Spinks boys in 1976. That was fun. I know ZERO US boxers today.
August 8, 201214 yr Just yesterday I was remembering watching Sugar Ray Leonard and Howard Davis and the Spinks boys in 1976. That was fun. I know ZERO US boxers today. Did Clubber Lang retire?
August 8, 201214 yr Author Time to do what we did in basketball and let the pros play. The only thing that makes me hesitant there is that it starts to involve all the horrible, shady people in pro boxing that are responsible for ruining the sport in the first place. Not the athletes, but everyone else.
August 8, 201214 yr Author Just yesterday I was remembering watching Sugar Ray Leonard and Howard Davis and the Spinks boys in 1976. That was fun. I know ZERO US boxers today. Just a couple days before the Olympics started I was watching a show about Olympic boxing and they had a long discussion about the '84 and '88 Olympics when Evander Holyfield and Roy Jones, Jr., respectively, both lost bouts in controversial fashion.
August 8, 201214 yr Boxing can be saved and is worth saving. It is going to take people being banned and going to jail as well as a NFL/NBA type umbrella to do it.
August 8, 201214 yr Author Boxing can be saved and is worth saving. It is going to take people being banned and going to jail as well as a NFL/NBA type umbrella to do it. Agreed. I'm not usually into Bill Simmons' ideas, but his recommendation for a National Commissioner of Boxing is spot on.
August 8, 201214 yr Author Imvho not a Sport anyway . It is more akin to Gladiators Which I would argue is also sport.
August 8, 201214 yr Three letters. MMA Besides Mayweather and Pacman I don't care to watch any boxing. MMA is just a LOT more exciting for me plus much better ran.
August 8, 201214 yr I haven't been excited to watch boxing since the last time Tyson was in a big fight. This sport is dead.
August 8, 201214 yr Imvho not a Sport anyway . It is more akin to GladiatorsNot a sport? :eek: I've always seen it as one of the truly great sports. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
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