Why don't you watch boxing?

[hobbes9324]

As an old guy, I may (or may not) have some insight as to why boxing has gone into the tank....

1) Proliferation of weight classes and various sanctioning to the point where there are probably a hundred or so "world champions" running around. The fact that some left handed Bulgarian dyslexic has been crowned the smegmaweight champion by the WWBCF just doesn't seem to entrace people, for some reason.

2) PPV for all sorts of good, bad and "meh" fights - if you buy ONE turkey, it sort of leaves a bad taste in your mouth, and you're less likely to pony up the next time. And there have been a fair number of turkeys.

3) For better or worse, the heavyweight division has been beyond lousy for a long time - for the casual fan, that's pretty much all they care about.

4) The eternal mystery of why Don King hasn't been shot, stabbed, or found floating in an oil drum. He has done more than anyone else to take a shady, underhanded sport and run it down to the point where child molesters get better press.
It's hard to believe, but at one time SI had pretty much a weekly feature on boxing - now, unless Tyson is caught biting the head off a nun, no press. So no following.....

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