Brit Forum Debate: The Boxing Insiders' Contempt For Boxing Fans

well said

 

Well said.

After all, it is the fans that pay their wages.

Perhaps they ought to start appreciating them or get a job doing security at an old Woolworths store or something.

:good

 

I'd love to sit down and talk boxing with these so-called 'insiders'.

I think I'd have them perplexed and stammering within about two minutes.

 

A lot of people in a lot of areas are having trouble adjust1ng to the good and bad the Internet brings and are criticising it rather than trying to use it as the positive tool it can be. Maybe over the next 10-20 years, as people who were brought up with the Internet as a fact of life start filling the "top" positions in boxing, we'll be a change in attitudes?

 

Great post Losfer :good

 

great post mate , promoters seem to have this elitest attitude and it stinks . without these forums some of there fighters would be less known . without this forum i wouldnt really have followed or known the carears of bellew , gavin and frampton as well

 

You are right, Elton John is a ****.

 

Yep. I think Bellew especially can attest to how an internet forum can be beneficial to getting your name out there and getting more fans. There are obviously positives and negatives with forums and the internet in general, but the positives far outweigh the negatives in this case.

Promoters and people within boxing need to embrace it rather than see it as a problem. Some promoters have seen the benefits the internet offers and have acted accordingly. Vip Boxing and Hatton promotions each have their own video streaming set-up to show past shows, and the latter streams live shows and sells copies of their cards on DVD. Maloney and Warren have their own Youtube page and show exclusive footage of fights, press conferences, interviews etc. More can still be done, but promoters need to look beyond the small amount of negatives and focus on the many positives.

And very good OP Losfer :good

 

Fantastic post and all you've said is what's wrong with boxing. I normally like Barry Hearn but I thought he was bang out of order when he said what he did last week.

 

great post Losfer

How many people u think would listen to buncey on a thursday night. i wudnt have even known it was on if it wasnt for ESB. Same for the TV thread, people didnt know bout shows and what time they etc, mite not have bothered following it up and not seen it

 

Wasn't it Bob Arum who said "The fans can go **** themselves"?atsch

Boxing has such wonderful pr.

 

i agree but hearn was right to a point , a haye - harrison fight isnt for boxing fans that watch boxing talk about boxing and know boxing its for the man on the street , its a heavyweight title contest between two mouthy brits and has sky platform to promote it


to put it simply this is a crossover fight even though unlike past such fights the quality of one of the fighters dosent warrant this .

 

Hagman, surely the sport should try and appeal to its fans. It isn't just Haye-Harrison, we get fed lots of uninspiring, meaningless fights.

 

Most 'insiders' I have come across are very helpful. Just recently I have been in touch with two Latin promoters who have basically wiped my arse with how helpful they have been.