Anybody else finding it hard to follow boxing atm?

No big fights in the immediate future. I have to admit the only bout that I'm really looking forward to seeing this year is Mosley v Mayweather and that's not till May.

 

At times like these, instead of turning away from the sport we love most, we must look deeper within its history. I live in the past right now, watching black and white fight footage from bygone eras, absorbing the wisdom and historical significance of the past.

Things will line up in the future, as they always do. For now, if I have nothing great to look forward to, I go backwards in time.:bbb


Boxing is forever with me.

 

My sentiments exactly.

 

I'm not as intense about it right now as I was for the last 4-5 months, but that's just natural. You have phases, but Boxing is always close to my heart and once the big fights start coming off, everything will be well with the world again. I'm taking a lot of interest in the weekend's fight between Valero and DeMarco. Intriguing match-up.

 

Interesting is a subjective term. I find nothing interesting about Adamek/Estrada and Holt/Mabuza. I'm all for a good B type fight but neither one of those fights tickle the interest. Speficially Holt/Mabuza. They're not something that you sit there, see on the schedule and say "WOW! I gotta see that ****!" This is especially accurate with Adamek/Estrada. The fight is essentially a tune up for Arreola vs Adamek which is much more interesting.

Mack vs Johnson I can take or leave either way. It's not going to define my friday night schedule.

Valero vs DeMarco is going to be a great fight and that's interesting but it's just one fight.

You don't HAVE to love all of boxing. You can sit there and watch it and appreciate it but you don't have to hype yourself up on it. It's like any other sport, it has its good times and bad times and in my estimation, we're looking at a bad time.

 

Dude I pay for Showtime and HBO for no other reason....It surely ain't for the movies! best $30 I spend every month!

 

As long as Money is around then boxing is going no where. All roads in boxing lead to Mayweather.

 

The problem with boxing is there simply isn't as much elite depth at the top as there was 15-20 years ago. Sure quite a few big fights can still get made but not nearly as many as we should have in the sport.

MMA is actually helping boxing since it is forcing promoters to make the big fights. 2009 was an very good year for the sport and while 2010 didn't start off as well as many have planned. Pac vs. Clottey with still be a very good fight with a great atmosphere and of course Mayweather vs. Mosley is all but finished up. I am also looking forward to the SMW division matchups with the Big 6 and Bute looking impressive in his last fight.

I would like to see Pavlik vs. Williams, B-Hop vs Dawson or Adamek, and JMM moving back down to 135 and defend his championship but we can't have everything we want.

The fact there is no dominant, exciting, elite heavyweights also hurts. I watched the outside the lines story about the Douglas vs. Tyson 20 years anniversary and I can't believe it has been that long. We could desperately use a Mike or Joe Louis type fighter to make things more interesting north of 200 lbs.

 

+1

 

I'm not really having a hard time following boxing for the very reason you have stated. We will always have world problems but I watch sports as an outlet, so to speak. I love watching sports, especially boxing, because it entertains me. It gives me a breather from all the nasty things you see in the news.

 

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No not really. Without the internet it would be pretty tough. Even, before I had the internet I would have a good idea of what fights were coming up. With the internet though it's easy though I know pretty much what fights will be on in Europe, Asia, whatever it doesn't really matter.

 

These times come and we always see fans who either claim to be "bored" of it or finding another sport or any of that nonsense. Boxing has like "seasons", you get two months straight packed with awesome fights and then 4 months of nothing, people usually think it's "dead" when that comes. Fact is, these guys can't fight every week, if you want street fights every week UFC is your home.