Boxing the fastest Growing Sport in Australia

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  1. Bwgcolman

    Bwgcolman Active Member Full Member

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    I posted this on another thread, but for anyone that missed it;

    http://www.news.com.au/sport/boxing-mma/boxing-the-nations-fastest-growing-sport-says-australian-bureau-of-statistics/story-fndkzthy-1226540663556

    Participation up 131% since 2005, and while it may not match participation in the glory days of Australian boxing, it's still good to see the future of the sport looks healthy.

    Now that we have kids wanting to participate, we just have to fix up all the internal bull**** that goes on so we can nurture and retain the next generation of top Australian fighters.
     
  2. darkhorse

    darkhorse Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ..good luck with that..;)
     
  3. StiffJab

    StiffJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Boxing needs to be included in schools sports programs. **** water polo and all those other homo sports
     
  4. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yea **** water polo , all them horses drowning gotta stop .
     
  5. Sox

    Sox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol::good

    I reckon this upturn in boxing is due to Daniel Geale. :deal
     
  6. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nah it's down to Mandy making millions off PPV , money for old rope , people forget he fought **** all for years and somehow got to fight for a genuine title again , can't fault him i bet he is laughing his bollocks off and can't believe his luck , he ran down from Super middle to Junior middle ducking every serious challenge and ends up fighting for a quarter of the middleweight championship of the world . I would be laughing as well . Kids see this and want a bit of it .
     
  7. Crusher

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    Fixing up the (internal Bull****) Is what really needs to happen if boxing is to become main stream again.
    It has to start at the grass roots and be implemented through to the top of the Administration side of the sport.
    Just my humble opinion.
    I love the sport of boxing and think it deserves to flourish.
     
  8. Sox

    Sox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don't burst my bubble Josey. :nono
     
  9. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Here's hoping that's the only bubble of yours bust this month Sox mate . :good
     
  10. Sox

    Sox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ah, that one I'm very confident of. :good
     
  11. rusty nails

    rusty nails Tszyu for PM!! Full Member

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    what they wont tell you is its mostly chicks doing boxercise classes.
     
  12. Francis75

    Francis75 FAB 4 Full Member

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    Boxing is completely dead in this country. No one is interested in it. Forget about it.
     
  13. swingin

    swingin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    kayaking is the explosion in kayak fishing. the shark bicuits are everywhere.....

    i was told a lot of somalian, indigenous and PI kids have taken up boxing. i dont know if thet has affected numbers? i hope so. i hope also the ams association can get their **** together so we dont lose these kids to MMA and the like.
     
  14. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Somalian ,
    Starving Hagler ?
     
  15. swingin

    swingin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    more like hearns id recon. but they seem to suit basketball and AFL.

    i was at an AFL meeting the other night, they are starting AFL programmes for 'endangered' kids who are between 16-19yo to get them off their ass and drugs and into sport. the somalis are one targeted culture.

    also, i saw a programme on tele that was doing the same thing, again with AFL.