I posted this in the British forum, but I suspect I might get more interst here: Got an old (Sept 93) Boxing Monthly out. Some interesting comments by editor Glyn Leach on what was arguably the biggest week in British Boxing history (With Bruno/Lewis fighting the week before). "If this was America, we'd probably be calling it "Super October" or some other such tag. But this is just "Quaint old Britain" and, if anything this terrific month for the domestic game seems certain to remind us of not just that fact, but of our self-inflicted lack of importance to world boxing as a whole. With Lewis/Bruno set for 1 October and Benn/EubankII on the 9 October, British fight fans have every reason to celebrate: Two big "world" title showdowns on British soil, featuring British fighters, can't be bad, can it? But to kid ourselves the world will be watching would be wrong. Benn/EubankII is only a domestic showdown; James Toney and Michael Nunn would be heavily favoured to beat either Brit, and everyone knows it..." I must say, that week was the best I ever had as a boxing fan, I got to see both fights live, if in rather crap seats, and I think like Leach I stepped back a bit underwhelmed. Bruno/Lewis was what it was supposed to be, a brave Bruno defeat, and the Benn/Eubank match was a little disappointing as both fought with too much respect. This probably was the best week in British boxing (at least in my time), but with the exception of the first Williams/Audley fight and a couple of bills in my own town, I never went to a fight again, and yet from 1988 to 1993 I must of gone to at least one bill every couple of months. Perhaps this period truly was the finale of the peak of this sport in this country...
