Has the likes of Mundine and Nasser destroyed Boxing in Australia?

The first few years of the Mundine circus he brought in a few new fans, sadly most of those fans have slowly left due to the last 3-4yrs of fighting bums. Problem now is proper boxing fans are so disenchanted with the state of boxing in this country they too are starting to twiddle away.

 

totally agree. Im really hoping a mayweather/pacman fight might generate enough interest for people to get into boxing enough to learn of the existence of fighters like Kats and Vic. but maybe im just dreaming....

 

Geez OZ thats a bit of a pessimistic outlook :huh

I dont agree with the argie fights or the average undercards that Khoder puts on but I think that between the 15 or so big names we have its enought to keep boxing going until the 20 prospects hit form.

As you have mentioned we only need 3 or 4 names to lead the way at any one stage.

ATM we have at least 6 names that carry a PPV and maybe another 4 names that will soon.

I thought boxing was in a lul about 10 years ago when choc came in...hes done well for a footy player...yeah he could have had bigger fights but that was not to be.

The formula choc provided to make money you will see a few more teams take on....so in terms of more money being available to aussie boxing I think ist a positive.

 

Ash I think you're missing the point Oz has just made.

He gave mundine credit for bringing boxing back, but what he is pointing out is that pretty much "what a man giveth, he then taketh away..."

Mundine was never trying to bring boxing itself into the spotlight, he was only trying to put himself in the mainstream (I think his conversation with Tallis recently highlights this). Thats why he has no problems at all dragging it (boxing) back to where it was when he first started.

 

Yeah I know what hes saying mate.....I dont agree with the lack of good UC fights that would develop aussie boxing...the positive I can take out of this is I thing the blueprint to make money has been shown and now it can be developed by other teams.

The big thing Khoder should have done was build better UC's and let hope the Greens and Geales will run with the better cards....end of the day better card better numbers on seats

 

Yeah I agree...I love watching Vic and Kats go hard so how do we get them better known to joe public?

 

UC's are a petty side issue ash

 

Geale may be fighting Lorenzo for an IBF title shot.

 

Still not following this......are you saying because choc didnt take fights like Kess II , Golovkin and the Geale rematch boxing is now dead because of him?

Or are you saying because he calls out Mayweather and fights falinga its dead?

Vic and Kats are fighting good fights...Green brought over RJJ....why is this all on Mundine?

Mundine has done his bit and if he ever does step up it will be great but the sport in this nation shouldnt rest on chocs shoulders but 10 other guys as well :good

 

Can't deny that the one good thing that have come about from the Mundine and Green circus is the fact that they have brought mainstream boxing back into the headlines, . . . whether it has been for the right reasons is another story.

It is simply a sad state of affairs that our 2 best P4P fighters have openly stated that it is simply not economically viable to bring a fight back to Oz, and therefore must resort to fighting overseas. Katsidis is more well known over in the UK than in Australia FFS!! That really just proves the fact that if you want to make money and be a star in this business, follow the Mundine - Green blueprint for managing a career. Hard-work, dedication to your craft, taking risks and fighting the best fighters the world has to offer, sure as hell ain't gonna get you there.