How has PRIZEFIGHTER changed boxing?

gives younger boxers good experience and gives the older boxers of yesteryear a decent payday and a chance for them to fight and for us to see them again.

 

It convinced the general public that A-Farce was worthy of a world title shotatsch:-(

 

whoevers assignment it is is gonna be truly pissed when he/she finds out he/she has failed miserably:nut

 

Gives exposure to boxers which is much needed in this day and age. Use the examples of audley, rogan, casey etc getting title shots. Casey is a great example. Also mention how the supper-middles in liverpool was skys highest viewer numbers for boxing this year. If its only a little bit you can easily bull**** it.

cheekyvid et al (2011:1-2) ESB British Forum

 

prizefighter has definitely changed boxing.

these fights should in no way...no way...end up on boxers professional records.

george foreman would never have gotten away with adding the '5 in one afternoon' to his pro record.

its a circus tournament...who can beat the circus champ...

and look how dangerous it is...trust me, its a definite tragedy waiting to happen, and then people will talk about how it changed boxing and wonder how it was allowed in this day and age.

take michael lomax and ted bami in their one....they get to the final against each other and walk to the middle of the ring....one has stitches in his head, other has a broken nose...both lads are absolutely fooked from the two previous fights....ah well, never mind all that, box on...
one day that will happen again and a boxer who will be exhausted will be knocked out and the exhaustion will make it very dangerous.
it is NOT like a normal 12 round fight...or in this case 9...a boxer could be out in his feet at the end of the second fight and where he wouldnt be allowed out for the next round, is allowed out for the next fight while not fully recovered, regardless of the time break.

and the winners of these tournaments are being thrown in with top class opponents for titles in their next fights, whereas they would be a few levels below that opponent if it hadn't been for prizefighter....its worked ok so far...but one day a prizefighter winner will end up against a top european champion on the rise....and it wont be pretty.

just my tuppence worth

 

The concept has been around since the sport began (much like 20/20 cricket, which was played for 50+ years amongst club sides, before the pro's took it up).

The concept goes though peaks and troughs. A basic outline of history is:

It had its first golden era when Jack Johnson became Heavyweight Champ, and the search was on for the Great White Hope.

Any white fighter who weighed more than 180lbs, no matter what their ability would be chucked into a one night tournament, all over the States, in the hope of finding the next big thing, who could beat Johnson.

It caught on again in Britain post World War II, as promoters started to employ boxers to tour and do these one night events, which made the promoters a ton of money, and took British boxing down to its knees as the top quality fighters could not get the matches required to develop, or even make a proper living.

Ken Buchanan was nearly lost to the sport, before his career had even really began, because of this concept.

In the 90s, there was a (in)famous one night tournament amongst some washed up but name Heavyweights. A Million Dollars was supposed to be on offer in prize money, sadly for the boxers concerned, it turned out not to be the case.

So yes the Prizefighter concept has had quite a history...

 

If you're asking the Brit forum experts, you have to include this:

Ref: Slip&Counter (ESB British Forum; 2010)

 

And he hit the nail on the head...

 

yes...he did hit the nail on the head