NY Times: What Happened To Boxing’s Golden Age?

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  1. Action

    Action Active Member Full Member

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  2. drvooh

    drvooh Boxing Addict Full Member

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    American sports writrs, and fans know that the USA ia not fully dominate in every weight class, and they cannot handle it ( yet )
     
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  3. jecxbox

    jecxbox St. Brett Full Member

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    interesting to see the view point of some non boxing fans:cool:
     
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  4. Thread Stealer

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    Neither was the U.S. dominant in all the divisions decades ago, in the 70s for instance, but boxing was still a fairly big sport in the states then.
     
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  5. southpawslick

    southpawslick Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Americans are so ****ing insular. They're like the Chinese Emperors who used to tell the people that the whole world revolved around China :lol:
     
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  6. Boxing Genius

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    It died
     
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  7. Sp_Immortal

    Sp_Immortal Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mohammed Ali was the only American champion for a while so shows what you know I guess.

    I'll let you in on a secret. Boxing in America holds almost no nationalistic bent. It hasn't had much of one probably since the Lewis - Schmelling fights.

    Sorry to dissapoint.
     
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  8. Thread Stealer

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    Boxing's been global for awhile. It's getting more so, but there's been a lot of quality champs outside the states for decades and it hasn't been American-dominated for a long time. Only the HW division has recently shifted away from American dominance.

    Ali was the biggest star in the 70s, but the two greatest fighters of the decade were from Panama and Argentina.

    The 80s were more US-dominated, but also had guys like Chavez, Arguello, Sanchez, Duran, Pedroza, etc.
     
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  9. NeckBreaknAiken

    NeckBreaknAiken Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah I gotta agree with that ****! A lot of us think there is nothing outside of the borders.
     
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  10. The Mighty One

    The Mighty One Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Interesting read.
     
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  11. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    No. They're like the Chinese citizens in your example.
     
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  12. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    would be better if it werent for:

    PPV
    Too many belts
    Paul Williams
     
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  13. Loufatski

    Loufatski Boxing Junkie banned

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    Tisn't dissapoint. It's fact. First of all, someone describe to me what is American.
     
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  14. nipplefloss

    nipplefloss Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I too think that it is shockingly (SHOCKINGLY!) insular for an American newspaper to write an article regarding the lack of attention paid by American sports fans to boxing. I would like to read more about the changing attitudes of Tibetans towards ping pong in my American sports coverage.
     
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  15. Farmboxer

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    The Klitschkos are beating everyone in the world today. They will beat everyone and in every weight class. Europe is the King.
     
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