The "Bible of Boxing" Loses its Credibility

This is horrendous news.

 

Screw the Ring. It had an excellent oportunity to change things but totally blew it.

 

Bert Sugar's fedora must be turning in its closet. :bart

 

Where has this been published? Awful, awful news if true. You can communicate with them, you can allow them to advertise, but you can't be OWNED by them!

 

I've always trusted the Ring myself. But whatever it was, it died tonight.

 

Amazing that before he even gets a fair shake you guys are writing this off simply because it's Hoya.

 

I would be very concerned about this if I were a different promoter. This creates all kinds of scenarios for undue influence.

It's no different from the ABCs being on the take -- and I guess this is better because the control is transparent -- but I had held The Ring to a higher standard than that.

Times must have been very hard around there.

 

Damn. Thx.

 

The fact that it's GBP makes no difference at all. It could be any promoter and it would violate journalistic independence.

We've seen how the controlling influence can taint news, as evidenced every day by Rupert Murdoch and Fox. Or Disney and ABC/ESPN. Integrity goes out the window to make way for the bottom line.

I'll miss you, The Ring.

 

Maybe Oscar will actually now make the "Ring Champs" actaully defend there titles against worthy opponents that are in the same weight class(B-HOP)

There rankings have always been OK but there belts are garbage.The Ring is just another ABC without the ABC.

 

I do know you would be less angry if it were anybody BUT Hoya:thumbsup

 

Its already on the ESB front page!

 

ANY promoter owning Ring is horrible.