There's only one way boxing will ever be popular again

BoxingFanBG · Dec 29, 2008

How about putting it back on free TV.
Joe aint giving 50 bucks from his plumber salary to get bunch of guys punching eachother, when he can watch am. football for free.

PS: can someone from Germany tell me the ratings for the boxing nights on ZDF and ARD.

booradley · Dec 29, 2008

heidegger said: ↑

This is going to sound pretentious, but the 'problem', as I see it, is related to [un]intelligent fanship. Boxing is part of the entertainment industry and that's all it can be. Fights are made based on the amount of interest/money they generate. You can try to govern over it's integrity, but supply/demand forces will always win, that's why Communism will never work. While ever the market for Jones - Calzaghe is bigger than for Calzaghe Dawson, the likes of the former will naturally be made. The only solution is a more sophisticated fan base. Ultimately its the fans who determine, with their bank cards, the quality of boxing. Somehow boxing discourse has to be elevated such that the best fights correlate with the largest market share. How to do this, given that the majority of men are dunces and sluggards, I do not know. But unless this is the case, boxing will be at least 50% farce.

The sad fact is that it's the philistines who support the sport. It's similar in the film industry where all the megga grossing insipid products like American Pie earn the revenue that supports interesting films, which almost always flop.
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That's thought provoking. I'll try to respond later. Right now I have to go get my pay check, and my job is WAY to stressful to do for free.

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