Has your interest in boxing gone down or up ??

[youngrell]

Mine is currently down for a number of factors. The main one being all the politics and fighters not fighting who we want them to! There was a time, around 3-4 years ago where I wouldn't miss a single televised show, but at the moment I do not subscribe to Sky or BN, and have only caught one C5 bill.

I am reduced to just looking at results and reading reports, and of course what all you guys say. There a re a few fights I will seek out on youtube afterward if they sound interesting, but then usually skip forward to the ending (I don't find watching a fight I know the result too very interesting at all).

Actually, when I think about it, my enthusiasm/interest has plummeted!! I hold TV responsible, as hitman_hatton1 said, TV should blackball fighters and hold them to the contests that not only the fans want to see, but contests that actually mean something. This will then force fighters, promoters and stupid governing bodies to do the right thing as none of them will be getting paid. Only then will the sport thrive like it should.

Boxing fans have been taken for mugs for way too long, it's about time that changed

[Quixall]

Mine is currently down for a number of factors. The main one being all the politics and fighters not fighting who we want them to! There was a time, around 3-4 years ago where I wouldn't miss a single televised show, but at the moment I do not subscribe to Sky or BN, and have only caught one C5 bill.

I am reduced to just looking at results and reading reports, and of course what all you guys say. There a re a few fights I will seek out on youtube afterward if they sound interesting, but then usually skip forward to the ending (I don't find watching a fight I know the result too very interesting at all).

Actually, when I think about it, my enthusiasm/interest has plummeted!! I hold TV responsible, as hitman_hatton1 said, TV should blackball fighters and hold them to the contests that not only the fans want to see, but contests that actually mean something. This will then force fighters, promoters and stupid governing bodies to do the right thing as none of them will be getting paid. Only then will the sport thrive like it should.

Boxing fans have been taken for mugs for way too long, it's about time that changed

Youngrell, i was the same mate. The more i thought about, the more i realised the my interest had plummeted

I agree with all your comments

[IRLangmaid25]

17 years and 3 months since his debut.
He's not done bad.

And he was only 20 when he won the British title back in 1996 when he stopped Paul Jones in 8 rounds. I really do hope he beats Rabchenko as he one of the good guys within the sport who sometimes did not get breaks his way.

[twenty six]

IR - did you notice who was in Tyson Fury's corner at the Rogan fight ?
None other than Paul "Silky" Jones !!

[IRLangmaid25]

IR - did you notice who was in Tyson Fury's corner at the Rogan fight ?
None other than Paul "Silky" Jones !!

I didn't mate I had on record and fast forwarded through the ads and when they were in the corners.. But small world isn't it when you mention it though.

[twenty six]

It is indeed mate.
I often wonder how many people realise the referee Mike Alexander, fought Ryan on one of Ricky's bills.
Mike Alexander at 11st 6lbs ?!?

[Quixall]

IR - did you notice who was in Tyson Fury's corner at the Rogan fight ?
None other than Paul "Silky" Jones !!

I used to be at school with Paul Jones..........

I hadn't seen him for years and then bumped into him at a Lennox Lewis weigh in at Josephine's nightclub one sunday morning. That must have been around Feb 1990 i think.

[exittored]

Having been a fairly active member of boxrec since 2003 people always seem to moan about one thing or another although to be fair there's alot wrong with boxing to moan about.

To answer the question put by the OP my interest in boxing has gone MASSIVELY UP and the simple reason is that for the first time i can actually follow boxing properly because technology allows me to watch fights live from all around the world whether it be on tv or more likely high quality streams.

20 years ago a boxing fan could only dream of the kind of world wide coverage we're getting today, infact i can watch streams for pretty much any boxing card that has some form of media coverage as there's always someone online streaming it.

There's a really good healthy online boxing community that shares their love of boxing and to a fan like me i can't get enough of watching boxing even the obscure boxing cards as there's always that chance to see the next Pacman.

We have some truly special boxers to watch at the moment and i'm even more excited to see some of the young up and coming guys like Ismayl Silakh become world champions very soon.

[palooka]

Mines gone down since I was a teenager and in my early/mid 20's. I was a bit of an anarak; used to tape trans world sport and the rest of it, all the magazines etc. Not as much time to devote adn life's more complicated now; don't think it's down to boxing being less interesting, if your a fan you can be interested in any little bit of the sport and argue the toss over anything with anyone.

[Deserter]

I would say in recent times it has dipped by at least 50%i started falling out of love with the sport about 2 years back and it hasn't been doing much to win my heart back. 3 years back I had plans to to go to the see the Olympic boxing and travel at least once a year to the Uk to see a fight. In the those three years I haven't once looked up tickets for the games or even thought about flying home to watch a show.

This pretty much mirrors my experience. Sick of the politics and no fighters coming through the ranks have really caught my imagination. Froch's the only one I feel strongly enough about to travel to watch but I can't get the time off work for the Bute fight. Hate to say it, but I was more excited about the Jon Jones vs Rashad Evans fight than any boxing match this year.

[Quixall]

I would say in recent times it has dipped by at least 50%i started falling out of love with the sport about 2 years back and it hasn't been doing much to win my heart back. 3 years back I had plans to to go to the see the Olympic boxing and travel at least once a year to the Uk to see a fight. In the those three years I haven't once looked up tickets for the games or even thought about flying home to watch a show.

This pretty much mirrors my experience. Sick of the politics and no fighters coming through the ranks have really caught my imagination. Froch's the only one I feel strongly enough about to travel to watch but I can't get the time off work for the Bute fight. Hate to say it, but I was more excited about the Jon Jones vs Rashad Evans fight than any boxing match this year.

I was burnt quite badly by the original Wlad - Haye fight and I have to say that really put me off traveling for a big fight. My birthday is the 5th of May and there is always a big American bill on that weekend but seeing how unreliable the sport is these days there is no one I book flights, hotels etc to go stateside only for it t be cancelled. I would love to see a fight in Vegas but when I do it won't be the sole purpose of my trip

Mayweather - Cotto would be a good one though to go to Mark !!

May 5th aswell............

Not many more fights like that.

[fasteddie]

my interest has gone up in the british scene but gone down abit in the world scene

[ArtOfWar]

We're at the end of April and from where i'm sitting there hasn't been much to be interested in so far this year. Dates for promoters in boxing are drying up more and more all the time, where as i'm getting my mma fix every week.

Stick a fork in it.

[Syntax Error]

My interest in the sport is still high, but it almost certainly has waned & now sits second to football in my list of favoured sports.

There just aren't enough characters in the sport & the biggest & best fights often don't get made until it's too late, or not at all. :(

[milpool]

I was completely engrossed in boxing when I was a kid and that continued throughout my teenage years and into my late 20's. I got all the magazines, the Ring , Boxing Monthly, Boxing News, Boxing Illustrated, KO, I got all the boxing books that were ever published, I knew all about boxers that nobody else had ever heard of and I would watch every fight possible be it on TV or at a show.
Then when I hit my thirties I became more and more distant and although I still took a passing interest, my enthusiasm was never the same. Not really sure what it was, it certainly wasn't anything to do with the politics of the sport or any other reason that's given for the decline of boxing, I think I just found other things to do.

Anyway, about eighteen months ago my interest sparked up again. Just as there was no reason for me to move away from boxing, there was no real reason why I found my passion for it again. So here I am back to buying all the magazines, all the books and watching all the fights again.

Yes boxing has it's problems, yes some things make me tear my hair out but I love the sport, I love the history and I'm loving being back in love with it again.

[Quixall]

I was completely engrossed in boxing when I was a kid and that continued throughout my teenage years and into my late 20's. I got all the magazines, the Ring , Boxing Monthly, Boxing News, Boxing Illustrated, KO, I got all the boxing books that were ever published, I knew all about boxers that nobody else had ever heard of and I would watch every fight possible be it on TV or at a show.
Then when I hit my thirties I became more and more distant and although I still took a passing interest, my enthusiasm was never the same. Not really sure what it was, it certainly wasn't anything to do with the politics of the sport or any other reason that's given for the decline of boxing, I think I just found other things to do.

Anyway, about eighteen months ago my interest sparked up again. Just as there was no reason for me to move away from boxing, there was no real reason why I found my passion for it again. So here I am back to buying all the magazines, all the books and watching all the fights again.

Yes boxing has it's problems, yes some things make me tear my hair out but I love the sport, I love the history and I'm loving being back in love with it again.

That's good to hear

[Ezzard]

I was completely engrossed in boxing when I was a kid and that continued throughout my teenage years and into my late 20's. I got all the magazines, the Ring , Boxing Monthly, Boxing News, Boxing Illustrated, KO, I got all the boxing books that were ever published, I knew all about boxers that nobody else had ever heard of and I would watch every fight possible be it on TV or at a show.
Then when I hit my thirties I became more and more distant and although I still took a passing interest, my enthusiasm was never the same. Not really sure what it was, it certainly wasn't anything to do with the politics of the sport or any other reason that's given for the decline of boxing, I think I just found other things to do.

Anyway, about eighteen months ago my interest sparked up again. Just as there was no reason for me to move away from boxing, there was no real reason why I found my passion for it again. So here I am back to buying all the magazines, all the books and watching all the fights again.

Yes boxing has it's problems, yes some things make me tear my hair out but I love the sport, I love the history and I'm loving being back in love with it again.

I could be as simple as that, mate. Stage of life.

Other than 15 rounders boxing is as good now as when I was a kid and falling in love with the sport.

[exittored]

I was completely engrossed in boxing when I was a kid and that continued throughout my teenage years and into my late 20's. I got all the magazines, the Ring , Boxing Monthly, Boxing News, Boxing Illustrated, KO, I got all the boxing books that were ever published, I knew all about boxers that nobody else had ever heard of and I would watch every fight possible be it on TV or at a show.
Then when I hit my thirties I became more and more distant and although I still took a passing interest, my enthusiasm was never the same. Not really sure what it was, it certainly wasn't anything to do with the politics of the sport or any other reason that's given for the decline of boxing, I think I just found other things to do.

Anyway, about eighteen months ago my interest sparked up again. Just as there was no reason for me to move away from boxing, there was no real reason why I found my passion for it again. So here I am back to buying all the magazines, all the books and watching all the fights again.

Yes boxing has it's problems, yes some things make me tear my hair out but I love the sport, I love the history and I'm loving being back in love with it again.

I could be as simple as that, mate. Stage of life.

Other than 15 rounders boxing is as good now as when I was a kid and falling in love with the sport.

Like anything in life you can fall in and out of love with something as it's easy to get jaded or cynical which i basically did with with football and only have a passing interest in it now wheras with boxing i've become a much stronger supporter because of the greater access i've had to watching live boxing worldwide from tv and streams.

British boxing is exciting at the moment especially as America would love to have 4 heavyweights of the calibre of Haye, Fury, Price and Chisora.

Froch vs Bute is a fight that can't fail to deliver a great fight and then we've got guys like Groves, Degale, Cleverley and Brook who will soon be stepping up and seeing if they've got what it takes

[hitman_hatton1]

First things first - he won't.
In the outside chance he did he will carry on, perhaps have a tilt at the Lonsdale belt again.
Ryan may be 35 and have had 51 fights but he is fresh as a daisy and looks as good as ever in training.

but once again got his arse kicked in world class.

[twenty six]

Stick to staying in and washing your hair cock.
Only opinionated so called font of all knowledge re boxing I've ever come across who openly admits he doesn't watch live boxing.
Keep using the smilies child.

[Ezzard]

I was completely engrossed in boxing when I was a kid and that continued throughout my teenage years and into my late 20's. I got all the magazines, the Ring , Boxing Monthly, Boxing News, Boxing Illustrated, KO, I got all the boxing books that were ever published, I knew all about boxers that nobody else had ever heard of and I would watch every fight possible be it on TV or at a show.
Then when I hit my thirties I became more and more distant and although I still took a passing interest, my enthusiasm was never the same. Not really sure what it was, it certainly wasn't anything to do with the politics of the sport or any other reason that's given for the decline of boxing, I think I just found other things to do.

Anyway, about eighteen months ago my interest sparked up again. Just as there was no reason for me to move away from boxing, there was no real reason why I found my passion for it again. So here I am back to buying all the magazines, all the books and watching all the fights again.

Yes boxing has it's problems, yes some things make me tear my hair out but I love the sport, I love the history and I'm loving being back in love with it again.

I could be as simple as that, mate. Stage of life.

Other than 15 rounders boxing is as good now as when I was a kid and falling in love with the sport.

Like anything in life you can fall in and out of love with something as it's easy to get jaded or cynical which i basically did with with football and only have a passing interest in it now wheras with boxing i've become a much stronger supporter because of the greater access i've had to watching live boxing worldwide from tv and streams.

British boxing is exciting at the moment especially as America would love to have 4 heavyweights of the calibre of Haye, Fury, Price and Chisora.

Froch vs Bute is a fight that can't fail to deliver a great fight and then we've got guys like Groves, Degale, Cleverley and Brook who will soon be stepping up and seeing if they've got what it takes

Fans moan about boxing. But how many dodgy decisions are there in football? How many times are games dull? The side who actually play entertaining football lose? 9 out of 10 seasons you can predict the top 4 at the start of the season.

Add to this that most players are morons. Banging one another’s wives, girlfriends, sisters-in-law… the link between the players and the fans has gone. And the truth is the link between the clubs has gone too. They are just corporates now. You may as well follow the stock exchange.

But I agree. UK boxing is in a good place.

[hitman_hatton1]

Stick to staying in and washing your hair cock.
Only opinionated so called font of all knowledge re boxing I've ever come across who openly admits he doesn't watch live boxing.
Keep using the smilies child.

i've never claimed i know anything about the sport.

we all talk bullsh1t on these places let's be honest.

i've looked back at old posts and cringed just like everyone else has.

i don't attend boxing matches cos i prefer the birds eye view from the tv camera lens.

and yes rhodes still got his arse kicked in true world class.

stop being high and mighty and admit i'm right.

[twenty six]

You should get back to Doghouse where you belong.
Exclusive - Rhodes lost to a world class operator 11 months ago.
..... and your point is ?

[Khaosai-Galaxy]

Down, so very far down in terms of the current scene. I really have no business posting here because i hardly watch any fights these days.


I do watch a shit load of Eubank, Benn, Watson, Haggler, Leonard, Hearns, Holyfield etc etc on youtube, however.

Has the world changed, or have i changed?

As Morrissey once warbled.

[Deserter]

i'm even more excited to see some of the young up and coming guys like Ismayl Silakh become world champions very soon.

You may be waiting longer than you'd anticipated... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... AhCZhxaBPI