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Is it just me that finds it hard to keep an active interest in boxing at the moment?

There just seems to be so few proper decent shows nowadays, and then we have all these pull outs- I'm too low on confidence with it all to buy a ticket or book trips in advance.

I mean- whats Friday fight night- Ricky Burns V Kevin O'Hara. Whats the point of it, really? Hometown Boy V Decent enough, but clearly beatable opponent. Would be a decent enough undercard fight, but other than local interest and personal fans of Burns, can anyone really show enough interest in a bout like this to class it as a Main Event - and the only live fight show on the programme?

Looking ahead, the next decent fights are on July 18th- and SURPRISE SURPRISE there is a clash.
so nothing much for a month, then I have to make a choice between the Khan bill, or Clevelrly V McIntosh.

Shouldn't this be in the 'I'm on a boxing downer' thread? After all, it's shite like this that is gradually killing the sport in this country.

Who really cares about this fight? What's the point?

Eraserhead wrote:Shouldn't this be in the 'I'm on a boxing downer' thread? After all, it's shite like this that is gradually killing the sport in this country.

Who really cares about this fight? What's the point?

Yeah, my post was more suited to that thread than the Burns one- i started off as pretty much a rant, just using Friday fight night as an example.

A load of crap tonight. I would much rather have seen a Arthur/Burns rematch tonight at just over 130lbs, perhaps 133lbs. If Arthur and Burns don't easily win tonight then I will be shocked. But mismatches are Sky's forte are the moment, excluding tomorrow.