http://www.downswinging.com/wordpress/2009/06/5-to-dos-to-make-boxing-popular/ Thoughts from a Slightly Jaded Fan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:43:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.downswinging.com/wordpress/2009/06/5-to-dos-to-make-boxing-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Brian Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:28:16 +0000 http://www.downswinging.com/wordpress/?p=671#comment-172 I'm not sure i completely understand nor agree with what you are saying with the regional classifications. To me it sounds like your saying create some type of division similar to team sports like the AL Central for baseball for example. That seems pretty far fetched to me. All other ideas seem pretty good. I would say more advertising in tv could do no harm. I do believe there is hope for boxing in America. Heavyweight division has been dominated by Russians and European fighters but there are a couple promising American contenders in the Heavyweights top 10. Recently, I've seen something that i have never seen before. On the bottom scroll of espn's sports i saw boxing as one of the category's. I don't know if that means it's becoming more popular, but at least it's a start to trying to get people more interested in boxing. I’m not sure i completely understand nor agree with what you are saying with the regional classifications. To me it sounds like your saying create some type of division similar to team sports like the AL Central for baseball for example. That seems pretty far fetched to me. All other ideas seem pretty good. I would say more advertising in tv could do no harm. I do believe there is hope for boxing in America. Heavyweight division has been dominated by Russians and European fighters but there are a couple promising American contenders in the Heavyweights top 10. Recently, I’ve seen something that i have never seen before. On the bottom scroll of espn’s sports i saw boxing as one of the category’s. I don’t know if that means it’s becoming more popular, but at least it’s a start to trying to get people more interested in boxing.

]]> http://www.downswinging.com/wordpress/2009/06/5-to-dos-to-make-boxing-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Adam Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:57:20 +0000 http://www.downswinging.com/wordpress/?p=671#comment-111 Boxing will never come back to its old form. With MMA and the UFC (I don't really know if those are different or the same) becoming increasingly more popular, it has taken the spotlight from boxing. Boxing will never come back to its old form. With MMA and the UFC (I don’t really know if those are different or the same) becoming increasingly more popular, it has taken the spotlight from boxing.

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