It's likely you can't even name the publically recognized heavy weight champion of the world......I cant. Of course there are about 75 of them spread over 93 different un-organized organizations.
So the sport is reduced to pay per view only and the local bars dont even cover it any more. Thier very biggest events often turn out to be a circus and last night in Las Vegas was another complete embarassment. On a positive note, the guy who handled it the best is the guy who got ripped.
Terrible. Just terrible. Even the guy who won though he lost.
I cant figure out what has fallen further......boxing or IndyCar.
The reason I am so bummed is because I grew up on and still love both sports. Every once in a while I YouTube Duran/Leonard I in Montreal and Hagler/Hearns in Vegas just to bring back the good ol' days. Where's my rockem sockem robots.
Here's the Hagler/Hearns memory for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mILPqwesNE&feature=related
The reason the Hagler/Hearns fight so was so memorable for me was because in 83/84 and 84/85 I became close friends with the custodian in my Bschool dorm at Syracuse. He and I would talk sports all afternoon long and he and I were both boxing fans. For this fight he invited me over to his house to join he and his family for dinner and then watch the fight. As good as the fight was it was his display of friendship by he and his family that i will never forget and made the evening so memorable.
The reason the Duran/Leonard fight was so memorable for me was because I watched it with my Dad on "closed circuit TV" in the old New Haven Coliseam. We went down on the spur of the momment and ended up with great seats in like Row 3. You had hispanics and african americans in close proximity and my Dad and me in the middle.....real exciting to say the least. Dad and I also did Ali/Frazier I on closed circuit TV at the Hamden HS auditorium......also another great boxing moment for me. Here's the beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SwxhqOpA1M
Here's another absolute classic with Leonard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eanRHyRyXLk&feature=related
but my favorite fighter of all time is Roberto Duran...here's why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HveoLcfbGy8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi3FaDQMB98
HE WAS THE BEST!!
So the sport is reduced to pay per view only and the local bars dont even cover it any more. Thier very biggest events often turn out to be a circus and last night in Las Vegas was another complete embarassment. On a positive note, the guy who handled it the best is the guy who got ripped.
Terrible. Just terrible. Even the guy who won though he lost.
I cant figure out what has fallen further......boxing or IndyCar.
The reason I am so bummed is because I grew up on and still love both sports. Every once in a while I YouTube Duran/Leonard I in Montreal and Hagler/Hearns in Vegas just to bring back the good ol' days. Where's my rockem sockem robots.
Here's the Hagler/Hearns memory for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mILPqwesNE&feature=related
The reason the Hagler/Hearns fight so was so memorable for me was because in 83/84 and 84/85 I became close friends with the custodian in my Bschool dorm at Syracuse. He and I would talk sports all afternoon long and he and I were both boxing fans. For this fight he invited me over to his house to join he and his family for dinner and then watch the fight. As good as the fight was it was his display of friendship by he and his family that i will never forget and made the evening so memorable.
The reason the Duran/Leonard fight was so memorable for me was because I watched it with my Dad on "closed circuit TV" in the old New Haven Coliseam. We went down on the spur of the momment and ended up with great seats in like Row 3. You had hispanics and african americans in close proximity and my Dad and me in the middle.....real exciting to say the least. Dad and I also did Ali/Frazier I on closed circuit TV at the Hamden HS auditorium......also another great boxing moment for me. Here's the beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SwxhqOpA1M
Here's another absolute classic with Leonard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eanRHyRyXLk&feature=related
but my favorite fighter of all time is Roberto Duran...here's why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HveoLcfbGy8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi3FaDQMB98
HE WAS THE BEST!!
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