| Boxing 09:11 - Nov 17 with 2139 views | gtsb1966 |
very quickly going down the pan isn't it. My second favourite sport and the future looks bleak. Fury, AJ and Wilder all fighting in Saudi Arabia in the next few months. Boxing to me is like football in as much as the atmosphere is a very big thing and part of the spectacle. Take away the atmosphere and it becomes dull. I used to love those nights of having a few mates around, beers flowing and a big boxing event with a decent undercard. 80,000 at Wembley etc. Once the Saudis get bored with it and the viewing figures for the TV companies hit rock bottom only then will the sport try to go back in time but will it be too late? |  | | |  |
| Boxing on 09:30 - Nov 17 with 2064 views | BlueDouglas |
Yep. The Fury - Ngannou fight was an absolute joke. Will probably go watch Wardley if he fights at PR, looked good against Adeleye. |  | | |
| Boxing on 09:38 - Nov 17 with 2032 views | Reus30 |
Agree with you there.
And then this crossover pish, PPVs and too many promoters essentially is choking british boxing as a whole too. I used to love watching it but now my interest is completely dulled.
Too many fights are not being made in order to protect the loss column but all of a sudden they have this megacard in front of fans who are there for the social media etc and not actual boxing fans.....
God knows how much that PPV will cost.
Edit: Agreed on Fabio, looked class. [Post edited 17 Nov 2023 9:39]
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| Boxing on 09:40 - Nov 17 with 2008 views | TractorCam |
Not forgetting the other circus with all the influencers. |  |
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| Boxing on 10:02 - Nov 17 with 1951 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Likewise it was my second favourite sport. Unfortunately, it’s killing itself - protecting fighters records, lack of talent in some weight classes, selling out to Saudi etc. I probably watch more MMA now due to those factors, and it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s widely the case. |  | | |
| Boxing on 10:10 - Nov 17 with 1907 views | ITFC_Forever |
I've never been a massive fan, but would tune in for the big fights back in the day (the likes of Benn, Watson, Eubank, Prince Naseem, Bruno, Tyson etc).
But I've never been interested enough for PPV, and now you have idiot social media influencers ruining it as well.
Weigh-ins are look contrived and scripted, and you also have crossover to martial arts which blurs the lines further.
For all that, I wish Fabio Wardley well, but I'm not sure him headlining an event at PR is going to pull in more than a few thousand - surely he'd have to be an undercard fight to a Fury or similar... and they wouldn't be interested in fighting in Ipswich, there is no reason for them to do so when they could have their pick of virtually anywhere in the world. [Post edited 17 Nov 2023 10:11]
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| Boxing on 10:15 - Nov 17 with 1868 views | wkj |
Boxing hit it's peak during the Brawl for All - all downhill there after |  |
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| Boxing on 15:03 - Nov 17 with 1607 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
We have had the Fury v Wilder trilogy, as the definitive contribution to the all-time canon from this generation of Heavyweights, and these things go in cycles.
It's now several old men trying to work out how to extract maximum value from their brand for the least amount of physical damage.
Whilst the hype has always been around Heavyweight, the best all-round boxers, and the best fights, have usually been in the categories around Middleweight.
The Saudis will take a while to catch onto that, so there should still be plenty of good boxing to watch. | | | |
| Boxing on 16:24 - Nov 18 with 1395 views | ibbleobble |
Both sports are great irrespective of atmosphere; atmosphere just makes them better. | | | |
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| Boxing on 16:42 - Nov 18 with 1369 views | allezlesbleus |
| Boxing on 10:10 - Nov 17 by ITFC_Forever |
I've never been a massive fan, but would tune in for the big fights back in the day (the likes of Benn, Watson, Eubank, Prince Naseem, Bruno, Tyson etc).
But I've never been interested enough for PPV, and now you have idiot social media influencers ruining it as well.
Weigh-ins are look contrived and scripted, and you also have crossover to martial arts which blurs the lines further.
For all that, I wish Fabio Wardley well, but I'm not sure him headlining an event at PR is going to pull in more than a few thousand - surely he'd have to be an undercard fight to a Fury or similar... and they wouldn't be interested in fighting in Ipswich, there is no reason for them to do so when they could have their pick of virtually anywhere in the world. [Post edited 17 Nov 2023 10:11]
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I think Fabio fighting at PR would bring in a large number of Town fans, before counting "normal boxing fans" attending as well. He looks a great prospect and would create a great atmosphere at PR if he did get to fight here. |  | | |
| Boxing on 16:57 - Nov 18 with 1336 views | Herbivore |
| Boxing on 16:42 - Nov 18 by allezlesbleus |
I think Fabio fighting at PR would bring in a large number of Town fans, before counting "normal boxing fans" attending as well. He looks a great prospect and would create a great atmosphere at PR if he did get to fight here. |
Yeah, I think he'd sell well to be honest, especially if there was a co-headliner or strong support fight. Live boxing is still very popular and locals often get behind boxing prospects and come out in numbers to support them. I'd definitely be at PR to watch Wardley fight. |  |
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| Boxing on 17:06 - Nov 18 with 1308 views | ibbleobble |
| Boxing on 10:10 - Nov 17 by ITFC_Forever |
I've never been a massive fan, but would tune in for the big fights back in the day (the likes of Benn, Watson, Eubank, Prince Naseem, Bruno, Tyson etc).
But I've never been interested enough for PPV, and now you have idiot social media influencers ruining it as well.
Weigh-ins are look contrived and scripted, and you also have crossover to martial arts which blurs the lines further.
For all that, I wish Fabio Wardley well, but I'm not sure him headlining an event at PR is going to pull in more than a few thousand - surely he'd have to be an undercard fight to a Fury or similar... and they wouldn't be interested in fighting in Ipswich, there is no reason for them to do so when they could have their pick of virtually anywhere in the world. [Post edited 17 Nov 2023 10:11]
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Agree regarding the social influencers and mixed martial artists crossing over. Absolute nonsense all round. None of them have been interesting spectacles. They should draw a line under them now irrespective of Ngannou’s performance and his WBC ranking. | | | |
| Boxing on 17:38 - Nov 18 with 1258 views | PhilTWTD |
| Boxing on 16:42 - Nov 18 by allezlesbleus |
I think Fabio fighting at PR would bring in a large number of Town fans, before counting "normal boxing fans" attending as well. He looks a great prospect and would create a great atmosphere at PR if he did get to fight here. |
As someone who is far from a boxing expert I was wondering how much of a crowd Fabio might pull in. I assume if he had a fight at the stadium, the capacity would be 30,000-plus. Wouldn't that be significantly larger than he would be able to pull in? |  | | |
| Boxing on 18:14 - Nov 18 with 1216 views | gtsb1966 |
| Boxing on 17:38 - Nov 18 by PhilTWTD |
As someone who is far from a boxing expert I was wondering how much of a crowd Fabio might pull in. I assume if he had a fight at the stadium, the capacity would be 30,000-plus. Wouldn't that be significantly larger than he would be able to pull in? |
If it was for a shot at the heavyweight world title then he would easily fill it. Anything else and he would struggle. | | | |
| Boxing on 18:31 - Nov 18 with 1178 views | PhilTWTD |
| Boxing on 18:14 - Nov 18 by gtsb1966 |
If it was for a shot at the heavyweight world title then he would easily fill it. Anything else and he would struggle. |
Cheers. He's a fair way off a world title fight as it stands, isn't he? | | | |
| Boxing on 18:41 - Nov 18 with 1151 views | Herbivore |
| Boxing on 18:31 - Nov 18 by PhilTWTD |
Cheers. He's a fair way off a world title fight as it stands, isn't he? |
Probably not a million miles away to be fair. Needs a couple more wins against world level gatekeepers but it's not a huge leap from the level he's at to getting himself a shot. | |
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| Boxing on 18:46 - Nov 18 with 1140 views | PhilTWTD |
| Boxing on 18:41 - Nov 18 by Herbivore |
Probably not a million miles away to be fair. Needs a couple more wins against world level gatekeepers but it's not a huge leap from the level he's at to getting himself a shot. |
So I'd guess they'd wait until he's at that sort of level before a Portman Road fight. | | | |
| Boxing on 18:47 - Nov 18 with 1127 views | Herbivore |
| Boxing on 18:46 - Nov 18 by PhilTWTD |
So I'd guess they'd wait until he's at that sort of level before a Portman Road fight. |
Probably, unless they could get him on alongside another reasonably high profile fight in the meantime. | |
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