How many have thrown in the towel on boxing this year? Those casual boxing fans that show their faces every time a big fight would come around may have abandoned us for good and maybe have gone over to the world of mixed martial arts, or worse, Nascar. I can?t say that I blame anyone for being upset with the current state of the game and the continual teases from the promoters and fighters, promising the ?super fight? that we all wanted: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, JR.
I had thought about leaving the sport. After witnessing the continually negative things that have occurred and the vast amount of articles from groupie journalists, giving boxing and the coverage of the sport a bad name, I am on the verge of disgruntled. Do we need articles about how great Pacquiao is? Do we need articles expressing secret crushes on him? It?s sort of cute when it comes from a female writer, but?not so much when it comes from a dude. It?s not my cup of tea. If it does it for you, fantastic, but I prefer to read things that are not so bias.
It is 2010, getting close to the end of the world?if you believe that stuff. The most likely scenario will be just another year in boxing in 2012 and one bad movie to remember the year by. Hopefully we will correct some of the problems with the sport and get it back to what it used to be. Boxing used to be great! It was on network TV, the best would fight the best (usually), and not every fight that mattered was on PPV. We had it good people.
It?s not been a good year thus far in boxing headlines, so I am going to cover the top 5 disgraceful incidents that I consider notable. Boxing is a sport with bruises and scars and always has a hard time fighting its way into the mainstream, and these incidents are part of the reason why it?s so shunned.
# 5- Ricky ?Hitman? Hatton?s drug use on video & infidelity
The British hero, Ricky Hatton, always packed the stadiums and was impossible not to like. His big heart brought him through wars, and he was able to out-will a very tough customer in Kostya Tszyu. He had two high profile defeats to Floyd Mayweat
