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Post by Jason Ozuma on Mar 24, 2011 12:01:57 GMT -5
Oh I didn't know that but Canada does have the Super fight channel but also comparing the time with Sidoroff to know would not make sense because of the olympics and so many female canadian boxers and female Canadian boxing champions. However I can't think tv and until I talk to the tv companies, I can only truly guess what they are thinking. Jason - having the Olympics with just three women's amateur divisions in 2012 isn't going to increase TV coverage of pro women's boxing in Canada. I used Sidoroff as the example because she was a multiple world champion from Ontario who couldn't even get a fight covered when she defended her world title in Toronto which is Ontario's largest city. Canada's passionate about ice hockey, not so much about boxing. And although they've produced some of the best women boxers they're not as "into" seeing their women box professionally as the Mexicans and Argentineans seem to be now. Marcela Acuna's become so well known in Argentina she could run for president some day! The Olympics is now increasing local coverage of amateurs who are able to say they're Olympic hopefuls, but the IOC was so stingy about the number of weight classes and the number of fighters who can actually go to London in each weight class that I predict there's going to be a lot of people disappointed when they see who's still going to be shut out. If we'd been offered full participation of women's boxing in these Olympics, rather than just a little crumb from the men's table, I'd be a lot more enthusiastic about how much they will raise interest in the pro sport. I agree about the olympics, but the olympics have always been corrupt. I don't know but I think that the only thing that can help female pro boxing as a whole are female pro boxing fights itself, in other words boxing promoters are the key. |
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Post by Rick Scharmberg on Apr 5, 2011 6:21:26 GMT -5
Ryan,
Speaking of the great Ali, his retired daughter - Laila Ali - was one of the most overrated women boxers when she fought, eventhough she didn't stay at home, but alot of her matches were pretty much hand picked opponents.
The reason I feel this way is because Laila Ali or her team apparently dodged a match with Anne Wolfe.
If that match ever happened, Wolfe would have knocked Ali around pretty good and probably would have knocked her out, as well as into retirement.
Longjab Karen Bill knocked her on her bedumbe |
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Post by Jason Ozuma on Apr 5, 2011 9:22:35 GMT -5
Ryan,
Speaking of the great Ali, his retired daughter - Laila Ali - was one of the most overrated women boxers when she fought, eventhough she didn't stay at home, but alot of her matches were pretty much hand picked opponents.
The reason I feel this way is because Laila Ali or her team apparently dodged a match with Anne Wolfe.
If that match ever happened, Wolfe would have knocked Ali around pretty good and probably would have knocked her out, as well as into retirement.
Longjab Karen Bill knocked her on her bedumbe Too true Rick, too true |
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Post by Rick Scharmberg on Apr 5, 2011 9:55:51 GMT -5
Ryan,
Speaking of the great Ali, his retired daughter - Laila Ali - was one of the most overrated women boxers when she fought, eventhough she didn't stay at home, but alot of her matches were pretty much hand picked opponents.
The reason I feel this way is because Laila Ali or her team apparently dodged a match with Anne Wolfe.
If that match ever happened, Wolfe would have knocked Ali around pretty good and probably would have knocked her out, as well as into retirement.
Longjab Karen Bill knocked her on her bedumbe But, I don't think she was over-rated. She was brash and backed up her talk like her Dad. Laila brought women's boxing to the mainstream, anf the sport is missing her now. |
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