re: Post your Unpopular Sports Opinions

The feminization of the Olympics and its coverage has helped kill boxing. Decades ago, boxing stars (Cassius Clay, Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, the Spinks brothers, etc) emerged in the American public consciousness during the Olympics. When Mary Lou Retton and the US team won gold in '84 the networks started chasing the female demographic - at the expense of traditional Olympic sports like boxing, wrestling and track and field. Now, prospective stars get almost no exposure because of the inundation of gymnastics, floor dancing, etc.*





*Yes, Bob Arum and Don King did their fair share, but shitty promoters have always been in the fight game.