Boxing has been dead since 1903

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"Dec 9, 1903 - Whether the time honored sport of boxing is dead or only sleeping will probably be demonstrated this month so far as Los Angeles is concerned and the Coliseum Athletic Association which has now completed an up to date."

"Jun 15, 1906 - Jim Neil Declares Boxing Is Dead in New York"

"Jun 1, 1923 - Boxing Is Dead Sport, Says Chicago's Mayor Chicago, May 31. -- Boxing "is a dead sport," Mayor William declared tonight when informed that James Mullen, promoter of last Tuesday's engagement between Benny Leonard and Pinkie Mitchell, which ended in a fist fight between ... "

February 13, 1934- Boxing is dead in Havana as it is everywhere else. There are only a few fighters of any promise or any renown around the city except Kid Chocolate.

Jun 2, 1942 - Promoters generally hold the view that due to increased taxes they cannot afford "cuts" to that therefore boxing is dead.

Nov 29, 1943 - Others say, yeah, boxing is dead game; it smells like dead game that been lying under the sun for . The optimists and well-wishers that boxing has lost its champs and stars, but that there are still good fights to be seen.

January 6, 1957- "Boxing", says former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, "is dead."

1957- wrestling promoter: I know what this is all about," he declared. The commission is running In the red because boxing is dead and it wants to tap some of the gates we're getting.

June 22, 1960 - Don't tell me boxing is dead. HARRY KECK All it needs is for the people be as honest with themselves in their appraisal of it as they insist that boxing be. For every Jake LaMotta in boxing there are thousands of well-meaning boxers, managers and promoters who are on the level.

1962 - Boxing is dead in Baltimore It is almost dead everywhere

Dec 18, 1962 - Boxing is dead or dying in many parts of the world, but in Italy it is a fact.

Jun 9, 1963 - THE many sports fans who believe that boxing is dead or dying can get the argument of their lives by looking up Herbert Buddy.

September 22, 1964- "I'm not saying boxing's dead, but right now it's on the floor. It's going to take a lot of work to revive it," says Jack "Slotkin" Rogers, who was one of Maxim Berger's managers.

Jan 7, 1965 - Unless something is done very soon, boxing is dead. "Right now there s too much politics in the various commissions. They mean well, but they don't know what they re doing

Feb 3, 1965 - But after what this one did, don't listen to arguments that boxing is dead. The paying public wants live fights so badly that the Garden sold out days ahead of the fight.

May 22, 1965 - Boxing is dead not just in Boston but everywhere. Former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano gave that opinion in an interview recently with the Boston Traveler.

May 28, 1966 - Some say boxing is dead If so its ghosts certainly are king-sized.

Feb 4, 1974 - The evidence says boxing is dead.

Aug 4, 1974 - Anyone who says boxing is dead is speaking and thinking in cliches. As the new president of the Garden, Mr.' Coheri should realize that he is now in show business, Boxing does not so much need a "bottom-line" executive as it needs an imaginative promoter and showman willing to take

Oct 31, 1974 - With Muhammad now unchallenged at the top, the dimwits again will chorus that boxing is dead. They've been saying this since before Sports Illustrated began investigating a fix in the Cain vs. Abel match. If boxing has been dead, you've been sitting in on the longest wake in history

Nov 27, 1975 - "Each year the new people up here keep telling me boxing is dead but they don't seem to realize that boxing never before had three heavyweights like Ali, Frazier and Foreman at the same time. The new people keep talking about the good old days in boxing

1977 - . I have news for Ali. Boxing is dead with him.

1977 - says Ali "although I might like to be a lecturer " If, as claims, "boxing is dead when I'm not involved," what will happen to the sport when he does finally retire'

May 9, 1978- "I think boxing is dead in Milwaukee", said Ullmer, recalling his two solo promotions. "I had some pretty good fighters on the card but pro boxing is a losing proposition in Milwaukee. I don't think the newspapers or the media gave us a fair shot."

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