Steve Farhood
Steve Farhood
Steven "Steve" Farhoodis an American boxing historian and analyst...
alphabet good inception
From the inception of the alphabet organizations, they have been very, very selfish. It's never been about what's good for boxing. It's always been about what's good for them, specifically what's good for them financially.
name state tells
One out of 15 was able to give me the name of one of the heavyweight champions. So that tells you a lot not only about the state of the heavyweight division, but also about the state of boxing.
argue biggest bowl boxing events fewest fight maybe million seen super takes watched
You can argue that boxing is the only sport that takes its biggest events and they're seen by the fewest people. The biggest heavyweight fight is going to be a pay-per-view event. Maybe they get a million buys. The Super Bowl is watched by how many people?
distance dominate hit judged thompson threw
Thompson threw more punches, judged distance better and got hit cleanly with only one punch. It was a choppy fight. (Thompson) didn't dominate but part of why Thompson didn't dominate was that Boone did a lot of clutching.