Does anyone actually like boxing?
Does anyone actually like boxing?
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#1Does anyone actually like boxing?
Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:34pm
Okay, I thought of something I've been wondering about tonight because I keep seeing ads for some upcoming fight. (But I've always wondered about it, really.)
Why do people like to watch boxing?
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#2re: Sorry!
Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:37pmAnd still it's a pleasure.
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#2re: Sorry!
Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:40pm
Oh, artscallion, you are such a sweetheart! Giving my faux pas panache. 
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#3re: Sorry!
Posted: 11/6/08 at 4:15am
I'm both a boxing and tennis fan because in most cases both are individual sports, doubles notwithstanding. There are so many similarities between the two sports that are quite obvious to anyone who's attempted both.
In a strange way, a part of boxing's appeal to me is that it's at times primal. I'm amazed that it doesn't appeal more to folks who are obsessed with reality TV.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
wink
Featured Actor Joined: 11/3/04
#4re: Sorry!
Posted: 11/6/08 at 7:08am
I also like the primal aspect to it. I prefer to watch lightweight men's boxing though.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#5re: Sorry!
Posted: 11/6/08 at 7:13am
I personally don't watch it. But I did see the fight where Mike Tyson bit Holyfield's ear off.
Yuck.
KFTC!!!!!
#6i prefer boxing day
Posted: 11/6/08 at 8:35ampenny, i've always boxing was the dumbest "sport" (even dumber than car racing and golf)
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killertofu333
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/08
#7i prefer boxing day
Posted: 11/6/08 at 9:11am
Personally I haven't the slightest idea why folks like boxing, but a lot of my guy friends have recently gotten into watching the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Mixed Martial Arts/ Cage fighting. If you want to see something truly heinous and quite frankly scary...then the UFC is it. I think they honestly just enjoy the sheer brutality of it all getting to watch someone "tap out" or lose consciousness from a choke hold. And get beaten to a bloody pulp. EWWWW!!!
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Updated On: 11/6/08 at 09:11 AM
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#8i prefer boxing day
Posted: 11/6/08 at 9:15amIt's not something I generally enjoy watching, but it takes a tremendous amount of skill.
mauriposa
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/14/05
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#11i prefer boxing day
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:02pmKickboxing was fun to watch, and the boys were cute.
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KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#13i prefer boxing day
Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:34pmI like Canada's boxing day. It's a lot of fun going to the stores on the day after Christmas and taking advantage of all the cut-rate sales. Especially at the large department stores.
#14i prefer boxing day
Posted: 11/7/08 at 7:06am
I have mixed feelings about boxing. The boxing episode of 'Battlestar Galactica' was one of the most boring forty-five minutes I've spent over the last year, but the boxing arc of 'Oz' was a great opportunity to see a lot of hot men with no shirts on.
But then, boxing was just one of MANY excuses the men of 'Oz' would use for shirtlessness, so it's not like their fine physiques would have continued to be covered had they not done it. So perhaps boxing is boring and pointless after all...
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