Does anyone actually like boxing?

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Does 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?

"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

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Updated On: 11/5/08 at 09:34 PM

re: Sorry!

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:37pm

And still it's a pleasure.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.

re: Sorry!

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:40pm

Oh, artscallion, you are such a sweetheart! Giving my faux pas panache.

"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

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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.

re: 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.

re: 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!!!!!

i prefer boxing day

Posted: 11/6/08 at 8:35am

penny, i've always boxing was the dumbest "sport" (even dumber than car racing and golf)

RIP glebby <3

i 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

i prefer boxing day

Posted: 11/6/08 at 9:15am

It's not something I generally enjoy watching, but it takes a tremendous amount of skill.

#10

i prefer boxing day

Posted: 11/6/08 at 9:54am

I enjoy Wii Boxing. Does that count?

#11

i prefer boxing day

Posted: 11/6/08 at 10:06am

I find boxing repulsive.

#12

i prefer boxing day

Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:02pm

Kickboxing was fun to watch, and the boys were cute.

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#13

i prefer boxing day

Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:07pm

Hitting someone until they pass out is repulsive.

#14

i prefer boxing day

Posted: 11/6/08 at 2:34pm

I 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.

#15

i 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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