Promoters are missing the boat…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@Oklahoman.com
Well, we are officially entering dem Dog Days of summer. NBA Finals are done, Tiger Woods is out for the year, what’s left??
If Mixed Martial Arts and boxing promoters were smart, it would be weekly doses of competitive fights.
Sigh.
Instead, we’ll get one or two weekends a month that feature anything remotely entertaining.
For a sport that is supposedly dying (boxing) and for one that is ever-increasingly on the rise (MMA), summer should be a cash cow.
Still a healthy two months away from football and minus the big interleague rivalries in baseball, there’s not much to hold one’s interest for the next couple of months.
MMA and the Ultimate Fighting Championship in particular, are not doing too badly. There are so many shows that it won’t be long until we’re at UFC 100.
But boxing should/needs to make some movement during this time. Try to finagle a couple of dates on national networks, do something.
Instead, we’re treated to a couple of ho-hum Boxing After Dark and ShoBox cards. No disrespect to any of the fighters on the cards, but a geek like me is the only one who is pumped to see Andre Berto this weekend.
The last big summer fights featured Mike Tyson. It doesn’t have to be that way. It can’t be that way.
Meanwhile, Saturday will also pit another edition of Ultimate Fighter on Spike. So yeah, there are programs on. But with nothing, and the Boneman means nothing, being offered as competition, the promoters have chances to really make a mark.
Unfortunately, they’re not.
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