Paulie Malignaggi on boxing's future
作者 Yamanaka: Paulie Malignaggi
Paulie Malignaggi says if boxing keeps doing what it's doing, there will be no stars 10 to 15 years from now. He recalls going to a casino and asking for a fight that wasn't on the schedule, only to be told by staff it was a dead sport. Money exists and networks pay, but he argues nobody cares anymore because it doesn't get mainstream attention. You're just tossing dirt over that gravesite.
文字记录 (en)
The way boxing's been moving lately, bro, you are going to destroy this sport for the next generation. I'm not talking about this generation like two years from now. I'm talking about 10, 15 years from now. If they keep doing what they're doing, there will be no generation 10, 15 years from now, bro. You're going to have no stars at all because already, already I'll go to the casino and ask him for a boxing fight. I'd be like, the guy in Florida, before I left, I forgot which fight I was trying to ask about, and it wasn't on the schedule. It was a pretty good fight. And the guy's like, I was like, why is this fight not on the schedule? on your board. He goes, dead sport, brother. He goes, boxing's a dead sport. May not be dead to us. Obviously, there's plenty of money and the networks pay for it. Bro, it doesn't get any mainstream attention anymore. Nobody cares. You know what I mean? So you keep doing what you're doing. You're going to just keep tossing dirt over that gravesite over there.
