# Boxing is boring these days
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-is-boring-these-days/312896
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 17, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-is-boring-these-days/312896 "2005-07-17T19:34:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-is-boring-these-days/312896/1 "2005-07-17T19:34:25Z")
I just saw a Muhammed Ali, Oscar Bonaventure fight on ESPN from the 70’s. Ali did his dancing, his rope a dope, Bonaventure had wild hooks that occasionally connected. Ali dazed and then knocked out Bonaventure after a dozen plus rounds. Howard Cosell and the post-fight interview with Ali was entertaining, with their unique speech inflections.
Mike Tyson in his heyday generated a type of buzz that is largely absent these days. When I watch a fight on TV, it’s two guys mostly hugging each other. Where has the grace, artistry, and buzz gone to?
The last time I got even remotely excited about boxing was this Flash game… and I was fighting breakfast foods 🙂[http://www.frusion.com/game.asp](http://www.frusion.com/game.asp)
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### Author:  [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-is-boring-these-days/312896/2 "2005-07-17T21:18:10Z")
Reminds me a lot of “Mike Tyson’s Punch out”, except these guys don’t try to bite your ear off.
“This should be good. Both men work for Don King”
_Two fighters dance, then hit each other at the same time and fall over_
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-is-boring-these-days/312896/3 "2005-07-17T22:09:15Z")
> [@The Controvert](#):
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> The last time I got even remotely excited about boxing was this Flash game… and I was fighting breakfast foods 🙂[http://www.frusion.com/game.asp](http://www.frusion.com/game.asp)
That damn bagel’s got my number.
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### Author:  [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-is-boring-these-days/312896/4 "2005-07-17T22:43:29Z")
The last good fight I saw was Tanya Hariting fighting some other bitch.
They left the ring with both ears each.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boxing-is-boring-these-days/312896/5 "2005-07-17T22:57:14Z")
> [@Jake](#):
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> The last good fight I saw was Tanya Hariting fighting some other bitch.
> They left the ring with both ears each.
If you mean Tonya Harding, her opponent was Paula (“I feel your pain, so how about a blowjob”) Jones.