By Jake Donovan - As 2014 slowly crept towards to a close, the thought process going into this year was that there wasn’t any way possible it could be worse for the sport of boxing.
The worst thing that could have happened in the early stages of 2015 was if the plan had been to simply do better than a bad year. Fortunately, nearly everyone in the industry received the message loud and clear. The storylines that have come from the first month of the year are a strong indication that things are back on the right track, en route to an industry revival.
All of that is WITHOUT the biggest to be made, actually yet being made.
Given all that is going on in the sport of boxing today, it comes with mixed emotions that fans can be that excited about Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao both having attended Tuesday night’s pro basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks.
Pacquiao was already in South Beach, having served as a guest judge for the Miss Universe pageant and extending his stay when plans for a trip to the Northeast were scrapped due to severe blizzard conditions. Mayweather took advantage of the itinerary change, hopping on a plane and surfacing courtside in Miami in his resumed role as a regular spectator. [Click Here To Read More]
The worst thing that could have happened in the early stages of 2015 was if the plan had been to simply do better than a bad year. Fortunately, nearly everyone in the industry received the message loud and clear. The storylines that have come from the first month of the year are a strong indication that things are back on the right track, en route to an industry revival.
All of that is WITHOUT the biggest to be made, actually yet being made.
Given all that is going on in the sport of boxing today, it comes with mixed emotions that fans can be that excited about Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao both having attended Tuesday night’s pro basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks.
Pacquiao was already in South Beach, having served as a guest judge for the Miss Universe pageant and extending his stay when plans for a trip to the Northeast were scrapped due to severe blizzard conditions. Mayweather took advantage of the itinerary change, hopping on a plane and surfacing courtside in Miami in his resumed role as a regular spectator. [Click Here To Read More]
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