ESPN Doing A Better Job Covering Boxing

ESPN has always been associated with the sport of boxing, from showing episodes of ESPN Classic- full of legendary boxing matches- to the HBO engineered "Legendary Nights" which covered a some of the most unpredictable and historic nights in boxing history. 

The recent 7-year deal with Top Rank Boxing has enabled viewers to access big named, championship fights on a regular basis for free.  The deal includes 54 live boxing events annually in addition to related programming, previous fights from Top Ranks archives, and upcoming shows.

Also the cancellation of HBO's coverage of boxing has now left ESPN as the new epicenter of mainstream boxing on cable television.  Throughout American American history, boxing has had it's ups and downs in popularity and infamy, but it has always been there, and remains one of the most exciting events when there is a big fight with massive, world renowned personalities,/public figures/athletes. 

Only enhancing to the growing community of boxing fans of the sport are the vast number of online YouTube channels dedicated to boxing, as well as some of the most talented hosts (Max Kellerman, Stephan A Smith, Teddy Atlas, Jim Lampley, just to name a few) who know what they are talking about and have been doing it for decades.  It is great to see ESPN utlizing what they have in terms of boxing passion and knowledge among their staff, with Stephen A and Max leading the way.  

The fascination of man to man combat remains to be the essential element to all sports, and nothing shows it better than combat sports.