Nature Deficit Disorder

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22. In some respects the boxing biz and the music biz

are similar in the charlatans at the top calling the shots. I miss the days when the fight schedule had more connection to rankings even though we know the rankings could be manipulated and often were. It seems now that getting fights scheduled between fighters ranked close together or trying to come up the ladder is something that seems to take a couple of years. I am glad that boxers aren't on a grind like it was and their health is being given more priority. But when the Number 4 guy takes 2 years to fight the number 7 guy it doesn't build the anticipation the way it used to.

But then again I'm very old school about a great many things and I come from the era when it was called "going to the fights" and maybe I've always been partial to fighters who can also box more than boxers who can't fight. I am a big supporter of amateur boxing and Golden Gloves, Chicago Park District etc. I'm a guy that likes to watch the development, the training etc. of both amateur and pro but a lot of people just want to watch the title fights in the pro ranks.