Steven "Steve" Farhood (born 15 February 1957) is an American boxing historian and analyst. (wikipedia)
Thompson threw more punches, judged distance better and got hit cleanly with only one punch. It was a choppy fight. (Thompson) didn't dominate but part of why Thompson didn't dominate was that Boone did a lot of clutching.
One out of 15 was able to give me the name of one of the heavyweight champions. So that tells you a lot not only about the state of the heavyweight division, but also about the state of boxing.
This is a very exciting day. I've been fortunate to be involved with Broadway Boxing from the start. I can't even imagine what the New York boxing scene would be without Lou and Broadway Boxing.
From the inception of the alphabet organizations, they have been very, very selfish. It's never been about what's good for boxing. It's always been about what's good for them, specifically what's good for them financially.
Today, if you walk down the street and ask the first 20 people who the heavyweight champion is, they don't know the answer, and that's a crime. There should be one heavyweight champion. Having more than one heavyweight champion is like having more than one president.
You can argue that boxing is the only sport that takes its biggest events and they're seen by the fewest people. The biggest heavyweight fight is going to be a pay-per-view event. Maybe they get a million buys. The Super Bowl is watched by how many people?
