Most boxing fans agree that 2017 was a special year.

Why?

That is harder to say. It may have been the quality of fights. On the other hand, it could have been the scale of the events. Whichever way you look at it, 2017 gave every boxing fan what they wanted.

It also scared the life out of every promoter as they watched profit drain away through the sheer volume of great fights on free-to-air television. Instead of embracing this bold new era, we have seen boxing retreat to it old ways. Fights are drawn out now, most quality content is behind a paywall now and now people pretend to be more popular than they are.

Not sure what the future holds, but we are on a slippery slope to irrelevance if we carry on as we are.

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