Let's not kid ourselves, the first part of the new year can be tough on boxing fans. After wrapping up the previous year with some good fights in the weeks leading up to Christmas, the sport essentially takes on a one month hiatus in which not much happens. Boxing in the early and mid days of January is pretty much dormant, which, let's face it, can be depressing. Fear not, though - for there's some things you can do to fill the time between now and the Mikey Garcia - Sergey Lipinets fight on the 20th.
Let's just be grateful for a little thing called YouTube. For it not only offers idiotic clips of people doing idiotic things, it offers a ton of good boxing. Any fights you may have missed this past year? Look 'em up on YouTube. There's a good chance you'll find them. Perhaps you'll even find them being broadcast in a language that's completely foreign to you, which can be interesting. It doesn't end there, though, because YouTube offers a plethora of old fights.
Sure enough, one of the biggest problems with current boxing fans is they know nothing of the sport's history. I frankly have no problem with people calling Floyd Mayweather the greatest of all time, but they should at least look to see what the historic competition is.Besides, watching fights on YouTube can be addicting. Lately I've been gorging on Michael Spinks' light heavyweight run. If you only think of Spinks as a deer in the headlights victim of Mike Tyson, you should really check out some of his fights from the late 70s through the early 80s. My guess is your opinion will change - quickly.
So go out there and become the boxing expert you always wish you were. It will help you appreciate the sport even more when it picks up again in a few short weeks.
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