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Sorry Crazyhorse but I have to take issue with your post above.
"The amount of politics in British MT never fails to amaze me."
I actually think theres less "politics" than a lot of people think. There are very few gyms, trainers and fighters that will not work together. Most people in the game in the UK will work with most others.
"Its like stray cats fighting over scraps of food. No sharing or cooperation and at the end of the day there is fuck all to fight over."
Ive seen very little evidence of anything like this. I'd be interested for some specific examples.
"The people who are holding the sport back are the promotors"
Which ones? For the last few years there have been some great shows and the sport has been pushed forward really well. Without "promoters" there would be no shows. There is a lot of grief, a lot of risk and very little profit in promoting. Come on - name some names. Me? Sandy? Alan Keddle? Paul Hennessy? Dave Jackson? Master Sken? Steve Logan?
"The both are doing a lot for the sport buts it all for personal gain"
Why else would anyone do anything? Why else would you spend time and effort and risk money but for personal gain. Surely that is what the sport needs. Its a professional sport so if there was more money to be made we would all be better off. Dont be so naive.
"There is people out there, like Dave, Sandy, Richard, Colin, Bulldog and Alan, who want whats best for the sport."
Every single one of the above is a promoter. Who are you referring to in your criticism of promoters above if not us?
Yes it would be great for everone to unite under a single governing body and have one British Champion, One set of ratings etc. I believe that this is possible, but why will a "supershow" help this? How much is this show going to cost? £20,000?, £30,000? Wheres the money going to come from? Who is going to run it? Where is it going to be held?
It would be great to see something like a British Boxing Board of controll for our sport, but the BBBoC is a full time business that is well funded, has admin staff, secretaries, receptionists, computers etc. Who would do this and how would it be paid for?
Every meeting I've ever been to, people leave full of good intentions, but when they get home they get on with running their gyms and their businesses or jobs and dont hae the time to do anything about it.
I am sorry to be negative, but its chicken and egg. Untill theres more money in the game I dont see how this can be paid for. I will gladly attend any meeting and help in any way that I can, but I have to say that I am one of the sceptical ones.