![]() Margules, who has actively been in the business for over 20 years, said, “There has been a great shift in boxing over the last two decades involving certain promoters and the networks.” America is just such a different market and the boxing business in America is so different to what it was several years ago.”Īs our conversation continued, we gradually moved into the current state of boxing in America and what are some significant changes modern boxing has experienced. We have major television fights here with top American fighters that don’t get that kind of fanfare. You tell me how often that happens here in American? It’s rare. There are fighters in England that bring in 5,000 people to a small show. ![]() ![]() Nationalistic fans will support their local fighters just because they are local. We are more star-driven here as opposed to fight fans from other countries which are more nationalistic. American fans are so different to other boxing fans around the world. Margules responded that “it could work but I don’t think it would be successful. This quickly led into a conversation about how a tournament of this nature, which was successfully held in London, England, would fare in the United States. “DiBella, who I represent, has this kid and he has potential to really make something of himself in this sport.” “ is a good kid, a well-spoken kid and winning the tournament is a good thing for him,” said Margules. Margules had plenty to be joyful about as Hamer is promoted by Lou DiBella and Margules is DiBella’s legal counsel. When he answered the phone, Margules sounded happy about American heavyweight Tor Hamer’s “Prize Fighter” tournament championship victory over fellow American Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson. He also provided a lot of insight about boxing from a business standpoint. He did not duck any questions and was open about his thoughts and opinion on the current state of the fight game. He was gracious, funny and appeared genuine in his responses. I found him to be an honest and engaging person. This was the first time I was interviewing Margules. I was determined not to allow this to happen, so I called Margules with one main theme in mind: let’s just have a conversation. Unlike when I am interviewing fighters, a boxing promoter/attorney is an entirely different animal they are privy to aspects of the business side of the sport which most fighters do not know or understand.Įxperience has taught me that having a general direction planned for the interview is a good idea, but being scripted mostly leads to the same old bland interview with very little in the way of substance. As the phone rang, I sat and pondered what Leon Margules (Warriors Boxing Promotions) and I were going to speak about during our scheduled interview.
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