Im not missing the point. The bottom line when drawing fans is putting the best in against the best not if the analyst and commentators can speak the new generation lingo and dress "hip".
First of all, don't get wrapped up in that. The fact of the matter is, no matter what combat sport you are talking about, it's all about stars & star power. And that dosen't always mean the best vs. the best. And the biggest problem for boxing right now, is they have no stars. You could match the two best flyweights against each other, and no one would care and it would bomb becuase not a single casual sports fan could even tell you who the best flyweights are because they arent
stars. Boxing isnt lacking skilled fighters, it's lacking fighters with star power, because boxing does nothing to create new stars.
And again, you
are missing the point, because whatever it is boxing is doing now, they are failing miserably at creating stars. Your're right, it has little to do with "speaking new generation lingo", or the clothes they are wearing, it has to do with mixing in some fresh faces that younger demos can relate to. When I say MMA commenators "speak the language", it's not even about the words they're using, it's about being relevent and not stuck in a 1950's mindset of
this is how we do things.
They need a free TV outlet and a willingness to air real fights for free, and they need to freshen up how they present their procudt. And instead of completely useless verbal attacks on Dana White that accomplish noting, these promoters should steal some of his ideas and implement what he has done to constantly create a stream of new star after new star.