:( shame I think it's one of the reason's Subaru has failed to sell so many cars here :( And really did hope before long the rumors of a return was going to be soon.
I grew up with boxing, used to stay up and watch it with my Dad from a very young age, he was a semi pro. So I guess I was always going to end up watching it :D again another sport that has gone down hill a bit but can't really say in the same way as Rally has, you still have the big fights and a few top fighters with new challengers just the fight's don't seem to come around as much once a year might get 2 big fights. I think it's more to do with the money and big pay days now. Unlike the years you said. And the 80's was still fantastic time for boxing ;)
I'd have said it was around the end of the 90's when boxing started to decline :(