Funny that you bring this comparsion up, I had a discussion with the sports writer at my paper and he also compared the two sports. He followed boxing for a long time and it's rarely seen on the sport pages anymore. His fear is what would happen to the sport if an incident happens in the Preakness. It would be three straight races were a horse was hurt (BC Classic, Derby) on national television. He thinks racing too could disappear from mainstream media if this trend continues.
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