**** the truth hurts****

they said boxing was dead 100 years ago.. boxing is always dying ever since so nothing new

 

I don't agree that boxing is dead. This year alone has already produced some quality fights and more are on the horizon
khan-judah
froch-ward
vitali-adamek
mayweather-ortiz
pacquioa-JMM
I'm looking forward to all of them and more........boxing is alive to me

 

In the last decade:

Barrerra vs Morales (Two of these fights were incredible. And casuals tuned in to see the 3rd)

Gatti vs Ward (Atlantic City will probably never again see such buzz surrounding a trilogy. Many people believe the first fight to be the best EVER)

Vasquez vs Marquez (Ok sure, not BIG on a global scale but the atmosphere again was incredible. Not really marketed but show these fights to a casual fan and they will bend over)

Pacquiao vs Morales/Marquez (Marketed and sensational fights. The third Pac Marquez fight will happen in November and again this fight will be HUGE to a global audience)

 

some fair points

also the constant robbery decisions isn't helping the sport neither

 

boxers are making million dollar paydays left right and center.

hell nah its not dying.

You should've seen the crowd on Saturday. It was amazing

more than half my friends follow the sport. They konw the fighters, the events, and a bit of history. Noone quite like me but still they know hamed, Barrera, Pacquiao, Floyd, Klitschkos, Hopkins, Pascal, the super 6, David Lemieux, Margarito, Cotto, Mosley, and much more. And I'm talking just normal sports fans, not hardcore boxing fans. Even the average person knows who the Klitschkos are. Even my dad knows the names Bute, Pascal, Klitschko, etc. I'm in europe and I texted this german girl that I know from 5 years ago when I was here. Told her I'd be in Hamburg on Sat but we could meet after. She's texts me back "Are you going to the Klitschko fight?" and she's from Munich!

 

Harry Greb fought Heavyweights...

 

You are clearly stupid my friend. I am from Europe and soccer is nowhere as entertaining as American football. If you take any American sport it is way ahead of any European. Judges are better, it much more entertaining and they are way more profitable. US football has a 9 billion budget.

 

You do realise Pacquiao is not a natural welterweight himself? Weight in this fight should not even be the issue. On fight night both fighters will be weighing in at a similar weight

Furthermore, fighters have been moving up in weight for decades in order to challenge for other titles. There is no problem in that, i dont see the negative side to doing that

Henry Armstrong was a champion at lightweight and Welter at the same time...

 

A lot of the problem recently, from the British point of view anyway, is that the fights recently that have really crossed over into the mainstream have by and large been pretty pish (Haye- Valuev, Haye- Harrison, Haye - Klitschko, Hatton Mayweather was a decent enough fight but Mayweathers style is not going to be fully appreciated by people who dont know a lot about boxing) This is only going to turn people off. Boxing needs a Mike Tyson to come along and give the casuals what they want

 

Dont diss NFL it is waaaaay better than soccer :fire..
This coming from a dane...