Boxing isn't Dying but it's easily one of the most POORLY RUN mainsteam sports

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Peterp, Mar 25, 2012.


  1. Peterp

    Peterp Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The Kirkland Molina debarcle

    The Enzo Macronelli timekeeper gate debarcle

    THis is just this past weekend ! and it happens somewhere ever week

    Boxing is easily one of the most poorly run mainstream sports and it is really killing the popularity
     
    Peterp, Mar 25, 2012
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  2. Badsand

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    Oscar should campaign to make the ring the Universal Body.
     
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  3. Cellz831

    Cellz831 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    very corrupt, un stable, and un organized.
     
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  4. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Well its not a brand like the NFL, MLB, NBA ect and I'm sure futbol around the world is the same. Boxing is run by promotors its the WWF **** chirst sake.
     
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  5. puncher

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    I always hear about the good ol' days, this imaginary boxing utopia where everything was great and was a popular mainstream sport. You're beating a dead horse. Always was a niche sport and always will be. Trained men beating eachothers heads in is not mainstream. Boxings hardcore fans will always stick around, the buzz with the casual fans will always fluctuate.
     
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  6. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    this I can totally agree to.
     
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  7. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    every sport has controversy

    the penalties in the Steeler vs Seahawk Superbowl

    bad strike or ball calls on pitches

    guys who are safe being called out or the otherr way around

    the 1972 Olympic basketball game between the US and Russia

    Im too tired to name specific examples but there have been plenty of **** calls in World Series, Super Bowls, NBA finals and other events controversy just is part of all sports
     
    KO KIDD, Mar 25, 2012
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  8. bballchump11

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    :****off

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  9. MAG1965

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    Boxing is being hurt because every fight is being turned into a PPV before the mainstream public knows who the fighters are.
     
    MAG1965, Mar 25, 2012
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  10. Farmboxer

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    Cost of PPV is insane!

    Criminal judges and referees, rob the true winners of a fight. Boxing promoters will not give us the fights we really want. Boxing is cooked and should be investigated!
     
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  11. Peterp

    Peterp Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yes there are bad calls in every sport, but not as many percentagewise as boxing and boxing isnt doing anything to try and fix things

    Take tennis for example, they have the electronic line call devices so there are no more human error bad calls , even if the machine isn't 100%, it's the same for everyone with no human involvement

    Boxing needs to use video replay much much more plus judges and everyone associated with a fight needs to be accountable for their actions. E.g. the judge who had Kirkland winning should have to sit through every minute of the fight with the commission and explain their rationale for their scoring of each round.
     
    Peterp, Mar 26, 2012
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