Will boxing be the same after the greatest attraction retires?

Dude is this a joke thread? Boxing will start to heal and grow stronger after that parasite retires.

 

Boxing will change after Mayweather because this is his era, everybody else is just a side attraction. Love him or hate him, he is still the king. When the next fighter takes over the throne, he will be loved and hated as well. It will be some time before anyone will be able to dominate like Mayweather but there will be some very exciting fights as the contenders to the throne fight for the right to take that seat and hold it down.

 

The Pay Per View stats in that link provided only include HBO and SHOWTIME PPVs, and they also don't include include Closed Circuit Television. I still have my ticket stub from the Ali-Holmes closed circuit broadcast.

The last closed circuit fight I attended was Hagler-Leonard. Tyson-Spinks may have sold more closed circuit tickets than actual PPVs, because most people couldn't get PPVs on their cable systems in 1988.

That list also includes Leonard-Duran and Leonard-Hearns PPV numbers, but not closed circuit ticket purchases. By far, more people watched those fights in theaters than at home. Very few people had cable television in 1980-81 - a lot of country wasn't even wired for it then.

Nearly every Ali title fight since the first Liston bout (and most of his non-title fights) were closed circuit broadcasts - with the exception of Mildenberger, Lyle, Coopman, Young, Dunn and Spinks 1 & 2.

Same with Liston and Patterson and Marciano's title fights.

It would be nice if the actual number of closed circuit tickets purchased was included for all of those.

Regarding PPVs, there have also been a lot more PPVs other than those broadcast that aren't included on those lists. TVKO - which was HBO PPV before they changed the name - started monthly PPVs in 1991, beginning with Mercer-Damiani. I don't see those listed. Top Rank had its own PPVs. ESPN had some PPVs. It's an interesting list, but not close to a complete list at all.

 

Pacman took over for Floyd when Floyd was gone, wasn't really missed. Ward after taking care of his promotional issues might be the next ppv star, just needs to take more risks, get casual fans on his side.

 

wow, its down to 4 *****s still living in denial. the world is right once again.

 

The greatest attractions had to be either Ali or Tyson..Good riddance to the greatest cherry picker in boxing history !

 

yes,and when boxing was it's highest biggest purses were maybe 50grand?

biggest and most famous boxing attraction is Ali.nobody can deny that,maybe if you are something like 5-7 years old then Floyd could be the biggest?i don't know,either you are trolling or you are at kindergarden

 

You might want to ask more than just some 1one guy!!:--(

 

boxings changing Europe are starting to really dominate 160 up


boxing is getting bigger in Asia and pro boxing is getting bigger in eastern europe

apb boxing could transform boxing completely

if Kazakh,Azerbajani boxers decide to go pro things will only get worse in the US

if APB boxing is successful though Kazakhstan,China, Azerbaijan russia etc will start to control boxing

 

If Floyd retired yesterday, I'd still be watching the Fox Sports 1 card tonight.

 

"Jack Dempsey changed the sport of boxing from a slow, defense-minded contest of single punches and frequent holding into an exciting, aggressive battle of furious combinations and blazing knockouts. Dempsey drew record attendances and gate receipts--ascending from starving hobo to millionaire during his ground-breaking career." Boxrec