Is professional boxing still a sport?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by ArseBandit, Nov 23, 2019.

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Well?

  1. It's theatre

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  2. It's a sport

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  1. ArseBandit

    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Don't get me wrong, the fighters are still athletes and excellent sportsmen, but IMO boxing has become so corrupt that it's theatre at the top level. These guys literally can't lose.

    Feel bad for Ryder, he was probably expecting it like the rest of us.

    ****'s like an exploitative WWE with everything stacked for the home town favorite.
     
    ArseBandit, Nov 23, 2019
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  2. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    No it’s a god damn joke, Ryder done it the hard way an he got everything taken. Sick to my stomach
     
    Eggman, Nov 23, 2019
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  3. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's a goddamn show.
     
    ShovelHook, Nov 23, 2019
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  4. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Panem et circenses.
     
    ShovelHook, Nov 23, 2019
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  5. KernowWarrior

    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

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    Yes todays boxing is bordering on corrupt or worse without a doubt, however sadly our sport has a long history of corruption, unfairness, mob control etc etc so it sure not a new phenomenon.

    However today with the ease of watching fights and the immediacy of information sharing we can all be keyboard judge and juries on such matters.
     
    KernowWarrior, Nov 23, 2019
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  6. notjustacasual

    notjustacasual Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    It's sports entertainment.

    If you aren't the A Side you've got

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    notjustacasual, Nov 23, 2019
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  7. ArseBandit

    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    We always have been, they get forgotten to the annals of history all the same. Boxing needs an overhaul.

    I don't remember it being as bad as it is today in the age of the cash cow.

    Andy Lee should be ashamed. He was on the end of some bad decisions.... nothing on the scale of tonight though.
     
    ArseBandit, Nov 23, 2019
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  8. KernowWarrior

    KernowWarrior Bob Fitzsimmons much bigger brother. Full Member

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    I cannot agree that our sport has not been as bad as it is today, as boxing history tells us differently.

    However that was then and this is now, we can't change the past just deal with the present and future, and so i agree something has to be done urgently.

    Justified complaints regarding fight results are now the norm, that is not and cannot be good for our sport.
     
    KernowWarrior, Nov 23, 2019
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  9. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I voted sport but it’s slowly becoming something else...
     
    aaalbert, Nov 23, 2019
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  10. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA Full Member

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    One could cite an old Hollywood adage...

    "location, location, location..."

    just saying

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  11. caligula4

    caligula4 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It's both
     
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  12. iamtheman

    iamtheman Well-Known Member Full Member

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    it's mostly honest, up until the upper tier. or depending on who's controlling the event. do these sorts of blatant robberies really happen all that often considering the scope of matches that occur, or are we all just really incensed about it in the heat of the moment and over-exaggerating? actual question.
     
    iamtheman, Nov 23, 2019
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  13. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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  14. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Boxing has always been this corrupt.

    Go back and watch some of the fights from the 60s, 70s or 80s. Or listen to some podcasts of the old timers.

    It isn’t anymore corrupt today than it was before.
     
    destruction, Nov 23, 2019
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  15. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Corrupt to the core...the results are known before the event has finished...Money and the Manipulating of fights are destroying our once Great Sport.!!!
     
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