Olympics put boxing on hold

Agree

 

...wut.

 

Olympic wrestling is a 100% world wide sport I very much look forward to the event ,same as Judo .
I was going to suggest we all chip in and get @Shay Sonya to the next one, our very own olympian but then i thought it woukd be cruel to the BEAR ...

 

I didn’t confine my comment to the Olympics. I do think that’s a notable loss, but it’s also the exit of Showtime from boxing as well as the continuing loss of market share to UFC.

There’s still interest in big fights, but you have to have televised fights to set up the big fights. I don’t think it’s all over by any means, but the sport is fairly wobbly these days.

 

You can't have the Olympics without boxing and wrestling. Those are the original sports.

 

Well when the top competition all avoid each other only looking for a payday while only fighting once a year, what is there to expect? The sport is dying off because of this nonsense. Canelo is largely the only reason why it hasn't died off yet as he's the only one at the top willing to fight 3-4 times a year against solid competition, but once he does leave that'll kill off a lot more interest.

Speaking of interest, thats why people would rather see the Paul brothers fight whoever because they know how to generate interesting matchups. No serious boxing can cares, but the casuals sure do and thats where the money is coming from. Another big issue is the HW division. Historically thats always been the division that defined boxing by far and the one most people, fan or casual, are familiar with. Nowadays, no one knows who any heavyweight is and I'm gonna guess its because none of the mare interesting fights or spectacular in the personality department. Usyk is as good as it gets and he's as stale as the bread they give you at Dennys compared to what we had in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

With such issues, its no wonder the sport is dying off.

 

Who isn't televising fights? Did all the top amateurs in the Olympics fight on Showtime and someone didn't tell me?

 

If the top boxers were leaving the sport of boxing to become MMA fighters, I might agree.

But the opposite is true.

 

It's funny ...

More fighters are making more money than they've ever made in their lives ...

We're seeing more unifications than were seen in decades ...

The top fighters in MMA want to become boxers ...

More new fans are coming into the sport than they have in decades ...

New streaming services are popping to offer any fight you ever want to see anywhere in the world ...

And two heavyweight champions are set to split a $100+ million purse in a final unification.


And now, with the Olympics dropping boxing, we'll probably get more polished fighters turning pro than they have in forever.

WTF is dying? I've never hear a bigger bunch of complainers in my life.