boxing is like track and field, its not like judo, kickboxing or karate... boxing wont die becaue it can't.
"Will any other combat sport produce Louis, Robinson, LaMotta, Tunney, Patterson, Liston, Ali, Frasier, Foreman, Norton, Holmes, Pryor, Arguello, Sanchez, Lopez, Chavez, Taylor, Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran, Tyson, Bowe, Holyfield, Lewis, Jones, Toney, Hopkins, Tito, De La Hoya, Barrera, Morales, Gatti, Naz, Hatton, Calzaghe, Pacquaio........" Huh? That is your representation of why boxing isn't dead? Most of these guys are dead, retired or old.
They have been trying to ban it for years ever since the times Jack Johnson fought. Ain't gonna happen. At least not in my lifetime.
it will be a long time before they have anymore PPV buys.....even though i think DLH was a sham...and was made a poster boy for the sport, he somehow sold fights....when hes gone...you wont have 500,000 buys on a given PPV event. its dead in that sense since there is no real ambassador like holyfield, tyson, DLH...... but you will get airtime on showtime, hbo, espn2, versus ect, but as for ratings..... i dont see it
I would rather pay to see a ESPN2 Friday Night Fights card then watch a free UFC PPV card, Boxing is the king of sports.
This is from yahoo. If you don't think boxing is taking a back seat to MMA look at the figures. link: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-ppvbuys121208&prov=yhoo&type=lgns Top 10 North American PPV buy rates, 2008 1. Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, Dec. 6, 1,250,000 2. UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture, Nov. 15, 1,010,000 3. Wrestling: WrestleMania, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Paul “Big Show” Wight, March 30, 670,000 4. UFC: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch/Lesnar vs. Heath Herring, Aug. 9, 625,000 5. UFC: Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, Feb. 2, 600,000 6. UFC: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin, July 5, 540,000 7. UFC: St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, April 19, 530,000 8. Boxing: Felix Trinidad vs. Roy Jones Jr., Jan. 19, 500,000 9. UFC: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans, Sept. 6, 480,000 10. UFC: B.J. Penn vs. Sean Sherk/Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida, May 24, 475,000
Yeah, UFC is getting more PPV's atm but the UFC is going through a boom period. It's a fad and everyone wants in. Boxing has been here for ages and is still going strong and will get stronger in a few years. Despite the UFC's success this year's and last year's most bought PPV's were boxing events. If the big fights are made and properly promoted (like Pac v DLH) people will buy them but we still need less fights on PPV and more on regular HBO.
too many talented propsects/young contenders/young champions to keep it alive like Donaire, Dawson, Berto, Bute, Juanma, Martinez, Kessler, Diaz, Peterson Bros., Gamboa, Ortiz, Dirrel, D. Andrade, Angulo, Kirkland etc.......and plenty more **** UFC/MMA most that bull**** is boring or ever with one clean hit