Oscar's plans for boxing

I agree that there you be one unified sactioning body, but it should be independant from any promoter to avoid the problems you listed. It should be a non-profit organisation that is funded by the sport. Very similar to our FA in football.

 

Boxing needs unity alright, but I doubt GBP signing up all the talent is going to be the way it happens. Sure Top Rank at the moment probably have a far stronger stable of fighters (I might be wrong). There's tons of promoters in the US besides them, plus what about the UK, Germany, Japan?

 

I think boxing needs the UFC business model. GBP have been practicing it for a while now. They are simply trying to embrace it more.

 

From Oscar's perspective, he's absolutely right. It would encourage fighters to fight more often, it would mean guys that are entertaining would get more dates and there'd be less nonsense over fighting the champ.

But practically, it's a terrible idea. A commissioning body should have the sport's interests in mind, independent from promoters' preferences. They should make decisions that benefit the sport, the fighters and the paying audience.

There's no shock that this is why Oscar wanted The Ring along with it's ratings. It's like a little sanctioning body and, slowly, if GBP become the dominant force in the sport, it'll be Ring titles rather than the WBC, WBA or IBF.

 

I'll run it for a mere 8 figures. Rob can do the rankings (he seems to enjoy it) Rooq can be matchmaker, Boxing girl can be office skirt and Mr VIP can be fluffer!!!

 

........He would make more money!!!

 

oscar might mean well but his idea is a pipe dream.it has obvious flaws that you mentioned.Also it is impossible to control all the fighters the boxing market is too open to do it.if oscar really wanted one belt he would have his fighters just fight under one belt

 

I think it's control more than money at this point. How much more money could he need!?

 

Human nature mate, people always want more!!!

 

Realistically we aren't getting an independent body to run things so I think this is the best way forward but will only ever have limited success because the stars in boxing are too big. In mma so far a GSP or Brock Lesnar type who has established themselves as a star and a draw in the UFC hasn't left and tried to market themselves on PPV but in boxing if Floyd Mayweather wants to promote himself he can and can be somewhat successful

 

cant see it happening in a million years

 

It's all well and good wanting to copy the UFC model - it'd certainly be better for the fans - but it seems to me that basically Dana White struck gold with it and the UFC is a bit of a one off. He got there first when MMA was first coming to people's attention, and because they pay more than anywhere else he can rule it very belligerently and force fights to be made. I don't think it could work like that with boxing because there are already some powerful people with stables of big name fighters which make decent money. It's worth noting that MMA promotions which aren't the UFC aren't immune to the type of bull**** we get as boxing fans. I'm no expert but isn't Fedor v Overeem basically a carbon copy of Floyd v Pac?

 

For years everyone wanted him to fight couture but it never happened. The same thing does happen just to a lesser extent!!!