boxing is Dying in Mexico and USA

I'm in Playa Del Carmen as I write this and I haven't seen one MMA gym, just saying.

 

another troll just what we needed

 

Marquez-Pacquiao 3 was the most viewed boxing event in the country's history.

Translated into raw numbers, Pacquiao-Marquez III had an average live audience of 37.2 million viewers, roughly a third of Mexico’s total population (113.4 million). By comparison, the only sporting event in the U.S. with similar numbers is the Super Bowl, which also generally attracts about a third of the country’s total population.

 

Stop bs boxing is too big of a sport to ever die.It might decline here & there but it won't ever die.It's been here since 688 BC & too big of a business for it to die because of some guys in spandex dry humping each other in a cage.Yes mma is growing but it isn't killing boxing by any means.Have you seen their recent series numbers?Fox deal was meant to catapult them instead it's declining.You can't force people to watch mma if they don't feel entertained which has been the case lately.One week a million viewers tuned in the next more than half decided to not even bother.

 

I agree with that quote.

Boxing is still huge in Mexico, just look at how many great fighters have been coming out of there in recent years: Julio Cesar Chavez, Ricardo Lopez, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Rafael Marquez, Israel Vazquez, and that's not even the up and coming guys.

But I think that calling mma a fad is no more correct than assuming that it and boxing are in an adversarial relationship. MMA's main growth over the last decade has been in the USA and Brazil. There was a bit of action in Asia during the Pride years, and maybe they can get back to those levels with this new One FC company. The UFC's television and pay per view numbers have plateaued of late because they watered down their cards and saturated the market. But this is likely a temporary set back, the same as it was when people talk about boxing dying.

Combat sports in general are flourishing at the moment, and we can expect to see a lot more kickboxing or Muay Thai soon do to the success of promotions like K-1 making inroads into American markets. The question still remains, is this any different than the explosion of karate dojos in the 80s? If we lose boxing gyms, perhaps we'll only be losing the weakest ones, and if there are a great number of mma gyms popping up chances are they aren't teaching good mma.

Personally, I expect mma and boxing to have a synergistic relationship, because mma guys still need someone to teach them boxing for their stand up game. The rise of mma has lead to a flourishing of jiu jitsu dojos, so why should it be any different for boxing?

Also, since boxing historically has drawn it's talent from the lower rungs of society, you can expect a lot more poor people to turn to boxing when economic times are tough. From what I hear, places like Detroit have gotten a lot tougher lately and we can expect some very serious customers to rise out of the ashes of this economic downturn further down the road.

 

lol MMA is struggling to do 350k buys with their biggest star.

Canelo could buy the UFC at this point.

 

A MMA fighter can make the same or more in 10 fights in the UFC what a 30 fight boxer make. No prizes for guessing which sport appeals more to a poor and hungry fighter.

 

Sure MMA's popularity has grown, but boxing is far from dying.

 

A little secret, the sports are actually helping each other. The more fans that are generally into combat sports, the better. UFC might benefit more from this trade off, but that just because it's newer.

 

Not much MMA going on in Mexico.. atleast not the westcoast.. Only show it in the bars in the Tourist areas to bring people to their bar.

 

boxing dying? again?

 

As will always be the case, boxing will eventually outlive you as it did MANY similar theorists like you. Now if you please, die out of this site and quickly.

 

Yes they did I'm from San Fernando, but they continue to have them in Rio Bravo and thats just the tip of the iceberg. Boxing and mma are sister sports maybe you saw one or 2 boxing gyms close and turned into mma gyms, but many of the new ones have both. I travel from Philly to Mexico alot and I doubt especially in the west coast it is dyin. Its gaining popularity in Mexico your right, but boxing will never take a backseat to mma. Get a hold of yourself son no need to panic.