Is professional boxing still a sport?

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


Well?

  1. It's theatre

    17 vote(s)
    53.1%

  2. It's a sport

    15 vote(s)
    46.9%
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  1. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Love or Hate Teddy he called this out some time ago...
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  2. Scar

    Scar VIP Member

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    This has been the case since the beginning.
     
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  3. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Boxing has always been corrupt. It was probably at its most corrupt in the 1950s when the most powerful figures were Blinky Palermo and Frankie Carbo, who was in Murder, Inc.
     
    Thread Stealer, Nov 23, 2019
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  4. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    It´s the damn commissions. There is absolutely 0 structure and nobody is there to do anything when mistakes are made.
    The ABC´s themselves could rectify this but they are money hungry corrupt POS, so they don´t really care. IBF sometimes orders rematches.

    Just about anyone can become a judge. There is no formal training. MMA felt this the hardest, and they still do. Random boxing judges are appointed to MMA fights. Like wtf?
     
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  5. Shades of Hughie Fury

    Shades of Hughie Fury New Member banned Full Member

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    No, it is a circus.
     
    Shades of Hughie Fury, Nov 23, 2019
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