2026 has been a weak year for boxing

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  1. rawjones

    rawjones War ioka Full Member

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    What have been the big fights that happened this year apart from Inoue vs Nakatani?
     
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    NoChin Doby Zhee in Three!!! Full Member

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    It's true. There's hardly been any big fights. Look at how many guys have retired or relinquished their belts. Boxing is at an all time low and In a transitional phase.

    It's the weakest reign of champions ever.
     
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    We had Benavidez-Ramirez and Ennis-Zayas. We might not consider them big fights like Inoue-Nakatani (both in the top 10 p4p), but they were certainly two very interesting and anticipated bouts, and, importantly, they turned out to be very good fights. There were two entertaining heavyweight slugfests,
    Wardley-Dubois (which will also have a rematch this year) and Wilder-Chisora. Then there were the "minor" but spectacular fights that are FOTY candidate, Gallegos-Lopez and the recent Chamberlain-O'Leary. In a few days we will have Lopez-Romero, the Garcia-Benn card in September is a good card, other matches for this 2026 will be announced soon and there could also be Bivol-Beterbiev 3. In my opinion, 2026 is not proving to be a weak year for boxing (as instead were the years in which there was the lockdown for COVID-19).
     
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    NoChin Doby Zhee in Three!!! Full Member

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    But you're a boxing enthusiast and connoisseur. How many big titles fights have we had? The fights you listed were good. So what. They're few and far between. Were supposed to get big fights and good ones each year. Were not getting them. You don't want to admit the truth. Boxing has fallen from grace. Guys retired or lost their belts/Auora.

    The state of boxing is dire. America isn't producing the talent it once did.
     
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    Ike Active Member Full Member

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    Is the truth what you think? Not for me, that's just your opinion, and it's as valid as mine or anyone else's, very simple. As I always say if you have a different opinion than mine that's fine. I don't want to impose my ideas on others (and obviously I don't let others impose my ideas on me). That's all, and it's all really very easy.