Yes it's a long assed post lol I read a lot of articles online and forum posts, and noticed people complaining that boxing is dying. While I don't feel that is the case, in the long term I do suspect it will shrink and lose a lot of its excitement if things don't turn around. Sure we have to solve the problem of promoters being too afraid to risk their fighters 0, but there is more to it than that. At the moment we have multi-million PPV fights which prove it's still a big deal, but one day I can see UFC or some other blood sport taking over. The reason? The digital era. I'm also a video gamer and have an Xbox. Lately I noticed how UFC is working it's way into the mainstream via simple clever Trojan horse methods. I see it in facebook, and on xbox apps as an interactive experience. More online PPV stream options etc. But what is boxing doing about the new era? **** all. It's like all the old men in suits don't know the internet exist. I might sound dramatic now, but remember, there are kids growing up today who get confused when they touch a magazine cover and expect it to do something like an ipad. When us older fans start being replaced by the newer generation, how many will watch boxing when it's still tied to specific cable packages and PPV events. And when in some cases like here in Australia we have no way to legally FOLLOW the damn career of the fighters they want us to watch in a PPV. it's madness. A good example is how a Danny Green PPV is 50 bucks, but a Pacquiao or Mayweather fight is 30-40 bucks... Simple reason is so many mainstream sports fans here don't know great fighters, simply due to ancient out dated agreements between countries and their copyrights etc etc. Pathetic. For boxing to really flourish and keep it's throne, it needs to embrace the digital era 100%. Apps, interactivity (like changing cameras in real time, viewing boxrec stats while in fight etc.), legal global online streams of all fights. If these things don't change boxing will become tiny, and the next generation will be waiting for the UFC equivalent of Manny Floyd.
