Boxing is Dying - No Doubt

The problem isn't the talent coming through..its the draw card value.Theres no characters,no showman,no devasting Ko artist,no crowd pleasers etc..there all gone,Ali,Tyson,Jones jr,Prince nasem the list goes on.No boxer now days has any of the things I have menshioned.,thats why the fans are disappearing...other then Pac and Mayweather..where as you look at the ufc...you got stars like Rampage,Rashad,Lesner,Overeem,Silva etc..thats the diff IMO

 

ITS CREEPS LIKE MUNDINE THAT ARE RUINING BOXING. A BUM PER MONTH and rarely fighting quality fighters.

GARTH WOOD.

 

The Klitschkos are far bigger stars than any of those MMA tools you just rattled off! Wlad does 50,000 against a chump like Mormeck and is an absolute star all over Europe whereas your MMA guys are big in the States and that is about it!

 

all the young fellas up here in the isa mines wont talk boxing anymore , only interested in mma . cant convince them of the unique skills and heritage of boxing - they just answer back that mma fighters can beat boxers in a street fight , they only want to know about winners. sadly boxing will slowly die as a mainstream sport in the world . fighters who hit and HOLD , refs who allow it and judges who wont score against holding are just killing it faster.

 

Boxings been dying forever. Heard it all before, stats dont back it up one bit. As a matter of fact, you can make a better case to say boxing is thriving.

 

Haye is fighting Vitali. Boxing and the HW division is saved.:happy:happy:happy
Unless he stinks the joint out again like he did with Wlad.:-(

 

Germany had 3 heavyweight title fights on 2 consecutive weekends, all sold out, Wlad drew 50000 people for his mismatch with Mormeck.

Arenas often sell out in the UK, Brook - Hatton has sold 10000 for example. Boxing is a live, its just embarrassing how it is run. PBF-Pac should be fighting each other. the WBA sholdnt have 3 champs in 1 division, this does hurt our sport for sure.

 

This...

 

:good

 

Sure Adam Forsyth is no longer active but to say boxing is dieing is a bit much.

 

His using local truckies in Canberra as tune up's :yep

 

I think it's wrong to mention Naseem in that company as I don't recall Ali, Tyson or Jones bottling it after their first real challenge.

 

Not sure if you could call it "bottling" it. he had accomplished all he'd likely achieve and he was very very entertaining.

 

Boxing has itself to blame over the past forty years:

Poor leadership in the management of Boxing as a sport is the main reason behind boxing's demise......just look at the way media has kept its distance from boxers and boxing connections, except for dirty laundry, and this has definitely affected the general public.

In those forty years, we have had some very bad years of very loud mouthed boxing champions who's message to the public is, "I am just a dumb angry cant - who doesnt give a fark about anyone else but myself- so take it or leave it you pricks".

- no boxer has ever been marketed or held out to the public as a champion person, like it was in the old days..

- moss gathered through the sport of boxing goes to promoters (as they get overpaid time and time again for their newest plastic gold belts) We need some shut-downs and bye-byes, forced through regulation , wisdom and unification.... the top dog in boxing needs to expel those organisations, that put together perilous fights that serve only for their own pockets.

-Now, take a good Look at the success of the UFC - this is despite its far broader violence and competitor risk, but it has become a media giant, most probably due to the unification of promotions, competitions, titles and contests, and of course first class media marketing.

And, we need blokes like Famechon and Rose in the sport of boxing....these two had aura's of good naturedness, and champion skills....we dont need any more big mouthed idiots in boxing, all those seats are currently filled.....

What is great about UFC is the media focusing in on the aspirations of the competitors, and the build up to the fight night....classic and informative stuff for the audience, and this is exactly what boxing needs - media covering it so closely, and boxers living up to the public's decent expectations..........but who in the current world of boxing can direct and lead this ?.... Who would be prepared to unite and shape several organisations and their promotors, so as to fortify the unstable pebble in the river that everyone is trying to stand on ?