Can we now say boxing is officially back?

Yes, now lets see if we can at least get some of the meaningful fights back to regular HBO and off of PPV. That would certainly help promote the sport further. Casual fans arent shelling out 50 bucks to watch a fight.

 

Boxings back. Been in love with the sport since Hagler stpped Alan Minter for the world middle-weight title in 1980. Spent the 80's boxing amature then turned pro in 92 and fought off and on through the 90's. loved everything about the sport (except maybe the discipline but thats another story)Then all of a sudden just lost interest. Did'nt buy the boxing news,did'nt watch the fights,except maybe Barrera and Hatton,clowns like Hamed just did'nt interest me. There's defo a buzz back about the sport especially in England.Proper fights being made.The early 2000's has defo been a low point in the sport.

 

for fan growth, boxing needs to continue the recent trend of having some big fights outside of casinos, such as Margarito-Mosley and JMM-Diaz. Making the sport accessible is key.

 

Right exactly! I compare the way boxing works to the Super Bowl. One guy follows his team (one guy) for the majority of his career and then the biggest fight of his life is held on neutral ground where he's relegated to being a non factor (the casinos).

Bring back locale damn it.

 

Im having a fight party on saturday and a slew of people have invited themselves. even females who never watched a boxing match in their lives!

 

Boxing was never dying. Only some xenophobic american journalists and their huthugger thought boxing is dying, because americans play less and less a role in the mix, esp. in the upper weight classes.

 

It goes in cycles. Pro-wrestling will get hot and then take a downturn. UFC will get there downturn, boxing will get another downturn. Just the way it goes.

 

Boxing is doing good and have been for a long time, it's just that sometimes there are a lot of boxing fights coming up and people gather for it then there are times when it's quiet and that's when some people assume it's dead. Of course there are the heavyweight only fans who judge based on that division and even that division is bringing a megafight very soon.

 

More like seasons, that's how boxing has been for a long time anyway. You get 1 month full of major fights one week after another then three months with only two major fights. Doesn't mean it's dying.

 

I never understood those who actually thought Boxing was on the decline. Sure, we don't get enough coverage of the sport in the United Kingdom, but the characters never die out of Boxing, and we always seem to be blessed with fantastic fights, each and every year. This weekend is one of the biggest fights in recent history, as far as I'm concerned. Competitive, tough to call, potenitial fight of the year between two very exciting fighters. It doesn't get better than that.

 

1 big fight every 5 months doesnt say much. pavlik-abraham, kessler vs any of the other super middle champs..paul williams vs floyd, shane vs floyd, bhop vs roy jones II, wlad vs valeuv or chagev, then boxing would be back......or at least interesting

 

It'd be nice to see a bit more boxing and a bit less poker on sports cable channels.

We get some very good fights and there's still a solid market for the couple of monster fights a year. It'd be good to see more than 4,000 people at something like Taylor/Froch, though (bad location choice, I guess).

Niche sport, yes (and, it seems, permanently), but still able to offer up some compelling drama. That's why we stick it out.

 

Hey Blade -- I thought you knew -- boxing died on March 29th, 1966 when Ali fought Chuvalo. At least that's what "the experts" saidatsch

 

the only people who say boxing is dying are simply ignorant. they either don't like it much and don't watch it, or they're mma fans who have no ****in clue and want to sound like they know something by repeating some garbage some other ignorant ******* said in the gym. the fact that boxing is catching on more even in asia and places like india is a testiment to the fact that it is very much alive and, in fact, growing.

 

Boxing died when Margarito was proven not to be supernatural