Just fumbling through boxrec and found this pretty interesting. The black dots are what I drew in estimate of a possible true total. Extrapolate what you like Edit: in order to make this more of a discussion topic- Do you believe the modern boxing era is in a state of decline? This content is protected 1850s: 7 1860s: 54 1870s : 298 1880s: 4,150 1890s: 14,459 1900s: 29,596 1910s: 76,724 1920s: 220,784 1930s: 222,433 1940s: 184,987 1950s: 145,819 1960s: 97,965 1970s: 98,789 1980s: 128,534 1990s: 138,491 2000s: 182,858 2010s: 42,950
Very interesting.....this figures show that at least in over all production boxing is a slight upswing, relative to the last 30 years.
Nice work! One possible explanation for the dip is that boxrec stopped including amateur bouts in their records at some point. Repost this in classic - it should be fun.
Between 1959 and 1979 there were no more than roughly 15k bouts per year, possibly hitting as low as 9-10k
bump if the growth continues considering population, competition could surpass that of the peak days.
