How come there's no great & outlandish ring entrances in boxing anymore?

in the states boxing is no longer popular enough to afford the waste of air time.

 

It takes a an extremely confident fighter to opt for these over-the-top entrances.

My feeling is that most of these extrovert and maverick fighters -- that is, the ones who recognise boxing isn't just a sport but an entertainment business, and realise the need to appeal to the casuals -- don't possess the nerve to pull the trigger and actually do it, because they are somehow fearful of not following up an ostentatious entrance with an equally brilliant performance inside the ring, thus making themselves appear foolish and open to derision.

That said, when fighters do make these outlandish entrances -- Naz's Magic Carpet entrance, Mayweather's Gladiator entrance, or even Ricky Hatton's Fat Suit entrance -- it serves as an extension of the fighter's personality, captures the imagination of the public, and sticks in the memory.

 

Could be like the UK.

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damn, can't even afford a cab!!

 

This is what made Broner famous with the internet age fight fans. He is the best showman in boxing right now.

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Agreed, Broner is selling himself as a polarising public figure: he fully understands the importance of marketing his personality to casuals, and how to market himself via the social media and online news outlets. Because of this, people recognise him and are able to form an opinion of him, which makes those people gravitate towards either watching him fight and win, or watching him in the hopes he'll get a pasting.

Broner subscribes solidly to go the Mayweather philosophy of "Some people pay to see me win. Some people pay to see me lose. But they all pay."

 

This entrance is the antithesis of the outlandishly showy; but it is one of the most epic entrances ever because of how it reflects Mike Tyson's 'Iron Mike' persona and fight style of brutal matter-of-fact simplicity, and projects his aura to the live audience, to the viewers watching on television -- and to a petrified-looking Michael Spinks.

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Mike saved boxing in the mid to late 80s. The pure idea of beating a man before you hit him was everything Cus taught Mike.

 

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I remember this guy -- it's Scott Quigg, everyone!

Didn't this fellow used to box? All he seems to do nowadays is work the corners of other Joe Gallagher fighters.