We have all heard boxing is dead. We have all heard this was the last great fight. Well let me tell you, mayweather fights sell because of mayweather promotions, not because of how mayweather fights in the ring. It's all about the promotion and that's the sad truth. Espn and every news outlet was talking about the mayweather pac fight and THAT sells ppv and interest. GGG is an amazing fighter.... That no one outside of boxing fans knows about. The sport of boxing needs big promoters. Mayweather pacquiao was honestly like the super bowl. Everyone I knew was talking about it and they never watch boxing ever. If we want boxing back as the headline sport on the news... Then every fighter needs a great promoter behind him. Greatness in the ring doesn't get people to watch. Exposure on news, espn, and word of mouth captures interest. What do you think? Do we need more don Kings(without the corruption) in the sport of boxing? Or is it just dull fighters with bland personalities? Interesting topic to get into. Once again this is about the publics interest in boxing, not whether the fighters are not performing or not.
The OP makes a good point. The fights alone won't save or even keep boxing going at it's current state. Good business and promotion is needed, however, the duplicitous type of promotion we have today may help fool the general public and bring in a whole heap of money every now and then, but this can't continue. The public will eventually see through the BS. Promotion has always been a huge part of boxing and whilst a bit of deception has always been around in boxing promotion, it seems to be done more and more these days. It is understandable however given the current landscape of boxing. Boxing is not mainstream anymore, therefore it is easier to fool large portions of the non-hardcore public; multiple world titles so many fights can be promoted as a world title fight, fooling the public into thinking the true world champion is fighting the best contender out there. Even IBO/WBU/etc fights get promoted to the unwitting public as genuine world title fights. Fighters moving up in weight, winning one world belt then moving up again to win another and claiming they are a multi-weight world champion in the same vein as the greats of the past who actually cleared out divisions and beat the best in the division before moving on to a new weight. Two faded greats competing in "The Fight of the Century". The list is endless of the many ways the business side of boxing is simultaneously keeping boxing alive whilst also killing it. For boxing to be "saved" and get back to even a fraction of what it used to be many changes need to occur; best fighting the best. More competitive matchups at all levels of the game. Less PPV's. Better, more competitive undercards. This list to is also endless. The problem is that the structure and landscape of boxing is such that these changes cant be forced, so it is up to a strong promoter and network to take risks and go against the grain to make these changes happen.
Black and Mexican Americans are easier to promote than E.E's, no matter how great they are to watch. Decades of cultural Marxism have taken their toll.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/bo...ship-mystery-man-Al-Hayman-perfect-match.html So is Al Haymon going to try to revive boxing in some kind of UFC format? And will it work?
