The Boxing is Dead Masterlog Hall of Shame

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1879 - “As it is, the school of boxing is rapidly dying out, and when the professors of the present day have passed away it will be hard to say where the new ones are to come from.”
Professor Ned Donelly, The art of boxing

1913 - “Professional boxing is dying a natural death“
LA Times

1923 - "Boxing Is Dying Out!"
Headline of LA Times article

1934 - "The sport is dying. There are not good enough boxers or good attractions left. I can see no future for the sport. There are more clubs and more stadiums in the country with no outstanding boxers to fill them, or even come close."
Kid Howard, on why he was closing his gym in an article for St Joseph News.

1937 - Jack Dempsey knows his own game. When he says boxing will be washed up within a year, unless something's done, he's talking straight from his heart.

1940 - “The game of boxing is dying today because the boys do not know how to box. There is no one to teach them how and they won’t work anyway”.
LA Times

1955 - "Let's face it. Boxing is dying everywhere, because commissions have surrendered to fighters and managers."
The Toledo Blade Press

1961 - "TV, or rather too much TV, and the people who profit from it, has put the independent promoters out of business. There are few, if any, small clubs anywhere in the country. Those clubs were the source of talent. Without fresh talent, boxing is dying."
Jack Dempsey


1963 - “The experts have been saying for years that boxing is dying because kids no longer are hungry, because boxing no longer is the way for a poor kid to get rich quick.”
LA Times

1964 - “With the gradual dying of boxing as a national sport, judo seems the perfect replacement“
Black Belt Magazine

1969 - “And when the black man starts to excel in a particular sport the question starts floating around: “Is boxing dying?”
Eldridge Cleaver

1969 - If boxing is dead, as a few allege and suspect, then Madison Square Garden on Monday night will be the scene of the liveliest wake since our "byes" in Canaryville said farewell to Nuts Nolan.
Chicago Tribune

1972 - “Yes, it must be. They told me it was dying when I got into it as a professional in 1936. I think it started dying at about the dawn of history. So I guess it is still dying.“
Archie Moore

1974 - “Legitimate professional wrestling has died. Boxing is dying. Swimming, tennis, golf, modern dance, and gymnastics are growing.”
James A Baley

1976 - They say boxing is dead They say wrestling is dead I predict we will have a bigger crowd than at any of my fights They say it s dead Well rm the resurrector
'The Times Standard'

1976 - “Boxing right now is dying with its superstar Muhammad Ali fighting competitors not worthy to try for his crown.”
Black Belt Magazine

2007 - De la Hoya vs Mayweather : The Fight to Save Boxing!
Sports Illustrated

2008 - "You guys are a dying breed.... your sport is getting swallowed. The famous people you have right now are the only famous people that will exist in the future for boxing... the Oscar de la hoyas, Hopkins, jermain taylors... the guys that were already famous before UFC came along, THERE WILL BE NO NEW ONES. "
Joe Rogan

2009 - 'Why Is Boxing Slowly Dying? And Can It Be Saved?' Article by Mark Hauser, for BleacherReport.

2011 - Boxing Is Flat Out Dead In America and Fading Fast
Allen Hmiel: "Boxing is dead in America surpassed by way to many other popular sports. Even the exciting action filled MMA events have captured the American viewing audiences. American boxing without a talented champion heavyweight to rally around and support has brought upon the demise and eventual end of boxing in the USA. Lackluster U.S heavyweights, basically a talentless group of large men who cannot fight due to a lack of elite boxing ability has driven the popularity of American boxing to new lows and has greased the skids into obscurity. "
BoxingNews24

2013 - The Last Great American Prizefighter
"Floyd never breaks stride, his chin held high as he inhales the last of his sport's oxygen in the dying light of a summer evening"
ESPN.com

2013 - “He’s the last headliner out there in professional boxing,” stated Wilbon about Mayweather.
“What other names do you know? You know the Klitschko name, that’s it. Who else do you know,” said Kornheiser.
“He’s the last guy out there for a sport that’s all but dead,” said Wilbon. “This is it. It’s over for boxing after this.”
Pardon The Interruption, ESPN

2015
Mayweather-Pac and the Death of Boxing

"The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was boxing’s swan song. Without the buzz and possibility of a rematch with a Pacquiao win, Dana White, UFC and mix martial arts will consume the fighting world, if they hadn’t already"
Forbes.com

2015 :
Boxing is Dead, and All You Posers Killed It.

"When boxing was alive and well, going to war with an opponent was every bit as important as good footwork, good speed, and good conditioning. You knew at some point that you had to fight. But Floyd made a career of showing us that’s no longer the case. And in the process, he neutered a once noble sport and suckered all of you into supporting his efforts.

So boxing is dead, and you — hashtag tweeters, social media braggarts, people who know nothing about what youre supporting; are mostly responsible."
Inquisitr.com


2015 :
WHY MAYWEATHER PACQUIAO WILL BE BOXINGS LAST SUPERFIGHT
"No one is there to carry the torch as MMA fighting grows by leaps and bounds"
Market.watch.com


2019 :
Boxing is dead and the sport has only its internal politics to blame
By DYLAN HERNANDEZ
LA Times

"The intention here isn’t to denigrate the quality card that will be staged in the arena on Sept. 28. Rather, it’s to provide a snapshot of the state of the sport.

Boxing is dead."

 

Yesssss! Thank you man.

 

I seen one that had even more then that, but that will do wonders for now.

 

I want to add more to that, Im gonna look for articles and quotes from the last 10 years (maypac included) that say the same thing....

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtKx41UdCj0

Gonna add quotes from that