Honest Question re: Boxing

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Good question...MMA is killing boxing and now I'm hearing Dan Patrick shilling constantly for something called Bare Knuckles Boxing. I can't even tell you who the champions are in boxing anymore and my brother and I used to get every PPV. I believe there will always be interest in the big names like Ali, Marciano, Jeffries, but if there are fewer and fewer fans of boxing in the future it should stand to reason that the values of the autographs will go down.

Thanks to God...Let us pray that Travis our residential Boxing Boil, goes away with it.

[D. Bergin]

Still plenty of excellent lighter weight fights. Heavyweight division DOES have two dominant champs right now. They just happen to be non-American brothers who mostly fight in Europe now, and toiling in an era similar to Larry Holmes in the early 80's, with a lack of proper competition. At least in the Holmes era, most of the comp was North American based..........There's just no legit American contender out there right now.

I've tried MMA. It's primitive IMO. I find myself rooting for stand-up fights, and when it goes to the ground I get bored...........so I just go back to watching boxing. Most of the solid technique in MMA is limited to submissions and the ground game. Most of their stand-up technique is horrible, and because they don't really train for it, punch-resistance is almost non-existent.

As hated as he is, one only need to look at Floyd Mayweather to see if people still come out to watch fights if they feel they are compelling. Floyd and Manny Pac, (up until very recently), were compiling 20, 30, 40 million dollar paydays on a regular basis.

The upcoming Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez fight should do HUGE business.

The American game is a bit lacking right now. A lot of it has to do with the disintegrating amateur game and a big dip in quality of the Olympic program, which used to churn out star after star into the pro ranks.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Still plenty of excellent lighter weight fights.

The last boxing party I remember hosting was Corrales-Castillo back in 2005. That and a couple of the Gatti-Ward fights were some of the best watch parties I had.

As far as boxing goes though, I think they are doing an awful job of promoting the fights and grabbing headlines these days.

[toyman55]

The problem with boxing today is that it is run by the promoters and HBO and Showtime. It is all about the money and not about what the fans want. None of the controlling bodies agree or talk to one another and with that said they have all managed to kill boxing as it is today.