Boxing will be "Swollowed" If changes arent made before 2008

a mediocre baseball player can bring in more while sustaining more less damage.................Rockin':boxing: Oh yeah my mistake. I meant in combat sports. Muay Thai, Pride, UFC etc.

few make those dollars. Many, many more fight for next to nothing...........Rockin':boxing: The average world champ makes between 100-500k. Thats much more than any other sport.

This is way more then a "VALLEY" And it has nothing to do with the talent pool, we have some all time greats still fighting today. And future All Time Greats making there way up. Boxing is popular around the world. But if you're talking about in the U.S then yeah its in a valley. I blame the marketing. The fact that the average American thought Delahoya-Mayweather was a superfight matching two all-time greats is laughable. We had Delahoya-Mayweather shoved down our throats since the day it was announced. While more important fights like Hopkins-Winky, Barrera-Marquez, Taylor-Winky etc. go un-noticed. Theres future all-time greats in this sport but they arent marketed well. And the fact that the heavyweight division pretty much sucks doesnt help. But I'm a true boxing fan who knows a good fighter when I see one. I dont need the American media to tell me which fighters are great.

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This is way more then a "VALLEY" And it has nothing to do with the talent pool, we have some all time greats still fighting today. And future All Time Greats making there way up.

You should care(though its hardly panic mode now, just look at the pbf-dlh buyrate), because the less people watch boxing, the lower the purses, and the lower the purses, the smaller the motivation to make big, risky fights. Boxing is the highest paid fighting sport by a wide margin....

Exactly! Also I could careless if people watch boxing or not, I know boxing will never die and I will always have great fight to look for, what the hell I care if it's popular or not. :rolleyes: You should care(though its hardly panic mode now, just look at the pbf-dlh buyrate), because the less people watch boxing, the lower the purses, and the lower the purses, the smaller the motivation to make big, risky fights.

And stop givin them so much money

What they really need to do is get rid of these stupid boxing politics so the public can get the matches they really want to see. There are alot of good matchups we would really like to see and will make money, but the stupid promoters and their politics are fucking it up. Also, rematches need to be scheduled quicker than they do now. A rematch should happen within the same year. At least six months from the 1st fight and superstar fighters should have multiple fights per year. At least 3 per year... 2 minimum. Most high-paid superstar boxers have less than 1 fight per year. Sometimes it's 1 per every 2 years. That's sad. In today's fast paced world, with the WWE generation where the superstars fight week after week, and have constant rematches month after month. It's hard for the youth to follow up. I know pro-wrestling is another story (fake/scripted), but boxing needs to have better cards and get their fighters more involved. I would get on the Pay Per View issue. But I think it's fine. As long as it can generate exciting fights that will catch the public's interest, I will not argue PPV. PPV is not what's killing boxing. Although, charging $50 for 2 tomato cans can be absurd. Those fights should be on Showtime for free at least. When you think about it. A superstar event at $54.95 ain't really that bad today. Back in the day of Tyson and before, The PPV would be around the same price; and in those time gas prices were about $0.89 a gallon. So now with gas prices being over $4.00 a gallon, $54.95 doesn't seem as bad as it did back then.

Exactly! Also I could careless if people watch boxing or not, I know boxing will never die and I will always have great fight to look for, what the hell I care if it's popular or not. :rolleyes: cause if the sport doesnt produce money, people arent gonna want to get into boxing, especially when theres a sport just across the street that will make there fighters rich soon. So the only way ur gonna be able to watch boxing in a few decades, is if you go there live or if the fight is on ESPN2, lol So you SHOULD care if people are watching, because it indirectly affects how ull watch the game

Exactly! Also I could careless if people watch boxing or not, I know boxing will never die and I will always have great fight to look for, what the hell I care if it's popular or not. :rolleyes: I have to agree with you here.....although they should start paying action fighters more to fight each other and make more exciting fights....Instead of putting stinkers in the ring with each other and paying them millions to dance around and play grab ass with each other......

boxing is fine as it is I agree,and with this Olympics coming soon,im sure we will get a new PPV star You guys gotta wise up. Boxing isnt fine at all, it's in dire trouble. Olympics will hopefully produce a star, but they arent soon at all. another year. Because will remain what it is for a LOOOONG time if there isnt a change for the better really soon.

boxing is fine as it is I agree,and with this Olympics coming soon,im sure we will get a new PPV star

boxing is fine as it is

Before the end of this year, Boxing has to make a drastic change that will catch the medias eye. Just my opinion. But if nothing is done, the downward decline will continue very slowly until nobodies watching anymore. And that could be sooner then u think. Maybe 10 years. And by change, i mean anything. Even if its just a mention. Like a mention of a deal where somewhere in the near future, 1 champ per division. Maybe some of our hottest stars sign contracts with major companies like NIKE and ADIDAS. Maybe Promoters will make a deal with eachother, and finally big fights can be made without these bitchy promoters complaining all the time. Just something Sounds like a great idea, but sadly to say that it will never happen. Promoters just want to make the most money possible, and they don't really give a shit about boxing in general. It would be wonderful to have one champion per weight, but the championship organizations also want to cash in as much money as they can by having more championships.