What happened to boxing in the United States? Growing up in the 90s we had so many great fighters. Roy Jones Jr, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweater + countless other great champions.
What happened? Why dont we rule pro boxing anymore? We ruled pro boxing for decades. What went wrong? Are we witnessing the end of Boxing in America?
No. The USA still has the most world champions and Los Vegas is still the most important boxing city in the world. Good boxers from all around the world relocate to America to be trained by American trainers and live and fight in america. We don't completely dominate boxing like we used to long ago but we are still a major player with the most world champions of any country.
Where are the American stars though?
There isn't one.
I think it was in decline, but the decline may be ending.
I actually think the decline was happening over the past 20 years, as it became more of a PPV sport, and all the best athletes went toward basketball, football, baseball, and now MMA, but I actually think that in the past few years, it's started to make a little comeback and the NBA & NFL are getting a little stale, which is even reflected in their ratings, and PBC & Top Rank are putting more boxing on regular TV, where young fans can see it and be inspired by it
It isn't dying, it just isn't North America vs the UK anymore so there is way more competition. Sorta like how being the best soccer team in the USA is much different from being the best soccer team in the world.
What happened to boxing in the United States? Growing up in the 90s we had so many great fighters. Roy Jones Jr, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweater + countless other great champions.
What happened? Why dont we rule pro boxing anymore? We ruled pro boxing for decades. What went wrong? Are we witnessing the end of Boxing in America?
Everybody you named has been on PEDS great insight and you have answered your question.
get a job so you can afford ppv. we just a had a good one full of "american boxing"
Get a job? You are a funny dude. I am soon going to complete my bachelor's degree from a good university while you are still studying at a community college. Good luck working at McDonald’s for minimun wage:rofl:
I would say that a lot of US fighters are crowned to be the next “boxing star” without putting in anything to prove that or back that up.
Guys like Tank Davis and Devin Haney want millions for beating up old small fighters and media putting them in Pound for Pound list
Pacquiao (HOF'er), Naoya Inoue, Donaire (HOF'er), Ioka, Murata, Sor Rungvisai, Ancajas, Naseem Hamed (HOF'er), Amir Khan, Gennady Golovkin + many others. Plenty of Asian fighters.
Apologies I was more meaning Chinese and Indian, I shoulda been more specific.
Anybody who have this Fantasy of replacing All The American fighters with all Foreign Fighters IN AMERICA...I would advise you to look over at HBO Boxing and WTF happened to them when they tried to Phase Out American Fighters and focus more on Foreign Fighters...It Failed and they ultimate had to Bow Out of Boxing All Together Because of it!
I love the Diversity in Boxing personally, I enjoy seeing guys come over from different countries with different styles and making a name for themselves, becoming stars, making their Country Proud and making themselves a lot of damn money in the process
Some people particularly on this forum so Caught Up in having only certain fighters "Take Over Boxing" that they're hoping certain fighters will just magically go away so that the guys they want to dominate can dominate I guess and it is so silly and childish. Not just Trolls on this forum but you also have So Called Professional Boxing Writers/Reports doing the exact same thing, they purposely go against their own Americans constantly
American Boxing is never going away! Sorry! It is a TON of highly talented American Prospects I can post that people don't know yet who will likely be Stars in the Future.
Here are a quick 3 Right Here: Bruce Carrington, Keyshawn Davis and Delonte Johnson REMEMBER THE NAMES!
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No.
Sport is about competition, AMERICA thrives on competition.
There will be, and are people in america who 'View this competitive landscape as positive'.
Boxing is not a team-sport, sometimes when shifts happen in certain sports 'It is a individual thing'.
America is still a major player in the game, they have never entirely become a non-threat etc
For sure, and I also look forward to a future in which we get more African and Asian fighters too, maybe in 50 years we'll even be talking about the "Nigerian' school or the 'central Chinese style' man, who knows? All I know is the more different dudes from the more different places we get the better it is for the sport overall.:boxing:
Pacquiao (HOF'er), Naoya Inoue, Donaire (HOF'er), Ioka, Murata, Sor Rungvisai, Ancajas, Naseem Hamed (HOF'er), Amir Khan, Gennady Golovkin + many others. Plenty of Asian fighters.