Boxing the second most popular sport in the world according to stats funny people still push the narrative that it's 'dying'.

Boxing is the 2nd most popular sport in the world among young people, according to research from GWI. In a series that charts the growth of today’s sporting markets, boxing came second, thanks largely to a boost in interest and an engagement among young adults who are increasingly following the sport in large numbers. It’s no surprise that football or soccer was the number one hobby for people throughout the world. Its dominance doesn’t appear as if it will lag anytime soon. However, boxing has beat some of the biggest sports in the world. This included athletics, tennis, and winter sports, to the second spot will shock some people. Let’s take a look at why it ranks highly, particularly with young people and adults. The APAC Region APAC stands for Asia and the Pacific, and this area is one of the main reasons that boxing has skyrocketed among young people. Compared to the rest of the world, boxing holds a 40% internet follower rate, which is only 2% off football in APAC. Only North America, which is notorious for its own sports, has sports that beat football in popularity. Latin America helps, too. Boxing holds a 46% share in the region and comes second overall. Interest among young people and adults in Asia and the Pacific is reportedly down to the increase in sporting events, mainly boxing. For example, huge fights have been held in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They include Anthony Joshua versus Andy Ruiz Jr II. Also, Callum Smith versus George Groves in the World Boxing Super Series super-middleweight final. The Expressestimates the latter earned £6 million each by fighting in Jeddah. {"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/cdn.worldboxingnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/joshua-ruiz-2-win-mr.jpg"}Mark Robinson More Relatable Fighters Young adults can’t relate to older fighters with different boxing styles. They want swashbuckling prizefighters who go for the kill. To put it all on the line to secure their sport status. And these men and women are becoming easier to find within the industry. World Heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua, is a prime example as he had fifteen bouts before he fought for the IBF crown and has a knockout percentage of over 90%. The heavyweight division is crammed with young talent representing the audience. Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois, to name two. It’s no wonder that the fight between the pair is a huge market on Casitabi since viewers are excited to see how healthy the golden division is and who will challenge Fury and Joshua’s likes in the future. It's funny that this message is still pushed whilst the sport continues to break records in both live attendances and PPV sales surpassing all other PPV sports and in fact holding 7 of the top 10 slits in the all time PPV list. is the fact that boxing has no unified body representing it the reason for it's relatively bad press despite it's overall massive success and cash investments? the UFC which has laughably been compared to boxing in recent times has a combined total of 700 combatants across the entirety of the sport, whereas boxing has a combined 25,000 active fighters every time a fight happens someone whether it be the fighter or promoter makes money it's financially impossible for an organisation like the UFC to make 1/10th of the global annual income of boxing but having the UFC as the singular major organisation in that sport (Bellator is tine and has roughly 100 employed active fighters) means that they can easily control the narrative around the company to put it into context the entire UFC was purchased for 4 Billion, DAZN a good but failing platform that features mainly boxing just had a 4 Billion investment this year, that'll likely be embezzled and lost between Hearn and Golden boy. and boxing will continue if the 4 Billion UFC was lost that company and sport would be DONE. Also recently all the big fights we've wanted have been getting made I think I'm happily negative when boxing doesn't give us the fights we want so I'll be positive now it is.