UFC, Bare knuckle Boxing, YouTube boxing all of these are growing and thriving now because real boxing stars don't fight each other anymore

Combat sports have been a staple since the gladiator days but people want to see the best fight the best. You don't see that anymore in boxing and so to satiate their bloodlust the public has turned to MMA, and now we have bareknuckle boxing BKFC growing, Youtube Jake Paul, Misfits boxing etc. Regardless of what you think of them, they put on the matches their fans want to see. Only traditional boxing has such disdain for their fanbase that they almost never put up the match-ups fans want.

Comments (3)

Rockybigblower

The problem with boxing is simple. Promoters started promoting boxers and not boxing. All promoters have 1 real fighter on their roster that they promote in each division. Any other boxers on their roster are used as a way to enhance that one fighters profile. Therefore they cant risk that boxer because they dont have any backup fighters to replace them. If Tank were to lose then tmt has no backup. If Ryan loses...GBP has no backup. If Haney loses...Arum has no backup...etc etc.

3y ago

Yemen

The problem with boxing is boxing fans themselves: 1. They are boring people. Their discussions mostly centre around potential scenarios, purses, negotiations, weight cuts. It wasn't always this way. In the 70s up to the 90s fans demanded fights or voted with their pockets. They didn't form cults and defend their favourite fighters. This unwavering support emboldened divas. Fans used to be a lot more neutral. 2. Paradoxically, they are also the most disloyal boxing sports fans you're ever likely to meet. No sooner has their favourite fighter been lifted off the canvas than they have already moved on to some else, deeming the loser "exposed", "washed up" and the always predictable question, "can he bounce back?". Compare this with other sports, including the UFC you mentioned, where fighters, teams and players lose numerous times but still retain their fanbase. Liverpool FC wouldn't lose half their support if they lost 10 matches in a row neither would Andy Murray. 3. This follows on from point number 2. There is a stigma to a loss in boxing that isn't found in any other sport. Boxers fear a loss more today than in the past, and rightly so, but not because they don't want to lose to their opponents and retain their title, but because they know it signals the beginning of the end for their prestige among fans. 4. Boxing fans are elitist snobs. They can be very condescending to new fans. They are a bit like the Linux of the sports world: they think they are part of a privileged club. God forbid you approach one and ask a "dumb question", they'll scream "YDKAB" before boring you to death with meaningless stats.

3y ago

buddyr

that's exactly why. The problem with boxing are Ryan Garcia Fans Tank fans Errol Spence Fans Crawford Fans Arum fans De la h0mo fans Hearn fans Haymon fans people need to stop being groupies and call these guys out on this bs

3y ago