Originally posted by I_Didn't_Hear_No_Bell
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Originally posted by I_Didn't_Hear_No_Bell View Post
Boxing isn't a former major sport, it's still a major sport, it does big numbers and makes boxers richer than ever. Again the business has changed, it moved to a PPV model, which means less eyes on the fights overall, but I don't see anyone paying 59.99 to watch a baseball game lol.
Baseball salaries are NOT met with gate receipts.
In the end we spend considerably more for baseball and football than we do for boxing.
It's built into the price on your box of Weathies.
Boxing is a fading sport. Its $59 big fight price tag is an exception and it's final overall receipts rival hockey at best. NSCAR is probably a wealthier sport.
Plus the big money ends up in the hands of the few; across the board, the sport is relatively poor.
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Originally posted by Willie Pep 229 View Post
You do understand, we do pay to watch baseball.
Baseball salaries are NOT met with gate receipts.
In the end we spend considerably more for baseball and football than we do for boxing.
It's built into the price on your box of Weathies.
Boxing is a fading sport. Its $59 big fight price tag is an exception and it's final overall receipts rival hockey at best. NSCAR is probably a wealthier sport.
Plus the big money ends up in the hands of the few; across the board, the sport is relatively poor.
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Originally posted by QueensburyRules View Post
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Yes, the business part of the sport has changed as it has changed all sports, however Boxing is the only major sport that is now a former major sport, relegated to the backwaters of disorganization.
See the hamhanded way the biggest money fight in the history of boxing was handled that generated a hundred million $$$ worth of lawsuits post fight.
We disagree on boxing as a major sport, of course. The 60 year change that's being observed is simply that while boxing was once just about the Only major sport that didn't involve horses playing the athletes, it now shares the stage with a dozen others that have since become "Major". I could be wrong of course. Could you name half a dozen others that are bigger?
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Originally posted by Willie Pep 229 View Post
You do understand, we do pay to watch baseball.
Baseball salaries are NOT met with gate receipts.
In the end we spend considerably more for baseball and football than we do for boxing.
It's built into the price on your box of Weathies.
Boxing is a fading sport. Its $59 big fight price tag is an exception and it's final overall receipts rival hockey at best. NSCAR is probably a wealthier sport.
Plus the big money ends up in the hands of the few; across the board, the sport is relatively poor.
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Originally posted by JAB5239 View Post
The overwhelming majority of professional boxers never get rich or even make enough to live comfortably on without another job.Willow The Wisp likes this.
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Originally posted by I_Didn't_Hear_No_Bell View Post
That's true, but I'm talking about boxers at the top of the sport. If you want to include all the professional leagues in Latin American countries and all around the world we could say most professional baseball players are broke too.
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Originally posted by Lomadeaux View Post
Boxing will always be the pinnacle of sport. There's always a massive fight every decade that breaks records of all time. It just passes the eye test for anyone and everyone. The culture we have in America at least is what is causing issues overall. I believe it's coming back around and people are waking up though. It'll take a little while longer for these fighters to get out of the 'lose your 0' and your career is over syndrome. That's just some weird ****.
Their fans are willing to embrace a "champion" with multiple loses. Undefeated doesn't seem important to their mind set. Maybe that will rub off onto boxing with this next generation.
IMO Television in the 1980s with its obsession with championship fights only, and their relationship with the scantioning bodies rankings created the "0" mentality.
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Originally posted by I_Didn't_Hear_No_Bell View Post
That's just the nature of a solo sport, same is true about tennis. It has nothing to do with boxing's standing as a major sport.
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