Why boxing is "dead"

[TheEvilSaint]

boxing is dead because it's no longer a sport. its a business. there are no more athletes, only businessmen. theres no glory, only money. theres no fame, only controversy.

sanctioning bodies, mandatories, robberies, snoozers, promoters, padded records, protected fighters, fixes, greedy and whiny fighters, and there is absolutely no healing going on.

boxing is dead. all we watch now are just business transactions.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

I don't care if people say boxing is dead. To me it isn't, everytime you see a fight like the Marquez-Vasquez fight you get excited about the sport. Both fighters showed good boxing skill especially Marquez, and both liked trading punches which made for a very enertaining fight. Not every fight is going to be entertaing. All fighters have different styles and styles makes fights.

[ELPacman]

Yeah Izzy and Marquez put on a rare performance. You don't find those types of fighters much these days. There's only a handful of fighters left that are there to give you your money's worth. Sad thing is, people hate on them.

[Zn1]

if your asking why boxing is dead, your pretty much the reason why!

well the souly m'baye fight last night was 2 very technically sound
boxers going ast it over 12rds, it wasnt a war or a brawl but it was a great fight.

as for mayweather schooling baldomir. it was expected because baldy was way
below his class, baldys only decent win coming against zab judah who isnt the
most focused fighter & he got an injury of sorts to his eye which impaired him

it was just as expected as floyds dominance of gatti, so why be impressed

[ianwigley]

boxing is dead because it's no longer a sport. its a business. there are no more athletes, only businessmen. theres no glory, only money. theres no fame, only controversy.

sanctioning bodies, mandatories, robberies, snoozers, promoters, padded records, protected fighters, fixes, greedy and whiny fighters, and there is absolutely no healing going on.

boxing is dead. all we watch now are just business transactions.

You ****ing ****** idiot.

No more athletes - see Erik Morales, MAB, DLH, Floyd Mayweather for starters. Could you deprive yourself of fatty food, alcohol and sleep for months on end? Could you get up at 5am daily to pound the sidewalks and then box for hours on end to make sure you're ready to get your chin smacked a couple of hundred times in 45 minutes?

No glory - see Micky Ward in round 3 of Gatti - Ward II getting his face punched to ****, hitting his head against the corner, and then get up and wave Gatti on, begging him to hit him more, begging for glory. Walking forward to an untimely death, forward every time...begging for glory. That's all he's ever known.

Only money - see Gatti -Ward I, II, III. See Ali fighting in the late 70s when he was shot, see all Duran's fights, see Bobby Chacon, see the reason DLH is fighting Mayweather - What the **** does DLH need money for? He's a multi millionaire businessman, so why the **** is he climbing throught the ropes on May 5th? It sure as heckfire ain't money.

Next time, post something sensible, or keep your ****ing trap shut.

[JOM'S]

boxing is dead because it's no longer a sport. its a business. there are no more athletes, only businessmen. theres no glory, only money. theres no fame, only controversy.

sanctioning bodies, mandatories, robberies, snoozers, promoters, padded records, protected fighters, fixes, greedy and whiny fighters, and there is absolutely no healing going on.

boxing is dead. all we watch now are just business transactions.

i agree mostly on the "bold" parts ...

[Del Coqui]

boxing is dead because it's no longer a sport. its a business. there are no more athletes, only businessmen. theres no glory, only money. theres no fame, only controversy.

sanctioning bodies, mandatories, robberies, snoozers, promoters, padded records, protected fighters, fixes, greedy and whiny fighters, and there is absolutely no healing going on.

boxing is dead. all we watch now are just business transactions.

Good points. So far its been a good year of boxing and its only gonna get better, we'll see how it goes.

[squealpiggy]

boxing is dead because it's no longer a sport. its a business.

Would you say that the NFL is dead? After all the NFL is more a business than any other sport, the teams are no longer called "teams", they are "franchises", the whole game is set up around advertising revenues, in maybe 25 years it has risen from a sort of fringe sport to completely eclipse traditionally astronomical events such as the World Series and they've done it through following aggressive business models. If boxing is dead, what is alive? UFC? Now that's an impressive business model, and successful because of it. Perhaps boxing is suffering because it isn't a business.

On the other hand I feel that boxing is making something of a comeback. It's getting network TV exposure, regular people are talking about fights (Mayweather vs De La Hoya is the one I'm talking about) in a way I haven't seen since the days of Tyson... it's looking pretty good. And this is in Canada! In Britain boxing is huge, in the US it is huge. That's the thing about boxing - it never really goes away.

[Guest]

You ****ing ****** idiot

No need for flames, brother.

Besides, it's "****** ****ing idiot", not "****ing ****** idiot". If we're going to swear, at least let's have some grammatically correct swearing.

[Guest]

boxing is dead because it's no longer a sport. its a business. there are no more athletes, only businessmen. theres no glory, only money. theres no fame, only controversy.

sanctioning bodies, mandatories, robberies, snoozers, promoters, padded records, protected fighters, fixes, greedy and whiny fighters, and there is absolutely no healing going on.

boxing is dead. all we watch now are just business transactions.

Great post man.