Has boxing ever been this bad?

[stellen]

I'm not usually one for doom and gloom but the sh i t show that is furychisorathree makes you wonder. Maybe when the gyppo retires things will get better?

[Dr. Z]

We have been hearing boxing is dead for decades now even before Tyson and Mayweather. But is it really safe to say boxing is in trouble?

I have never seen so many fights people wanted to see fall apart with such rapid succession only to be replaced with mediocre fights no one asked for.

pacquioa/Spence, turns to pacquiao vs ugas(not a bad match up but nobody wanted to watch from a fan perspective)

canelo was to fight Benavidez/charlo but it turned to bivol /ggg 3.

spence/Crawford turned to I don’t even know the guy Crawford is fighting

Fury/Joshua turned to fury vs chisora

and I have a feeling tank/garcia is going to turn to tank vs mares and garcia vs some dazn fighter no one has heard of. It’s like boxing is going out it’s way to put it self out it’s misery.

No, not in my lifetime. This is only forthe divisions above welter weight. Personally it takes a great fighter for me to watch any match below light weight. I respect what they do, but I have little in common with a sub 135 pound man, who mostly doesn't speak English. At least I don't know any man like this. Well maybe I do bit they don't speak good English either so its hard to get to know them outside of a waive and smile. However the I do know some women like this personally. They tend to be rather attractive and nice. You could say for women I'm a fan of the lower weights.

[Jo*]

Boxing is actually pretty decent these days. HW has the big 4 and there's several fighters with a potential of becoming atgs: Inoue, Haney (my current favorite), Spence OR Crawford, Fury, Usyk and maybe even Bivol, if he gets the match-ups.

[The tucker]

Boxing is actually pretty decent these days. HW has the big 4 and there's several fighters with a potential of becoming atgs: Inoue, Haney (my current favorite), Spence OR Crawford, Fury, Usyk and maybe even Bivol, if he gets the match-ups.

the heavyweight division is weird to me. Like how do we not have a undisputed champion yet.

[Lance98]

Only in boxing you see clowns saying "what has this fighter done to earn the fight?", "this fighter is boring", when the fighter is an actual threat and either becomes a mandatory or is one of the top guys looking to unify belts with the fan favourite. This has been the narrative for promoters, fighters trying to keep their top spots and fanboys. If this plague disappears, we well see meaningful fights. You don't see this kind of crap in soccer, basketball, etc...
Boxing is a fragmented sport where there are greedy promoters, TV networks, dumb fanboys and diva fighters in the mix. It's the reason why boxing is not as big as other sports. There is fatigue and true fans who love the sport are sick of it.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Fury -Chisora is a garbage

Crawford -Avanesyan is a good fight, Avanesyan is top 10 by The Ring, but it is not Spence -Crawford

Canelo -Bivol has always been better than Canelo -Charlo

What do you guys see in Charlo???

[jmrf4435]

It's horrible and hard to follow

[jmrf4435]

Its barely worth following

I never pay attention to fight negotiation anymore

[RightJabLikeZab]

I don't care anymore. If the fights happen then great! I don't have much invested in sports as a whole anymore, though.

[YGriffith]

, a bigger reality is probably that Americas only really dominated the heavyweight division when the soviet types weren’t in pro boxing. Once those Eastern European heavyweights entered the game, they basically took over, that’s fact.


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It's no coincidence America doesnt have a gold medal since andre ward, America was the best when the cubans and soviets didnt even compete, the moment Ressources were put into them, they dominated and still dominate.