Has boxing ever been this bad?

[b Murphington]

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.

The answer is to put together more tournaments. Have a nice grand prize winning and have repercussions, like a heavy fine or a drop in rankings, for drop outs.

More tournaments.

[sicko]

don't care anymore will be enjoying a STACKED OUT UFC Card tonight and College Football

plenty of Alternatives

[drablj]

boxing was much worse in the 19th century. it will never be as good as it was in the 1920s and 1930s when it was absolutely fantastic. 1940s were great too but not as great because of ww2. from 1950s boxing became gradually worse due to less activity and more belts. all these bad undesirable matchups wouldn't be a problem if boxers (champions, contenders and blue chip prospects) fought 5-10 times a year. that will never happen again let alone 45 fights a year with 10 wins over hofers. if not for the lower weights, i wouldn't even bother with boxing.

[Toffee]

We're getting pretty big matchups. The era is fine from that perspective. We just overrate past eras.

I think the problem boxing has now is that the bs is far more visible. They're all over YouTube. Fury isn't the first to take a weak fight - but he's doing it in an era where everyone in the world can see it and hear the criticism from his peers.

And the extra threat is that it's a sport where people get punched in the head. Most sports are trying to prevent head injury.

Boxing really can't afford to not be great in the modern world. It has to get better, not maintain it's poor standards.

[IronDanHamza]

Probably the worst I've ever seen it.

Quality wise, match up wise.

[The tucker]

The answer is to put together more tournaments. Have a nice grand prize winning and have repercussions, like a heavy fine or a drop in rankings, for drop outs.

More tournaments.

Promoters won’t like this because they have to split the money with other promoters. But that would be nice

[b Murphington]

Promoters won’t like this because they have to split the money with other promoters. But that would be nice

Promoters can go suck a fat one they’re primary reason why this sport is so fu#ked.

The only barrier to being a boxing promoter, is money. So by default, all of these promoters are already rich to begin with. I say, fu#k em.

[Madison Boxing]

is just boring to follow, 99 percent of the time you know whos going to win. ive said it before i find jake pauls career more interesting to follow than most these top level fighters, can call me a casual which is fine but i would rather watch paul v silva than crawford v avaynesyan or ryan garcia versus some bum at least you dont know whats going to happen

[elfag]

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

Crawford is fighting David Avanesyan, he is a russian forklift driver at the russian home depots. Hes the guy they rely on when someone needs something from the top shelf

[JakeTheBoxer]

is just boring to follow, 99 percent of the time you know whos going to win. ive said it before i find jake pauls career more interesting to follow than most these top level fighters, can call me a casual which is fine but i would rather watch paul v silva than crawford v avaynesyan or ryan garcia versus some bum at least you dont know whats going to happen

That is the key.

Top guys should fight top guys only. Fury - Usyk or Joshua -Fury would be interesting. Even Wilder -Joshua. You can`t be sure what is gonna happen.

Fury -Whyte was a crap, because it is not the same level.