The Fight is On People!!!!!

[dan-b]

I'm not emotionally invested in any of these guys, I just want to see the best fights which is what we're getting here. I'm really pleased it's happening.

As for AJ - Wilder, it will be a nice bonus which will end in a KO one way or another, but they're both hasbeens and I can live without it.

[Willow The Wisp]

Fury saw Usyk`s weakness in Dubois fight and now he wants to fight him.

Fury will beat Usyk, but he will keep on ducking all others, which means, the question will remain.

Fury and Usyk have both very short resumes ( at heavyweight), them fighting each other doesn`t change a thing.

Will the winner fight Zhang, Hrgovic, Sanchez, Ruiz...and prove being the best in this era?

Seems like the guy that Fury has to "Prove himself" against is a constantly changing cast of characters. Lol

[Willow The Wisp]

As a fight fan I'm lovin' the hype.

No shortage of undervaluing the fighters and sport here on Boxing Scene, but the real data tells a very different story.

The truth is that Professional Boxing is Red Hot, and growing.

Worldwide, Professional Boxing is the number 9 sport.

Indeed, of the 8 sports that rank above boxing in terms of viewers and interest, only Soccer, Cricket, Ice Hockey, Basketball and Rugby match or exceed boxing as a professional spectator sport.

Tennis, Volleyball and Table Tennis are bigger primarily as recreational sports.

Three of these are unknown in the U.S., the largest sports market, and two draw fans only from the former British Empire.

https://thesporting.blog/blog/the-most-popular-sports-in-the-world

In the United States, Professional Boxing is the number 4 sport, dwarfing followers of Soccer, Tennis and MMA, in the world's largest sports market by far, contributing nearly one half of all professional sports revenue worldwide.

Only American Football, Basketball and Baseball can top Boxing in the US, and for the professional game, two are largely just domestic sports.

For those who may wonder, Boxing leaves the newer but equally exciting Mixed Martial Arts in the dust in the US, and beyond America is draws only a small fraction of Boxing’s attention.

https://thesporting.blog/blog/the-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-us

https://statisticsanddata.org/data/most-popular-sports-in-the-united-states/

Therefore, you can certainly rule out the blather that Boxing is either "Dead", as it's trajectory is decidedly upward, or a "niche sport", as it is one of the 4 biggest sports by measuring its followers by weighing popularity within the top market + outside the US, and accounting for the mostly recreational appeal of some of the others mentioned.

Now that the Chinese have gotten a championship caliber heavyweight to boast about, the oldest organized professional sport of all is taking off like a rocket.

These statistics show an incredibly large and healthy sport, made more astonishing still when one considers that:

A) Boxing is a global, freelance sport with no central authority to market it.

B) Those who do administer the sport have never missed an opportunity to shoot the sport's reputation in the foot.

C) Boxing is a purely Adults only sport, with the family friendly marketing aspect being fairly out of the question due to it's rough, tough nature.


It's a clean fight, and more than just a play game.
And that is why the world loves it and has for centuries, and THAT is where these monsterious purses being earned come from.

I just thought the fans here at Boxing Scene ought to know if they didn't already.

[dan-b]

As a fight fan I'm lovin' the hype.

No shortage of undervaluing the fighters and sport here on Boxing Scene, but the real data tells a very different story.

The truth is that Professional Boxing is Red Hot, and growing.

Worldwide, Professional Boxing is the number 9 sport.

Indeed, of the 8 sports that rank above boxing in terms of viewers and interest, only Soccer, Cricket, Ice Hockey, Basketball and Rugby match or exceed boxing as a professional spectator sport.

Tennis, Volleyball and Table Tennis are bigger primarily as recreational sports.

Three of these are unknown in the U.S., the largest sports market, and two draw fans only from the former British Empire.

https://thesporting.blog/blog/the-most-popular-sports-in-the-world

In the United States, Professional Boxing is the number 4 sport, dwarfing followers of Soccer, Tennis and MMA, in the world's largest sports market by far, contributing nearly one half of all professional sports revenue worldwide.

Only American Football, Basketball and Baseball can top Boxing in the US, and for the professional game, two are largely just domestic sports.

For those who may wonder, Boxing leaves the newer but equally exciting Mixed Martial Arts in the dust in the US, and beyond America is draws only a small fraction of Boxing’s attention.

https://thesporting.blog/blog/the-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-us

https://statisticsanddata.org/data/most-popular-sports-in-the-united-states/

Therefore, you can certainly rule out the blather that Boxing is either "Dead", as it's trajectory is decidedly upward, or a "niche sport", as it is one of the 4 biggest sports by measuring its followers by weighing popularity within the top market + outside the US, and accounting for the mostly recreational appeal of some of the others mentioned.

Now that the Chinese have gotten a championship caliber heavyweight to boast about, the oldest organized professional sport of all is taking off like a rocket.

These statistics show an incredibly large and healthy sport, made more astonishing still when one considers that:

A) Boxing is a global, freelance sport with no central authority to market it.

B) Those who do administer the sport have never missed an opportunity to shoot the sport's reputation in the foot.

C) Boxing is a purely Adults only sport, with the family friendly marketing aspect being fairly out of the question due to it's rough, tough nature.


It's a clean fight, and more than just a play game.
And that is why the world loves it and has for centuries, and THAT is where these monsterious purses being earned come from.

I just thought the fans here at Boxing Scene ought to know if they didn't already.

Would you like to see something done about the sanctioning body situation?

[Willow The Wisp]

Would you like to see something done about the sanctioning body situation?

Yes sir.
I'd like to see them abolished.

If the federal govenments of just a few bigger revenue generating countries (US, UK, Mexico, Argentina, Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Thailand, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Nigeria, Ireland, Denmark, Poland) endorsed the idea of a better regulated, non-profit committee to replace the present structure, it could redily be done, and it is far from a new idea.

It is important to note that the strong preference is not nationalization of the administrative aspects of the sport, but rather, legislative support for an independent institution to oversee the sport internationally, which would include the issuance and maintenance of global, national and regional championships, among other administrative functions.

Over history, title belts were given by Figgs Oxford road amphitheatre, King George III, the National Sporting Club, the National Boxing Association, the National Police Gazette, The Ring Magazine, the New York State Athletic Commission and a host of other en****** who where either Government sponsored or supported by open public opinion.
The Sanctioning of championship titles in exchange for a "sanctioning fee", however, is a comparatively new enterprise, and that history is filled with corruption and undisclosed influence.
The call to "bring in the feds" dates back to the 1950s, but no strong, single, cohesive, international consortium has resulted.

My recommendation would be to start with a symposium series bringing in people who truely understand and care about the sport, the BWAA, BBWC, IBHOF, the Association of Boxing Commissions and others, resulting in the drafting of an agreed upon stawman action plan and constitution, all of which would have to be completed as part of a presentation for initial approval by the aforementioned Federal govenments prior to any formal petition for their collective approval. From there, other nations would follow, and a sound replacement would become in effect prior to the dissolution of the for-profit promotional companies known as sanctioning bodies.