"It's not just baseball that is dying. Boxing is pretty much dead too" - Chris Rock on HBO real sports. Video included.

[Southpawology]

people have been saying boxings dead since the 80s yet here we are lol

[lfc19titles]

Baseball

in the uk, it’s played by girls only and is called rounders

Makes sense why it’s a big sport in the us

[Willow The Wisp]

Baseball

in the uk, it’s played by girls only and is called rounders

Makes sense why it’s a big sport in the us

What little country are you from?

[TheProudLunatic]

Baseball

in the uk, it’s played by girls only and is called rounders

Makes sense why it’s a big sport in the us

Baseball is harder than kickball (soccer).
Try hitting a 100 mhp fast ball
Send in one of those girls

[-Kev-]

Baseball is pretty popular. Networks renew contracts and throw lots of money at teams. Unlike in boxing, which was dropped by HBO and Showtime and then the Saudis are taking it over. A sport that used to be dominated by the United States back then, now taken over by the Middle East lol.

A lot of players are also sponsored. Internationally, it’s becoming more popular. Not only in South America where it is taking over, and Japan (most popular sport in Japan), but there’s a series called the London Series started in 2019, where MLB teams go to play in London, England. Whether that’s going to attract English people to play baseball and try out for the MLB, idk, but the MLB is trying to grow their brand there too.

There’s also been a lot of strides to shorten the pace of the game, more use of replays to overturn bad calls, talks of having a strike-ball system to correct umpires mistakes.

MLB also grew in popularity in social media and video games. MLB The Show was selling 100s of thousands of copies a decade ago and in the 2000s. Now it sells 1-2 million copies every year.

It may not be as popular as the steroid era, but I don’t want to see this sport gaining attention because of a bunch of cheaters anyway.

Boxing in America on the other hand, yeah it’s a dying sport but it’s also thriving outside of the US.

[TheProudLunatic]

Baseball is pretty popular. Networks renew contracts and throw lots of money at teams. Unlike in boxing, which was dropped by HBO and Showtime and then the Saudis are taking it over. A sport that used to be dominated by the United States back then, now taken over by the Middle East lol.

A lot of players are also sponsored. Internationally, it’s becoming more popular. Not only in South America where it is taking over, and Japan (most popular sport in Japan), but there’s a series called the London Series started in 2019, where MLB teams go to play in London, England. Whether that’s going to attract English people to play baseball and try out for the MLB, idk, but the MLB is trying to grow their brand there too.

There’s also been a lot of strides to shorten the pace of the game, more use of replays to overturn bad calls, talks of having a strike-ball system to correct umpires mistakes.

MLB also grew in popularity in social media and video games. MLB The Show was selling 100s of thousands of copies a decade ago and in the 2000s. Now it sells 1-2 million copies every year.

It may not be as popular as the steroid era, but I don’t want to see this sport gaining attention because of a bunch of cheaters anyway.

Boxing in America on the other hand, yeah it’s a dying sport but it’s also thriving outside of the US.

Us Americans have so much entertainment and sports options to truly focus on any one sport.
Team sports dominate and are more assessable
And we have 4 major ones.

[tomhawq]

There are many sports for many people from all walks of life to choose from. They watch whatever they prefer.
This constant need of wanting people all over the world to focus on just boxing is senseless.
I watch Fury vs Usyk live, for instance, and when I check other channels people watching football live far outnumber the ones in the Fury/Usyk.
Then there's tennis, volleyball, cricket, etc. also going on at the same time live. They all couldn't care less about boxing. It is what it is.

None of these sports activities would die out. They each have their own respective audiences. People need to stop comparing.

[Willow The Wisp]

Sure, the ever charming, now former champ Fury busting balls.
But those house wives interviewed couldn't name anyone in the NFL either, to say nothing of Futball.

[maguirre]

Sure, the ever charming, now former champ Fury busting balls.
But those house wives interviewed couldn't name anyone in the NFL either, to say nothing of Futball.

Point was you don't need these surveys made by commercial establishments to make you believe boxing is one of the leading sports. You can do it yourself by doing what Fury did in the video. You can stand in the corner of your street and ask passers-by what they think about boxing, which current names they know, etc.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Orioles all day baby whoo! Anybody who bets on MLB knows this but the Os are the most profitable team no bullsht.

All about the Os maneee