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Inactivity has become rampant in the US boxing scene.
Even this site is no longer owned by an American, if I'm not mistaken.
Even this site is no longer owned by an American, if I'm not mistaken.
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The world is shrinking. But even so there are places fighters come to learn and train. This choice should be a more accurate gauge of nationality. Again, in Brooklyn and Queens New York are ex pat communities for man y small nations. Fighters come here from those nations to train in New York. California also is an international place where fighters come to learn... Vegas? Not as much so, though there are some international gyms there as well.
At the end of the day a lot of fighters who stay local, or come to Murica late fight, in a horrible Olympic style. The exceptions to this are some of the Eastern European countries and the Latin American countries. Cuba has always had incredible knowledge of boxing, Mexico is also outstanding and Puerto Rico, even the Dominican REpublic also have great training programs.Last edited by billeau2; 03-13-2025, 04:27 PM.Comment
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Any hope of seeing US boxing rise again in popularity? What must be the solution?
I'm hearing that Turki is contemplating on leaving boxing or reduce his participation.Comment
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Its been declining for yearsComment
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How ???Originally posted by brettWall View Post
Why ???
Source ???
Not trying to be a smart ass but he just started TKO for what then ???
Gift for Dana ???
Plus he wouldn’t have invested in DAZN if he were getting out of the fight gameComment
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Boxing in North America is exactly like the stock marketOriginally posted by brettWall View Post
It fluctuates up and down
Will always be that way no matter whatComment
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Thanks for the linkOriginally posted by brettWall View Post
I call bullchit
I think this is just another promotional stunt to keep his name in the news
Just doesn’t add up imo
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It's mostly about better, unified marketing of product. Plenty of low lying fruit for Boxing in that regard.
Boxing is OK. But it will never get back to being one of the 3 or 4 biggest sports both inside and outside of the U.S. the way it was for much of the 20th century. The stage is now being shared with all the newer sports and family friendly sports that have wider, non-violent appeal. Against Boxing, long established on each continent; Kickboxing, MMA, Submission grappling and Bareknuckle boxing are smaller sports by most measurements; but MMA is by far the best business structure of the lot. ESPN is a business partner of a sport with a single company hosting its entire major league, as one example. The only downside to their model is that few of the fighters ever get rich. A boxer can train hard with, if he is exceptional, the somewhat realistic goal of becoming extremely wealthy if he keeps winning, but a UFC employee fighter cannot.
They're all "niche sports", actually. Nothing to worry about there.
1. The American niche market.
2. The Commonwealth niche market.
3. The Country club niche market.
4. The Combat sport niche market.
5. The Olympic sport niche market.
Just about every athletic spectator sport finds a home in one of these niche market catagories. When people lament that "Boxing is a niche sport", that doesn't pack a lot of meaning.
People will always pay to see the very best warriors in society fight, standing as humans do. Boxing survives and does great.
As with any sport; if you want a predominance of white Americans, for example; you'd need to fill the ranks with more white American fighters. Not easy in a country where there are good, steady, much easier jobs for everyone.
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