Boxing is so dead

[boxingfan91]

No it's not, someone makes a dramatic thread like this every few months. The sport ebbs and wanes, but there's plenty to look forward to in my opinion.

And no, Canelo - Crawford is nothing like some YouTuber's contrived sparring contests which I've steadfastly refused to watch. I've only heard Jake Paul speak once my entire life, I'm a mature man who doesn't live through social media and can quickly identify grifters.

Learn to curate your experience.

Lol bro, the talent right now is at an all time low. Who is the face of boxing after Canelo?

[Coverdale]

Lol bro, the talent right now is at an all time low. Who is the face of boxing after Canelo?

The "face of boxing" is just a meaningless, throwaway phrase brought to prominence by American egotists.

[Nash out]

Boxing is very alive. Things that keep boxing going. Heavyweight division - Usyk, Fury, Moses. Recent massive fight - Crawford vs Canelo. Elite Face of Boxing - Jake Paul. Elite Voice of Boxing - Nash out. Old guys hanging around for paydays - Mayweather and Tyson. It's alive and well. Nash out - His Majesty

[takenotes]

Tons of good fights in October/November. If anything the HW division is on a bit of a hiatus.

[Willow The Wisp]

I'm sure someone can dig up a thread of boxing being dead like 15 years ago, lol. It's been a common saying however always perceivers. Granted, my only fear nowadays is how many big networks dropped it (HBO, Showtime, ESPN, even having free boxing with PBC was decent). Now a lot are app only with subscriptions which is Okay if you're subscribed, not Okay if you're not because you can't score new fans if they don't know it's out there on an app.

I like all the new Youtube channels that have come up providing free live fights. It's nice, but when you see the viewership, it's pretty sad. Sometimes having just over 1k viewers. Imagine that? Spread across the entire country, that might be like 75 viewers per state. That's not a lot of fans of any particular sport, lol. Though at least they can get that after it aires/rewatched viewership revenue I suppose. Though yeah, it's in a tough spot, but I don't think it will ever die.

Boxing, as always, is doing fine.

HBO and Showtime are dead. Netflix is the platform now, and 50 million live viewers for Crawford-Alverez is pretty astonishing.

Quit whining. You're never going to have "kids day" for the fights, if thats what you think boxing compares to when measuring it's health. Boxing is adults only. No family fun tailgate parties required.