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Boxing is no where near as alive as it's ever been, it's still pretty low down the sports rung, but Floyd and Pac are proving the interest is still plenty there.
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No you're the dumb ass, no one in the mainstream follows boxing. Ask your typical sports fan who Chad Dawson, Eddie Chambers, or the Klitschko brothers are and they won't know. A sports network was making fun of the Pacquiao-Cotto match because boxing for the second time was receiving national coverage. Wake the **** up you ****** ***** and realize that the corruption in the sport will always hinder it's popularity.
And of course I know who Chad Dawson is because I follow the sport, but at least I realize it's not that popular. Your dumb ass needs to realize that boxing popularity is not just on boxing forums.Last edited by Boxingwizard; 12-05-2009, 07:53 PM.Comment
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Boxing is much more popular now than it was in late 90s and early 2000s. The PPVs are grossing more than they have ever done before. Viewership is also high from the networks, especially Showtime. Just because there are less PPVs doesn't mean its losing popularity, it means the sport is adjusting to the economy and becoming a bit smarter. This year you had 3 PPVs that grossed on average a million buys, look through the history of PPV times and you won't see many million ppv buys.
With that said the sport should be much bigger but boxing hurt it self so much during the 90s run. Sport is far from being less popular now and as a global sport it has never been bigger than it is now. Boxing is bigger than just the United States brah. It has evolved.Comment
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The only REAL way to having boxing popular back with the mainstream is three things
1.Boxing matches need to be televised on free cable such as CBS sports or TNT.
2.Eliminate some weight divisions, there is too many.
3.Boxers need to have more power and control over their career. Too much power is given to the promoters, networks, and managers.Last edited by Boxingwizard; 12-05-2009, 08:09 PM.Comment
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But America is still the center of attention, if boxing was so popular than why is sports networks such as FSN making fun of boxing when it receives national coverage?
I think you're too blind to realize that boxing has been separated from American mainstream for quite a while.
Boxing cannot achieve the popularity it once had at this rate. Boxers salaries are getting lower, not higher, and that is because it's losing popularity.Last edited by Boxingwizard; 12-05-2009, 08:10 PM.Comment
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One way to tell the popularity of boxing is its airtime and newspaper coverage. I can't speak for the rest of the country but in NYC boxing is rarely covered on any tv sport show and almost never in the local papers.
Boxing's popularity is way down from the 1920s-1950s. But, while I find a few more people talking about boxing, I don't see boxing really picking up more fans. It's definitely not dying but it is not mainstream. It will remain a niche sport in the US for the forseeable future.
When fights are mentioned on TV sports casts then you will know that boxing is becoming mainstream again.Comment
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