"Been on a decline due to its own results,"- Frank Mir

[1toTHADOME]

take away the hate and he is actaully right

but luckly since pacman, mosley, mayweather retireing soon, Amir Khan will single handedly save boxing in the next few years, lov him or hate you know its true

[ma51f]

ever since the olympics he bought boxing back to the main stream once again in the UK.

With Hatton,Calzaghe gone, Khan has stepped up to the plate

[dannnnn]

"Right now, if it wasn't for the two or three superstars that they have in their sport willing to fight each other – even through they're not in the same weight class – I don't think you'd have any boxing matches going on whatsoever."

Some very narrow-minded comments, especially this one. If all you care about are the super-fights then you're not really a boxing fan. There are great fighters all across the weight-classes at the moment (lots of overlooked names in the lower weight-classes in particular), but if all you're interested in is the next big HBO PPV; you're missing out and it's your own fault.

[Snopkins]

Sport of the future right here

[I'd rather box]

everytime there is a boring fight, or a lopsided fight or whatever, everyone and their mama comes out talking about how bad boxing sucks. But where are these guys after the wars??

I wonder if Mir had a comment after the pac-cotto fight

I know, huh. The funny thing is, Mir gave respects to PAC after he just got done KO'ing Cheick Kongo. Mir said in his post-fight interview that he got his KO move from PAC when PAC ko'd Flattened.

BJ Penn, who was the headliner on the same PPV card Mir KO'd Kongo also paid homage to boxing's current P4P King and said that he emulated PAC's approach to the fight game.

[1toTHADOME]

ever since the olympics he bought boxing back to the main stream once again in the UK.

With Hatton,Calzaghe gone, Khan has stepped up to the plate

now you talkin about the UK? then good for UK, buddy, and good for you too.

as for khan saving boxing? khan is good, but not that great.

[BoxingFanFirst]

ever since the olympics he bought boxing back to the main stream once again in the UK.

With Hatton,Calzaghe gone, Khan has stepped up to the plate

I think khan will be a star. Some people just have that star quality.

Jose Benavidez is my pick for the new big thing in the next 5-10 years.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Some very narrow-minded comments, especially this one. If all you care about are the super-fights then you're not really a boxing fan. There are great fighters all across the weight-classes at the moment (lots of overlooked names in the lower weight-classes in particular), but if all you're interested in is the next big HBO PPV; you're missing out and it's your own fault.

I think these guys, Mir and Hardy, were referring to the appeal of boxing to the masses. Hardcore fans in both MMA and boxing will always watch whatever card they can get their hands on. But that doesn't keep a sport alive. For a sport to truly survive, there has to be mass appeal. There have been many times in boxing's history when even non-fans knew who the big boxing names were: John L. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, to name a few. Despite whatever points Mir and Hardy may have, MMA is a long way from overtaking boxing as the premier fighting sport.

[1toTHADOME]

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wow so it is competitive. you know what, even though boxing is declining, it will never be dead. it's us that'll keep it alive and these guys talk like boxing doesn't have star quality fighters to keep it that way. fcuuukkkk....... thaaaaatttttttt.