Is boxing Dead?

[Jack3d]

I voted 'no', but that's only a temporary answer. Boxing certainly is not doing itself any favors when the biggest fight of the decade can't be made because of egos, politics, blah blah. It's just disgusting.

Mayweather vs. Pacman is the ONLY fight casual fans are interested in seeing. It's the only one where I can tell my friends, "hey you guys HAVE to see this fight. It's going to be huge." And it's the only fight that can't seem to get made.

Boxing has it's other problems as well. Too many promotions/belts, sactioning fees, people getting stripted of their titles for no reason, cheating, corruption, ect. You name it. Before the UFC, fans just had to put up with it. But not any more. People are flocking to MMA because it lacks a lot of these issues and seems to be a more pure form of fighting.

I love boxing and I want it to stick around. But reading stuff like this just makes me frustrated and seems to hammer one more nail into the coffin. I don't think boxing will ever go away completely, but it's relevance is waining quickly.

My feelings as well.

Great Post.


I voted No as well, BTW.

Boxing will never die but it's shooting itself in the foot right now.

[mozzer101]

Let me rephrase this. Do you guys think boxing has lost so much of its luster and excitement? That’s what I meant to say.

[RSBonos]

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrttttttttttttttttt

OMG, I can't wait to shell out $50 to see Anderson breakdance, and next month I will pay another $50 to see world class beached whale Toney, who hasn't been on PPV since forever embarrass himself.

What a incredible time to be an MMA fan!

[hugh grant]

Pac and PBF as well as a few other fights could temporarily resurrect boxing. But only temporarily. The thing is we make such a big deal of certain fights and more often than not the actual fights are an anti climax and nothing to write home about.

Thats the issue with this fight that is hyped. Will it be worth the hype? Possibly not.

[TEXSTRO]

Boxing will never die...Neither will MMA....We will just do what we do now schedule different weekends.

[FLY TY]

This is why I believe if boxing wants to develop further as a sport it needs a single governing body. None of this WBO WBA WBC KGF crapp, just boxing, and championship belts.

The concept is easy, the execution is hard.

boxing needs dana white.


he would've fired manny and floyd's ***** asses by now.

[War Dinamita]

How can boxing be dead and be all over the media?

How can the top draws in boxing sell millions of PPVs in one fight if the sport is dead?

The top 3 draws in boxing sell more than any of the stars in UFC. Cotto also had good ratings in his last fight against Foreman.

[$Bullsfam$]

Boxing will never die. MMA is just rising like it's always has been. It still has a while before it's even considered on boxing's level. I'm a huge MMA fan but it still needs to be around much longer.

Pac & Floyd will both be dethroned and they are not bigger then the sport. We see people rise, we see people fall. No matter what the sport always stays alive. We just need to see these new stars shine.

[sicko]

no it is not...BUT boxing could be in SERIOUS trouble once Mayweather and Pacman step away

who will be the next Superstar to emerge, who will be able to grab the attention of the "Casual Fans" like Mayweather is able to do with his trash talking, I don't think another boxer will ever be that bold, it is some that are BOLD but unfortunately they don't have the skills to back up their trash talking

HBO need to get off of Mayweather and Pacman and start promoting some of these younger fighters a lot more because Pacman and Mayweather probably only have 2-3 fights left in them before they step away...THEN WHAT?

[Forza]

If you went from boxing to MMA, you were never a boxing fan in the first place and you don't understand it. You're just a casual who never trained.

BTW when pac and floyd go away there will be new stars, like always.

Just because michael jordan retired from basketball does not mean the sport ended. Maybe the bulls though lol.