Why is BOXING so low on the Totem pole in AMERICA?

**BLOODSHED** · 08-15-2005, 08:17 PM

Boxers fight 3 times a year thats why.

**Tha Greatest** · 08-15-2005, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by mnash_98

Boxers fight 3 times a year thats why.

Exactly!!!

When I go pro, I will bring the ratings back up...

**hectari** · 08-15-2005, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by mnash_98

Boxers fight 3 times a year thats why.

ya but their are many good fighters!

how could WNBA be above boxing is what saddens me!

**Tha Greatest** · 08-15-2005, 08:37 PM

Originally posted by hectari

ya but their are many good fighters!

how could WNBA be above boxing is what saddens me!

Maybe because boxing is rarely ever on....

**Super Cruiserweight** · 08-15-2005, 08:40 PM

PPV ruined da sport plus we dont have da golden oldies like ali,tyson,hagler,hearns,leonard,duran we just got guys like floyd and zab who r immature kids

**Kenny Blankenship** · 08-15-2005, 08:56 PM

Exactly, PPV has played a big part in killing boxings popularity.
It went from being in the top five sports to not even being on the radar.
The biggest fights used to be on ABC and the other big networks. It had good exposure, the BEST FIGHTS used to be televised on free tv. Now the WORST fights are on tv (ESPN)
Then closed circuit came into play, and then PPV.
It used to be that all the best fighters were household names, nowadays if you were to mention Erik Morales, Jose Luis Castillo, Chico Corrales or any other top fighter to people, they couldn't tell you who they are. Even if they are what you would call a sports fan that watches a lot of football or basketball, they are oblivious to any of these guys.
If you don't have national tv exposure, your sport will suffer.
Just imagine if you had to pay $40 just to watch you favourite NFL team play every week, would you pay it? I wouldn't.
I have never put money down on a PPV, I have gone to seen fights live and I have gone to bars and spent money on food and drinks while watching a PPV. But I refuse to pay $40 to watch boxing on tv at home, it's just not worth it. Hell, you can get a ticket to a big fight for $50.
The casual fan stopped caring when the PPV's started getting out of hand, another bad PPV with more bad fights and more meaningless belts (i.e. see last weekends DKP PPV).
The titles are now meaningless, they used to be prestigious, now they are nothing but a way to force fighters into paying sanctioning fees to the boxing councils (i.e the Mayorga fight last weekend). The only reason the titles exist nowadays is to get fees from the boxers (i.e. see Vargas suit against the WBC).
The lack of a national boxing commission and federal regulations critically hurt boxing beyond repair. It will never reach the popularity with the people that it once had.
It's now mentioned in the same breath as horseracing, a crooked sport with titles that don't mean anything anymore.

**neils7147933** · 08-15-2005, 08:59 PM

The average TV viewer/sports fan does not want to have to pay for boxing, doesn't want to have to stay up til midnight on a Saturday to watch boxing, doesn't know 10 active fighters, and their main images of modern boxing are guys getting arrested, having riots during press conferences, biting ears (one guy has a lot to do with much of this paragraph...lol)

Where I work, the list would be 1. Nascar 2. NBA or NFL (depends on the time of year - NBA gets more interest after football ends) 3. Golf
4. Pro wrestling

**IwatchBoxing** · 08-15-2005, 09:01 PM

Having more than one belt?

How could we has hardcore fans help bring back boxing?

Could Rick do anything?

**Kenny Blankenship** · 08-15-2005, 09:02 PM

College football is also huge in the United States, especially in areas that don't have an NFL team, it's bigger than anything else.

Why is BOXING so low on the Totem pole in AMERICA?