The problem with Boxing

[Swag Hustla]

I was looking at a soccer website and in this article they had a list of sport in America and what percentage of the population like at least one sport and which is their favorite. I don't know how accurate this list is but it speaks for itself.

Pro football: 31%
Baseball: 17%
College football: 12%
Auto racing: 7%
Men's pro basketball: 6%
Hockey: 5%
Men's soccer: 4%
Men's college basketball: 4%
Not sure: 3%
Men's golf: 2%
Track & field: 2%
Bowling: 2%
Men's tennis: 2%
Boxing: 1%
Horse racing: 1%
Women's tennis: 1%
Swimming: 1%

Seriously boxing can't out do bowling~

I was thinking the same thing.

Men's Tennis? Track & Field? I honestly doubt these percentages are accurate. I don't think non-Olympic swimming or Horse Racing are just as popular as boxing.

Unless they took polls in upper middle class areas only. But then Lacrosse and Water Polo would out do boxing as well.

[The Gambler1981]

Who the hell knows anyhting about this? What credibility can anyone give this random poll?

True, I have no clue. I merely found this interesting.

[HandSpeed303]

Boxing has been my favorite sport since I started following it (NFL comes second)...Been about 25 years.

Happy to be in the 1%...That is sad though.

[Hitman932]

I was thinking the same thing.

Men's Tennis? Track & Field? I honestly doubt these percentages are accurate. I don't think non-Olympic swimming or Horse Racing are just as popular as boxing.

Unless they took polls in upper middle class areas only. But then Lacrosse and Water Polo would out do boxing as well.

A lot of people are interested in tennis. It is a growing sport even in low income school systems.

As for Track and Field, there is a great number of American children who compete in track and cross country. Millions of them, compare that to boxing, plus take into consideration that America has been historically great in Track and Field on a World Level.

I also think Lacrosse has surpassed boxing in popularity. The number of High Schools offering Lacrosse as a Varsity Sport has increased exponentially over the past decade.

As for Horse Racing, yes it is more popular, because it can be gambled on openly in most states without fear of legal consequence. There are a lot of people who handicap the horses whether you realize it or not.

[The Gambler1981]

I was thinking the same thing.

Men's Tennis? Track & Field? I honestly doubt these percentages are accurate. I don't think non-Olympic swimming or Horse Racing are just as popular as boxing.

Unless they took polls in upper middle class areas only. But then Lacrosse and Water Polo would out do boxing as well.

They may have just had a list and boxing happened to be on the list.

Even if the percents are off it does show how far boxing is down the list at least where they did the study.

[Swag Hustla]

A lot of people are interested in tennis. It is a growing sport even in low income school systems.

As for Track and Field, there is a great number of American children who compete in track and cross country. Millions of them, compare that to boxing, plus take into consideration that America has been historically great in Track and Field on a World Level.

I also think Lacrosse has surpassed boxing in popularity. The number of High Schools offering Lacrosse as a Varsity Sport has increased exponentially over the past decade.

As for Horse Racing, yes it is more popular, because it can be gambled on openly in most states without fear of legal consequence. There are a lot of people who handicap the horses whether you realize it or not.

I'm sure that's all true as far as sports people actually participate in.

But I was referring to spectator sports.

[Swag Hustla]

They may have just had a list and boxing happened to be on the list.

Even if the percents are off it does show how far boxing is down the list at least where they did the study.

I agree. If anything, this is an indication of how boxing is lacking popularity.

But not only do I think the percentages are a little off, but the whole format is basically saying that only 1% chose boxing as their favorite, as opposed to saying that only 1% are boxing fans.

Since that's the case, I can see why boxing is only 1% on that particular poll.

I'm sure there a good number of people even on this site who are diehard boxing fanatics, but favor another sport over it.

As far as playing, I also think Billiards is more popular than most of the sports listed at the bottom, but wasn't even an option. Everyone I know shoots a little pool every now and then.

[Swag Hustla]

Yea, bowling is a more accessible sport and even a fat ass can do it.

[The Gambler1981]

I agree. If anything, this is an indication of how boxing is lacking popularity.

But not only do I think the percentages are a little off, but the whole format is basically saying that only 1% chose boxing as their favorite, as opposed to saying that only 1% are boxing fans.

Since that's the case, I can see why boxing is only 1% on that particular poll.

I'm sure there a good number of people even on this site who are diehard boxing fanatics, but favor another sport over it.

As far as playing, I also think Billiards is more popular than most of the sports listed at the bottom, but wasn't even an option. Everyone I know shoots a little pool every now and then.

Yea someone yesterday asked me what the problem with boxing was, this pretty much sums up my answer.


This is probably overstating it a bit though.