Corruption in Boxing?

[Hougigo]

which fans love corruption?

The fans who benefit from it.

[techliam]

It's like the elephant in the room. Everyone knows its there, it just doesn't get mentioned as it's an integral part of the sport.

It has gotten better over the years, however it's still a major part.

How can you get rid of it? Good question. You have sanctioning bodies in countries like Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama and the US where corruption is easier to manifest.

A global regulatory body that has major links and checks with other major sporting bodies is needed, to oversee the whole sport. It needs power and legitimacy to actually enforce rules. But the way the sport has developed historically kinda makes it impossible.

That doesn't even begin to touch the corruption regarding the judges.

[Bullrider]

There's definitely corruption in boxing. How would you explain boxers like Peterson, Berto and Mayweather demand extra testing when they knew they will get tested positive? What do you think is the explanation?

[Weebler I]

The fans who benefit from it.

The Bradley fans?

j/k bro

[The Gambler1981]

There always has been and there always will be.

How do you fix it? You have to burn it down and start over, the **** are too dug in for even the strongest d-con to get them out.

[Light_Speed]

Of course not, there's corruption in highly regulated sports like soccer, ice skating and even olympic boxing but the most deregulated and disorganized sport in the world has no corruption at all...

[pugilistprophet1994]

Of course not, there's corruption in highly regulated sports like soccer, ice skating and even olympic boxing but the most deregulated and disorganized sport in the world has no corruption at all...

I assume there is corruption. Although nothing concrete. Thanks for the smart ass comment though and giving no input as to what would be your suggestion for cleaning up this "deregulated and disorganized" sport.

[BoxingFollower]

Corruption has actually been proven by the Feds and court systems numerous amount of times...Don King with bribing WBO and WBC...Bob Arum with bribing Judges...

Only a few have been actually convicted or found guilty of these things..

Don King was found to have boosted his fighters rankings in sanctioning bodies by paying, meaning his fighters would someone shoot up through the rankings.

But then again corruption is also in the U.S Government.

[Light_Speed]

I assume there is corruption. Although nothing concrete. Thanks for the smart ass comment though and giving no input as to what would be your suggestion for cleaning up this "deregulated and disorganized" sport.

I made a smart ass comment because you asked a ****** ass question. Is there corruption in boxing? Are you serious? I mean do some research :



As far as how to get rid of it, well we're never gonna completely get rid of corruption but we can reduce it. We don't need a governing body to look over the sanctioning bodies, we need just one sanctioning body with one title per division that sanctions all championship fights worldwide. This sanctioning body needs to be monitored by Interpol.

[Bullrider]

As far as ped testing is concern, the testing agency should be independent and funded by donations. How are you suppose to trust an agency that is getting paid by the boxer or promoter?