A part of me is dieing.

[IwatchBoxing]

Boxing is too currupt. Too much money involed. Its a cess pool, and the way its handled is wreakless. People in boxing just dont care, they are killing it. Fans can only bring it back, by standing up.

[IwatchBoxing]

I agree boxing is dieing but its nothing new to me....
I almost like boxing not being mainstream. Every idiot in the world thinks they know everything about the NFL. Boxing is different in many ways thats why i like it so much. Their is something special about fights only being on HBO and SHOWTIME. U alomost feel boxing is for a select few.

This guy is part of the problem, he thinks hes an eilitest.

[TheEvilSaint]

i will respect any boxer 100x more than any football player, basketball player, hockey player, or any other athlete in the world. too bad the rest of this goddamn country doesnt feel the same way. if you say a boxer who isnt named "evander holyfield, george foreman, joe louis, muhammad ali, mike tyson, or (much to my dismay) sugar ray leonard", and people dont know who the **** you're talking about.

i tell my friends to "watch one arturo gatti fight and your view of boxing will completely change". they dont care. my dad couldnt even stay awake during the first pacquiao/morales fight.

hardly anybody cares about boxing or boxers. im getting tired of defending this damn sport. a sport full of businessmen, money-grubbers, trash talkers, *******, fight dodgers, softies, huge upsets, major controversies, fixed fights, boring fights, padded records, paper champions, inactivity, politics, and the only incentive to win is money.

no wonder people dont care about boxing.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Boxing is the greatest! It's the one sport that I feel I want to carry on through my life, as it makes me physicaly and mentally fit. If you tell someone you box, you usually get a look of admiration and respect.

Boxing is slowly working it's way back up in Britian. Hatton and Khan are a good promotion of the sport here and thankfully I have a few mates who are die hard boxing fans! It's rewarding to meet and talk to someone who understands and is passionate about the sport. Footballers are lazy greedy bastards who barely break out into a sweat compared to our guys in the ring!

[IwatchBoxing]

With the growing popularity of boxing, especially in the United States, weight classes other than the unlimited heavyweights emerged. These classes became popular as world championships were held at the new weights. Currently, there are eight major professional divisions: flyweight (up to 112 lb/50.8 kg); bantamweight (118 lb/53.5 kg); featherweight (126 lb/57.2 kg); lightweight (135 lb/61.2 kg); welterweight (147 lb/66.7 kg); middleweight (160 lb/72.6 kg); light heavyweight (175 lb/79.4 kg); and heavyweight (unlimited). In recent years there has been some recognition of junior weights, or between-weights, such as junior lightweight and cruiserweight.

a good way is to elimite middle classes of weights.

[LostGuy]

i know the answer to the problems of boxing. many of us, heck, most of us do. we just need someone very rich, mark cuban? someone rich to fix it for us.

the answer is simple. get rid of promoters and sanctioning bodies. get one company to control them all. an MLB or PGA or NBA of boxing. that is what we need. this would eliminate need for a national commission as well. the boxing organization would schedule all matches, set realistic rankings, not collect sanctioning fees from fighters. it would set and follow strict medical guidelines. anybody in the organization would be a world recognized fighter. anybody not in it would be a fringe fighter. they could even perhaps have a minor leagues for up and coming fighters or journeyman fighters to compete.

a single boxing organization would do all the marketing, not promoters. this would eliminate any need for promoters and sanctioning bodies immediately.

[IwatchBoxing]

weights "what if"

Lightweight-
Corrales
Castillo
Morales
Barrera
Pacman
Barrios
Raheem

Welterweight-
Cotto
Mayweather
Hatton
Margarito
Zab Judah
Tyszu
Shane Mosley
Collazo

ect

[TheEvilSaint]

Lightweight-
Corrales
Castillo
Morales
Barrera
Pacman
Barrios
Raheem

Welterweight-
Cotto
Mayweather
Hatton
Margarito
Zab Judah
Tyszu
Shane Mosley
Collazo

ect

and if fighters cant make weight, thats their problem.

[IwatchBoxing]

and if fighters cant make weight, thats their problem.

In these divsions you could weigh in much more than now, look at SRR's record, often you see his weight like 153½ fighting someone 164½. By combining two weights, you cut down the paper champions, and fakes who are just hiding out in a non major divsion. Much better, than spreading fighters out everywhere. If a fighter doesnt belong, we'll find out quicker.

[LostGuy]

i dont think weights has anything to do with boxing not being popular. the common casual fan doesnt know the difference anyhow. they know maybe five weight classes. i am fine if the weight classes remain intact how they are now.