what would make boxing main stream again?

[BUNGALOWS]

At the root of it. Casuals don't know who's good and who's not. There's no damn ranking system.

They don't know who to follow. Who has promise. Who's next up for the title shot. Who's the 2nd best in the division. Who's the 3rd best in the division.

They can't follow the story line of boxing like a regular sport, because there are way too many promoters with different fighters, and it's a cluster **** of names and faces that no one knows who the hell they are.

[The Problem Child]

I like it just the way it is. It feels even better to be a fan of boxing... It's YOUR sport. No teeny boppers ruining the sport's image. I like the intimate feeling it currently has... It is a worldwide sport of course but it feels like a small family of fans compared to other mainstream sports.

[BUNGALOWS]

And then to top it off. If fighter A is ranked #2, and fighter B is ranked #3. The casual would be like, "ummmmmm, why aren't they fighting next to see who faces the champ?" Not knowing about the promotional wars.

Boxing is fuggin chaos. Someone mentioned that boxing is a rogue sport, and that's exactly what it is.

[Mike D]

I like it just the way it is. It feels even better to be a fan of boxing... It's YOUR sport. No teeny boppers ruining the sport's image. I like the intimate feeling it currently has... It is a worldwide sport of course but it feels like a small family of fans compared to other mainstream sports.

True that, mayne. True that. **** I was talking to this dude I grew up with a while back and was telling him to check out the Garcia/Mathysse fight, and he was like, "Who the f**k are they? The must suck since I haven't heard of them". And I was just shaking my head. This dude is the prime example of a casual. The only guys that he knows in boxing is Floyd, Manny, and whomever Floyd and Manny fight, lmao. Then one day he showed up when me and a few friends were watching Donaire/Rigondeaux and the first thing that douche said was "these dudes must be bums if this **** ain't on PPV".

[ellobo]

More tie ins with MMA perhaps.

A change in fan culture; no other sport has the aggressive put-down of other fans YDKSOB style - with other sports, fans are happy to have casual folks watch the game or match with them.

[edgarg]

Not in our lifetime I'm sure. It is regarded as being too brutal to be regarded as a genuine sport any more. The BMA has been trying to have boxing outlawed for around 40-50 years. Kids lounge far too much in front of TV's or.and computers.... Those who don't mind being punched on the nose are becoming fewer. And there are too many alternate ways of making a less strenuous living.

The supply of potential boxers is becoming more limited although there is likely a temporary upturn because of the more open Eastern Europe, and there may be some surge from China. Bit I feel we are destined to be a sport with only a hard-core following.

How many on this site....who all blow pretty hard about "fighters" and "quitters" and etc. have ever actually boxed in competitions....?

[youth]

Rules changes, need to make fights more exciting and stop letting fighters kill large parts of rounds holding and/or moving and just waiting. That will turn viewers off and kill any chance of the sport making back main stream. Scoring, has to be addressed also think the close scoring too shady and unclear how fights are scored. Also hate when some one sided fights go too long, fight just drags cause mostly losing fighter just wants to make it too the end and fighter winning takes fewer risk. I don't know when the last rule changes were made but sports always try to improve their product, time boxing did the same.

[-Makunouchi-]

Floyd Mayweather - Manny Pacquiao Superfight.

Winner takes all the PPV

[SlySlickSmooth]

Being able to watch A level fighters more often on cable television.

[TonitosWay]

The best fighting the best.

I can't stand the fact that it took all of the focus outside of the ring like some kind of a real WWE.