what would make boxing main stream again?

[Da Machine]

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.

This is true, however when you finally take the time to gather the whole story, there s no story that compares. I don't know why more chicks don't like boxing. It's a huge ****ing drama fest, from the fighters, to their families and lives, to the promoters and managers, refs and judges, sanction bodies and commissions. The story never ends.

In the grand scheme of thing, boxing is to real for people. I think they ignore how life is, what people are truly thinking, and what people will do out of greed. Boxers, promoters, etc say whatever the **** they want without penalty. It's a dirty sport and a dirty world that a lot of people these days don't understand and can't connect with. It's 3rd world to them.

[thebowtod]

Enough money can buy anything but nobody out there in their right mind would do it because they'd never see the return on it. Boxing is just so niche for anybody to take a chance like that on.

And it would be a huge number because both TR & GB have both publicly stated that they're fine making the millions upon millions they're making now to change the current business model one iota

very true, itd be hard to get a return, it would certainly shake things up though. having things under one promoter would make life sooooo much simpler in boxing. Boxing in it self is bigger than UFC(when you account for everything involved), just imagine how big boxing would get if their was only 1 professional promotion. manny and floyd would of had their third fight by now

[SlySlickSmooth]

I think its hard to turn a casual especially one who's never even watched ANY combat sport whatsoever to see the "magic" of boxing. Unless guys are landing 35%+ of their shots each it may be hard to entertain.

Some people already get to booing after one round. It's much easier to enjoy boxing when you know a bit of what the fighters may have in their mind to do in the ring. Truth be told, not a lot of people can just name things a fighter should do in the ring. Unlike other sports where you can grow up as a little kid and play, you can figure things out going on the football field or whatever.

[Mike D]

very true, itd be hard to get a return, it would certainly shake things up though. having things under one promoter would make life sooooo much simpler in boxing. Boxing in it self is bigger than UFC(when you account for everything involved), just imagine how big boxing would get if their was only 1 professional promotion. manny and floyd would of had their third fight by now

Man it would be an amazing godsend for the sport if someone or some entity was willing to take a chance like that. The #1 thing is just being able to get the fights the fans want 100% of the time. That's what it's all about. All the other stuff...getting boxing mainstream and all that, I mean that would be cool and all but at the end of the day I (and all of us here) just want to see the best fights. Period. No more ducking and avoiding fighters so dudes can keep their zeros or not fighting guys because they don't have enough of a fan base. The best match ups. Period.

One can dream, eh?

[The Problem Child]

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".

I've heard that a lot... That's the first sign of a noob. And that type of statement (calling them bums) irritates me even more. In my head I'm like "those two bums are the ones who ****ed your mother" but in real life I sigh while explaining with a disgusted face. Casuals are annoying, specially when they start acting like they know about the sport and or take out their phone to take a selfie with the TV "watching some boxing pow pow I love this sport" lol. You get the idea. Oh and the ones who pull out the only 3-4 names they know and say they should fight disregarding weight divisions.

[Tay Roc]

Release the Al Haymon sex tape with TS Foxxy.

[Spray_resistant]

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.

I agree, I suggested a way it could become mainstream but why would I care if it does? I will still watch the fights, there will still be fighters and people to make the fights happen in the end so it doesn't matter to me if no one outside of hardcore fans on this forum ever watches a pro boxing match again.