A new dawn begins in boxing...

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I feel like a dark age just ended. No more getting the biggest boxing stories from TMZ about Justin Bieber or wife beating.

Back to people wanting good fights from exciting fighters instead of teenage boys obsessing over someone's lifestyle.

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It's over boys.

Boxing will not rise. It will shrink.

It's not about skills to the casual zombies that make the sport profitable.

It's about entertainment and has always been.

Yeah and clearly the casuals have a different idea of entertainment.

Unless you really agree that was "Fight of the Century"... lmao

When boxing/mma grovel less to the mainstream they're actually better IMO. UFC used to be better before all the "Ultimate Fighter" reality show and Ronda Rousey ****... They really put good fights on the backburner.

Just like all the Floyd/Manny/Beiber stuff was making boxing nauseatingly repetitive just to grab casual viewership.

[Weltschmerz]

It's over boys.

Boxing will not rise. It will shrink.

It's not about skills to the casual zombies that make the sport profitable.

It's about entertainment and has always been that way.

This is MMA's window of opportunity to rise to the casual stock. Boxing is headed towards niche status. The dream is done. Nobody in the mainstream cares about GGG, Lomachenko, Wilder etc.. Heavyweight division is all but dead.

All the casuals will generalize and assume that tonight was the sport's best offering.

Wilder would be about the only fighter to generate 'casual' interest in the US, being he holds a HW title and he is American. Golovkin can be a star in the US too.

[DAN916]

Boxing on network NBC surpassed UFC on network FOX viewers so I wouldnt say its dead

[_original_]

It's over boys.

Boxing will not rise. It will shrink.

It's not about skills to the casual zombies that make the sport profitable.

It's about entertainment and has always been that way.

This is MMA's window of opportunity to rise to the casual stock. Boxing is headed towards niche status. The dream is done. Nobody in the mainstream cares about GGG, Lomachenko, Wilder etc.. Heavyweight division is all but dead.

All the casuals will generalize and assume that tonight was the sport's best offering.

People were saying the same thing after Mayweather-De La Hoya...

Boxing will be fine, one fight cannot make or break it.

[ThePunchingBag]

Yeah and clearly the casuals have a different idea of entertainment.

Unless you really agree that was "Fight of the Century"... lmao

When boxing/mma grovel less to the mainstream they're actually better IMO. UFC used to be better before all the "Ultimate Fighter" reality show and Ronda Rousey ****... They really put good fights on the backburner.

Just like all the Floyd/Manny/Beiber stuff was making boxing nauseatingly repetitive just to grab casual viewership.

Better is relative. It might be better off as a niche sport, but it won't attract the best talent if it becomes niche. Part of the reason Boxing was so good back in the day was because of mainstream appeal you'd have a lot of talent being showcased. More kids were lacing up gloves than putting on football helmets or grabbing hockey sticks.

Talent goes where the money is. If Boxing becomes niche than the money will move on to something else. Kids will trade in their gloves for MMA trunks and the talent loss will starve boxing until it's no longer considered a serious spectator sport.

[Sandro17]

A new dawn? The sun just fell!

This isnt a new dawn for boxing, its a new era for boxing, a phase of darkness at the veryleast. The game is now shown to be complete crap as both Mega fights of the century DLH vs PBF and Pac vs PBF were complete flops in terms of entertainment.

I wouldn't want to see another fight again if this were the fight of the century. It will take a few years before boxing gets its footing back. Especially with the two biggest stars about to leave the sport.

[deathofaclown]

A new dawn? The sun just fell!

This isnt a new dawn for boxing, its a new era for boxing, a phase of darkness at the veryleast. The game is now shown to be complete crap as both Mega fights of the century DLH vs PBF and Pac vs PBF were complete flops in terms of entertainment.

I wouldn't want to see another fight again if this were the fight of the century. It will take a few years before boxing gets its footing back. Especially with the two biggest stars about to leave the sport.

Well you're missing the point. I did say it would win no new fans for the sport but for those who follow it everyday, i believe it will be more enjoyable. Not everything needs to be a super fight or a huge PPV event.

[stuff jones]

I'd like to see Floyd fight GGG. Really challenge himself against a bigger man like Pac did vs Margarito.

[Southpaw93]

I think this will help boxing, people saw how much money boxers can potentially make. That was one pf the main things i heard casuals say "i cant believe these guys are getting paid over $100 mill." it might attract some new talents who want to make that type of money.