Boxing is DEAD!!! - True or False?

[elishua F]

first of all i wanna thank al haymon, without him , none of this would be possible

[boliodogs]

Considering the money made by the May 2nd fight this seems like a stupid question. Mayweather is the highest paid athlete in the world because boxing is dead?

[$Bullsfam$]

I love MMA but this myth was created by Dana White and UFC fan boys back when UFC was on the come up. Since then the UFC has leveled off and their numbers just aren't comparable to boxing and they are on BASIC cable not to mention they raped their fighters. High level MMA fighters barely make 6 figures if that while a guy like Paulie made aillion to fight Broner and a guy like Kirkland who I love to death got 1.3 for fighting Canelo and he's not some world class boxer but a ****ing warrior no less.

[gamefrk]

Considering the money made by the May 2nd fight this seems like a stupid question. Mayweather is the highest paid athlete in the world because boxing is dead?

Boxing isn't dead in any way. What I think the OP means is that all eyes were on boxing on May 2 & it turned out to be an absolute snooze fest..that wasn't good for boxing. People have a short memory, it'll be forgotten in no time...Canelo KTFOing Kirkland helped a lot IMO. With GGG coming up this weekend..talk of boxing being dead or MMA>boxing will die down even more.

[Luilun]

Whats dead after being duped is people paying for Floyd Mather fight unless he fights GGG,Thurman or Canelo due to his Mexican fans

[gamefrk]

Whats dead after being duped is people paying for Floyd Mather fight unless he fights GGG,Thurman or Canelo due to his Mexican fans

People buy Floyd fights out of emotion...they wanna see him lose. People can't think straight & dream up entire fights in their heads where they picture Floyd getting into huge exchanges & getting KTFO'd irrespective of his style.

The same people will buy the next Floyd PPV for the above reason & it will do good numbers IMO just like his PPV's have always done.

[Johnny Rubber]

Yeah, the American media has been laying into Pacquiao 50x more than they ever have before. He has lost respect in the eyes of a huge chunk of those watching and laughing at his embarrassing post-fight behavior.

To be honest, they're both dead in the water after the "farce of the century"

Plenty of other fighters to focus on

[gamefrk]

To be honest, they're both dead in the water after the "farce of the century"

Plenty of other fighters to focus on

Canelo did well, GGG this weekend bebeh!

[Doctor_Tenma]

Casual fans for the most part only know two attributes, speed and power. On that bases alone they thought Pacquiao could win. I don't even care that they wasted their money.

[Robbie Barrett]

It's more popular than it was 10 years ago. The internet has helped it rise again. No need to watch fights from abroad at unreasonable times, no need to miss the fight if you have a night out. You can watch the fight anytime you like on the internet. No falling out of the loop because your national news doesn't report much on boxing because of the internet. Got nobody to talk boxing with? Find a site like this on the internet.


The internet saved boxing.