Would televising amateur boxingang help boxing?

[Boxfan83]

Why or why not?

Heres my take, in the U.S. our biggest sports are Football, Baseball, and basketball all of which have amateur (college) leagues. With these amateur leagues it brings anticipation of up and coming prospects for their prospective sports, it also builds fan bases and takes away from the financial barriers professional sports have. So with that said, do you think if someone like PBC put a high profile amateur fight on an undercard every once and a while itd help boxing become more of a mainstream sport?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

but all those sports arent world sport like boxing, and if the americans arent winning (which they arent) america wont care or get behind it.

[Eff Pandas]

I believe there is a more viable ability to expose more potential boxing fans to amateur boxing right now with the no headgear rules for sure. I think the WSB has been doing this too already.

I used to watch amateur fights all the time til things got a lil too ******ed with the scoring. Now that things are going back to "normal" I think I & probably others will get back into it more & there is surely an audience out there for this more viewer friendly version of amateur boxing. Just a matter of who comes up with the plan & takes the risk.

[Boxfan83]

but all those sports arent world sport like boxing, and if the americans arent winning (which they arent) america wont care or get behind it.

With the new 10point system the amateurs are using, I think the US or the western world so to speak will come alive again. Also, I think boxing being a global sport could benefit from bringing youngsters from across the globe and televising them especially if its against a young American up and comer. Of course these would have to be high profile matches...

[Boxfan83]

I believe there is a more viable ability to expose more potential boxing fans to amateur boxing right now with the no headgear rules for sure. I think the WSB has been doing this too already.

I used to watch amateur fights all the time til things got a lil too ******ed with the scoring. Now that things are going back to "normal" I think I & probably others will get back into it more & there is surely an audience out there for this more viewer friendly version of amateur boxing. Just a matter of who comes up with the plan & takes the risk.

Yeah the 10 point system is far superior to that weird point system and dont get me started on that computer scoring system lol! I just think itd be a good way for boxers to become more of household names. I know PBC is trying with televising boxing more but promoting charismatic kids will bring a better following I think. Itd be nice to see a good amateur scrap on PBC with a little build up and America loves its youth...

[sicko]

People don't even support WSB Stream on youtube for free, they barely get any views so I don't think that would be a wise investment.

Amateur Boxing is disgustingly Corrupt and they don't even try to hide it anymore. It is much worse than Pro Boxing! I've seen guys dominate in Amateurs and then when the cards come in they don't even win a round on the judges card

So now the young fighters are just going Pro as Teenagers and saying "Screw The Amateurs" but I think Amateurs as well as the Olympics regardless if you get robbed is great experience for young fighters. A lot of Boxing Legends was Robbed at the Olympics so it doesn't matter.

[Eff Pandas]

With the new 10point system the amateurs are using, I think the US or the western world so to speak will come alive again.

Idk about this lol. I think there are more amateur boxing strongholds than ever & US boxing has gotten smaller & less funded. I do look for the US to make more of a mark in the next Olympics, but that isn't saying much cuz the bar is pretty low any success would be huge.

Yeah the 10 point system is far superior to that weird point system and dont get me started on that computer scoring system lol! I just think itd be a good way for boxers to become more of household names.

LOL right. It sorta seems like a bad dream that that nutty ass system lasted as long as it did. Crazy.

And yea I think being able to build a guy from the amateurs up to the pros with fans is of tremendous value. Chris Byrd became one of my favorite fighters as an amatuer. Jeremy Williams too. Big fan of Oscar from his amateur days, probably saw 30+ of his fights on TV back in the day as he was a huge star even as an amateur. Became a fan locally (when I lived in Michigan) of Floyd & Andre Dirrell (hated Anthony Dirrell for throwing a 2nd place trophy down in the ring after losing) from their amateur days. Its underrated the impact of guys being out there getting seen as amateurs imo.

People don't even support WSB Stream on youtube for free, they barely get any views so I don't think that would be a wise investment.

Can't argue with this much tbh. I don't think they've taken the time to properly promote this is the thing. And maybe part of the problem is boxing fans are older & less internet savvy so you kinda need to find new boxing fans more than try to bring the old timers to youtube to "watch TV on the internet" which is shockingly probably a foreign concept to some of them still.

Amateur Boxing is disgustingly Corrupt and they don't even try to hide it anymore. It is much worse than Pro Boxing! I've seen guys dominate in Amateurs and then when the cards come in they don't even win a round on the judges card

**** man you bullet pointing the problems damn near with amateur boxing. I still say its more viable than ever with the removal of headgear. I mean its never going to be huge probably, but there is an audience there or maybe an audience to be discovered still out there.

[The Gambler1981]

Probably a bit as every bit of exposure helps to a degree. I could see NBCSN doing something with amateur boxing because they have the Olympics and pro boxing. So it would be kind of a natural fit, that is not a hugely popular network though so it would only help a little.

[Boxfan83]

People don't even support WSB Stream on youtube for free, they barely get any views so I don't think that would be a wise investment.

Amateur Boxing is disgustingly Corrupt and they don't even try to hide it anymore. It is much worse than Pro Boxing! I've seen guys dominate in Amateurs and then when the cards come in they don't even win a round on the judges card

So now the young fighters are just going Pro as Teenagers and saying "Screw The Amateurs" but I think Amateurs as well as the Olympics regardless if you get robbed is great experience for young fighters. A lot of Boxing Legends was Robbed at the Olympics so it doesn't matter.

I agree with you about the corruption but I think WSB doesnt do that well because its on Youtube. Although youtube has grown in popularity, its not a mainstream outlet. I was talking about moreso like PBC televising an amateur fight on an undercard on national TV or for top rank to have one on their trutv series etc.

[HeroBando]

I agree with you about the corruption but I think WSB doesnt do that well because its on Youtube. Although youtube has grown in popularity, its not a mainstream outlet. I was talking about moreso like PBC televising an amateur fight on an undercard on national TV or for top rank to have one on their trutv series etc.

Early on they had some Wsb on TV, don't remember what channel. Nobody watched that, even though it's pro rules, brisk action, and many of these are top flight amateurs