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[Pessimistic]

I've noticed Europe hosts boxing events with a capacity for more in stadiums superior to anywhere in the US. Why not open up our college football stadiums for max capacity and see how it works?

[Pigeons]

Boxing is dead in America.

[Eff Pandas]

Cowboys Stadium does some boxing. I think in most areas it'd be unprofitable is the problem. All of middle America probably wouldn't come out to even partially fill a stadium for anything except super fights. Just makes more sense to throw most of these events in Vegas cuz Vegas hooks mfers up since it brings in so many people who are gonna gamble away who knows how much money.

If the US ever quits being the wannabe moral compass Jesus land of the world they might legalize online ******** & it might allow for Vegas to become less of a stronghold for fights.

[Kel1981]

The UK is pretty small in comparison and most places are easy to get to by rail or by road and take just a couple of hours to get to in most cases. That's why it's easy to fill a stadium over here.

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Cowboys Stadium does some boxing. I think in most areas it'd be unprofitable is the problem. All of middle America probably wouldn't come out to even partially fill a stadium for anything except super fights. Just makes more sense to throw most of these events in Vegas cuz Vegas hooks mfers up since it brings in so many people who are gonna gamble away who knows how much money.

If the US ever quits being the wannabe moral compass Jesus land of the world they might legalize online ******** & it might allow for Vegas to become less of a stronghold for fights.

Nothing to do with jesus land. Vegas & reservation casinos know if online ******** is legalized they become a wasteland so shoot down every attempt.

It would do to casinos what Amazon did to Barnes&Noble. "People will still go there for the coffee and atmosphere" -- nah too lazy.

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Boxing is dead in America.

Not really. Almost every source I can google seems to place boxing at about the 10th most popular sport in both the US and UK. Maybe 11th in US, 9th in UK, sometimes both 10th, but all of them are thereabouts.

The US has 5 times the population of the UK. Much bigger fanbase.

US boxers are just of a lower quality I think. Boxers are treated more like normal athletes in the UK. In the US it's always been seen as a sport for the dredges of society, something where you scout slums, find a 8 year old and shoot him up with steroids and leave him illiterate at age 30. It developed around carnivals and race riots and whatnot.

The superiority of overseas boxers can be evidenced by the American heavyweight vanishing practically at the apex of his popularity. We went from Tyson-mania to extinction right when communism fell. Then just when Americans thought up the "NFL" excuse, all of their middleweights vanished a month later. They had no choice but to suck foreign ****!

Yep, there's no denying that USA boxing is in an inferior league. Maybe they can have their own special division, similar to the women's division. Then lumpy drunkards like Joe Frazier can still pretend to be "fearsome warriors". LOL!

[Pigeons]

Not really. Almost every source I can google seems to place boxing at about the 10th most popular sport in both the US and UK. Maybe 11th in US, 9th in UK, sometimes both 10th, but all of them are thereabouts.

The US has 5 times the population of the UK. Much bigger fanbase.

US boxers are just of a lower quality I think. Boxers are treated more like normal athletes in the UK. In the US it's always been seen as a sport for the dredges of society, something where you scout slums, find a 8 year old and shoot him up with steroids and leave him illiterate at age 30. It developed around carnivals and race riots and whatnot.

The superiority of overseas boxers can be evidenced by the American heavyweight vanishing practically at the apex of his popularity. We went from Tyson-mania to extinction right when communism fell. Then just when Americans thought up the "NFL" excuse, all of their middleweights vanished a month later. They had no choice but to suck foreign ****!

Yep, there's no denying that USA boxing is in an inferior league. Maybe they can have their own special division, similar to the women's division. Then lumpy drunkards like Joe Frazier can still pretend to be "fearsome warriors". LOL!

Please name 9 sports more popular than boxing in the UK.

[Eff Pandas]

Nothing to do with jesus land.

I disagree. I think the moral angle plays into it. I mean you can't let the American people have the evils of ******** lol in their own house, they'd just gamble away the baby's diaper money & then where are we. But sure Vegas isn't sitting on its hands to keep what they got either.

[techliam]

Please name 9 sports more popular than boxing in the UK.

Football
Cricket
Tennis
Rugby League and Union (technically two sports)
Golf
and I guess horse racing with the Grand National

It's still pretty niche though. We have the popular names, but its not the same as being a popular sport. I'm tempted to add Formula 1 in there, but i'm not too sure

[MrRolltide91]

Cowboys Stadium does some boxing. I think in most areas it'd be unprofitable is the problem. All of middle America probably wouldn't come out to even partially fill a stadium for anything except super fights. Just makes more sense to throw most of these events in Vegas cuz Vegas hooks mfers up since it brings in so many people who are gonna gamble away who knows how much money.

If the US ever quits being the wannabe moral compass Jesus land of the world they might legalize online ******** & it might allow for Vegas to become less of a stronghold for fights.

I remember McGregor vs Aldo was supposed to be in cowboys stadium but the fight ending up at the mgm grand