In your opinion, what has been boxings biggest downfall over the passed couple years?

[Rath]

Thank you for that very racist and completely inaccurate assessment.

This applies to literally ZERO Black fighters and guys like your guy Canelo and Amir Khan are the only ones I see ducking competition.



Now, this is the truth. There is no sport in America that would survive if it was only seen on HBO/Showtime and PPV.



They know that. The only people still whining about Mayweather/Pacquiao are the people who wanted Manny to be their savior and knock out the ****y, arrogant, rich Black guy they all hate.

Anybody who's ever watched a Floyd Mayweather fight knew how it was going to go and it went EXACTLY as it would have 6 years ago.



Yes, Floyd had to take "correction fluid" to be the best defensive fighter of his generation.

it takes a lot of steroids to not get hit and never knock anyone out.

Willie Pep never needed correction fluid to be the best defensive fighter of all time.

and never needed steroids to not get hit and KO anyone

[BrometheusBob.]

Well the latest was the May-Pac PPV...it was just a complete dud. Neither guy did anything and it cost $100!!!

The rise of The UFC has obviously taken away the luster of Boxing in the USA at least. Seems to be going strong in the UK though, those crowds are pretty impressive to see every time they have a card on tv.

That's a good counter point. Frampton/Quigg + AJ's recent fights have been in front of hyped up sell out crowds.

[Reloaded]

The biggest downfall is fans , there is more idiots today than ever before , one would think the internet would make them wiser and more knowledgeable but nope its just multiplied the ******ed fanboys 10 fold .

I cant be bothered posting in here much any more , funny thing when you step away from here for a bit and just drop in now and again you really see how childish it is in here .

[Ham Porter]

The UFC isn't responsible for boxing being dead in America. They simply highlight just how much of a joke boxing looks in comparison. If boxing actually delivered compelling matchups on a consistent basis, had real structure and actually marketed and promoted fights/fighters properly then it would be doing a hell of a lot better than it is now.

In all honesty, boxing deserves to be in the state it's in right now. All the selfish, self-serving ****s - the promoters, managers, networks and boxers themselves - involved bled this sport dry without ever investing anything back in.

Seems to be going strong in the UK though, those crowds are pretty impressive to see every time they have a card on tv.

That's because Hearn, whether people like him or not, is one of the very few boxing promoters who is actually good at his job. He's an excellent salesman.

[Boxfan83]

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[12TRIBEsRiSe]

Floyd fans vs pac fans was the downfall of boxing lol,

[torosboxing75]

Basically, what has put boxing in this bad state right now? Casuals are not watching at all and diehards are complaining more than ever, some even jumping ship to other sports.

Vote and please back up your vote with an well thought answer please.

I think the basic complaint with the hard core is we want to see people the best fight the best when there still a danger to each other. As far as casuals I hate to say it but the truth is quite simple. Casuals get bored because there are to many slick style boxers. To them it just stinks out the joint.

[brettWall]

We'll have to wait who Danny Garcia fights next, then we can confirm that boxing is truly fkd up if he fights another sub par opposition. The other Danny, Jacobs, is rematching Mora, so that guy is pretty much out of the picture. There's also Lara who avoided guys in his own stable, Charlo brothers, Williams, Andrade. Let's see who they come up with for his next fight.

Broner vs Guerrero could be an interesting fight. I won't mind seeing it.

[Mitchell Kane]

I would say biggest downfall in boxing is simply fights not getting made.

You can go through and list all the reasons fights aren't getting made, but that's a huge reason why boxing is struggling.

[The D3vil]

Willie Pep never needed correction fluid to be the best defensive fighter of all time.

and never needed steroids to not get hit and KO anyone

Agreed, which was my point. There was no reason for Floyd to juice to do what he does. If he did, he's just a moron, but he was gonna win that fight based on being the better boxer with the better defense.