Is boxing popular between white Americans?

[Eff Pandas]

The OP is not even asking about why there are more white fans than there are blacks. He's asking about fighters, yet I see posts not addressing the question properly.

My take is probably because of income disparity. People of color in Europe would probably rather not make boxing as a career. Algieri's case, for instance, is extremely rare. He comes from a family with above average income. I believe he can still manage to go to college without entering the ring.

I think the economic angle with the decline of boxing in the US has to do with the limited audience its been exposed to over the last several decades. The US population is about ~318M. The main place to watch elite level boxing has been HBO since I've been a fan. Right now HBO has about ~36M subscribers. So the fact only 11% of the population has access to most elite level boxing the boxing fan base was destined to go down. I'm sure if you ran the numbers you'd even see among Mexican-Americans, the most loyal fanbase of boxing in the US, a decline in their watching of boxing even doe it'd not as serious a drop in most other races/nationalities in the US

You would be surprised how many people in the rural Midwest follow boxing closely. I was. It is not limited by ethnicity. I think it has even grown some the last couple years with the involvement the networks and national tv.

Definitely agree. Your region plays a part too. I grew up in Michigan (GR region) & boxing is much more popular there than where I am in NY now. I suspect some of that is about the lack of mainstream sports in close proximity to sports fans that might otherwise have been compelled to go to a NFL game over a boxing card if the opportunity was there.

[brettWall]

I think the economic angle with the decline of boxing in the US has to do with the limited audience its been exposed to over the last several decades. The US population is about ~318M. The main place to watch elite level boxing has been HBO since I've been a fan. Right now HBO has about ~36M subscribers. So the fact only 11% of the population has access to most elite level boxing the boxing fan base was destined to go down. I'm sure if you ran the numbers you'd even see among Mexican-Americans, the most loyal fanbase of boxing in the US, a decline in their watching of boxing even doe it'd not as serious a drop in most other races/nationalities in the US.

I think the OP is more curious about fighters entering the ring not so much about who and how many still watching boxing in America whose white population is still the majority, not to mention still being the largest consumers of boxing events.

He mentioned Frampton, Saunders, Fury, Burns, Hatton, Froch, Quigg, Liam Smith... white folks.

So why are there not enough white boxers entering the ring in the US?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

White American on average are richer and in better circumstances* than Black/Hispanic Americans so therefore they do not have to subject themselves to this grueling sport as a means to generate a income as they have more option to exercise whereas Blacks/Hispanic options are more limited and boxing becomes a more viable option to try to earn a living.

All boxers box to earn a living.

*many whites are 10th+ generations as opposed to Hispanic (many who are 1st and 2nd generation), blacks (who are barely 4th generation from freedom and 1st-2nd generation for the voters right act)

[GrandpaBernard]

Not where I'm from.

UFC on the other hand is super popular with whites. Tons of them as fans

[TheBoxingXpert]

White Americans are only good at killing innocent people with their weapons. They're not good at fighting at all. An ordinary black street thug can beat a white American soldier in handtohand combat. I even have a video of an old Arabic guy beating an American soldier in wrestling, lol, and American soldiers are always depressed and suicidal when they return home from their invasions. White Americans got weak minds.

[KLockard23]

Of course plenty of white Americans are fans of boxing. Just look at the number of them in the crowds. I'm a fan of boxing as well as MMA/UFC.

Blacks tend to be the best fighters because whites are far more intelligent than blacks in general, and thus pursue more intellectually/emotionally benefitting jobs than getting beat on for a living.

[Cloud]

I don't believe their has been many elite White American fighters in history. One or two scattered through the decades. Europe, the North and East, has produced elites, capable contenders etc. The Soviet Boxing School influenced the Cubans.

Plenty of Whites at shows though. Always ready to watch two black cunts beat fuck out of each other. Their's nothing funnier.

[Szef]

White Americans are only good at killing innocent people with their weapons. They're not good at fighting at all. An ordinary black street thug can beat a white American soldier in handtohand combat. I even have a video of an old Arabic guy beating an American soldier in wrestling, lol, and American soldiers are always depressed and suicidal when they return home from their invasions. White Americans got weak minds.

You are winning this thread so far

Carry on...

[Real King Kong]

White American men are being bullied by black males since childhood and feel helpless when black men talk to their women. A white man may yell "I'm not racist!" when a black guy robs him, just to make sure he doesn't hurt him too badly. In other words, white Americans have mentally lost before they step into the ring, it's an inferiorty complex thing.

The white Europeans doesn't suffer from that inferiorty complex, so that's why they can fight, unlike white Americans. White Europeans are some of the best fighters in the world and black Americans are some of the best fighters in the world. White Americans are nothing.

The irony of someone who goes on a tirade like that, using the term inferiority complex...
we see through you...

[A.K]

whiteboys under 30 are all mma fans cause they dont have hands like that over here but the older heads are boxing fans.