Comments Thread For: Boxing: Not Dying. Again.

[BWC]

Boxing will never see its former glory days in terms of popularity, but I don't see it dying anytime soon either. It will always be a fringe sport to the casual sports fan, and never be as big as NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. Though, there are big fights that come along each year that can rival big league sports championships, and top boxers can earn as much as any big league sports athlete, not many fans are paying attention to the small venues fought between two unknowns. Meanwhile, MNF can pair up two teams no one gives a shyt about (Titans vs. Jaguars or some shyt) and still pull in ratings.

The NFL and NBA in the US and Footie in the rest of the world are in a league of their own but beyond that boxing can compete with any other sport IMHO. It certainly can be the biggest individual sport with NASCAR and golf in serious decline. MLB really doesn't do great ratings aside from the League Championships and the World Series. NHL is getting to be nearly niche.

We need to get over our little inferiority complex as boxing fans. There's no reason boxing can't be huge again..

[GhostofDempsey]

The NFL and NBA in the US and Footie in the rest of the world are in a league of their own but beyond that boxing can compete with any other sport IMHO. It certainly can be the biggest individual sport with NASCAR and golf in serious decline. MLB really doesn't do great ratings aside from the League Championships and the World Series. NHL is getting to be nearly niche.

We need to get over our little inferiority complex as boxing fans. There's no reason boxing can't be huge again..

But those big league sports have big revenue and sponsorship behind them. Budweiser, Coors, Miller, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's, Dominoes, etc., all shell out big money to advertise during regular season games. Boxing can't get that kind of sponsorship for fights that don't feature household names, of which there aren't many.

[BWC]

But those big league sports have big revenue and sponsorship behind them. Budweiser, Coors, Miller, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's, Dominoes, etc., all shell out big money to advertise during regular season games. Boxing can't get that kind of sponsorship for fights that don't feature household names, of which there aren't many.

If boxing is on network TV and pulling decent ratings, the sponsorships will follow.

[GhostofDempsey]

If boxing is on network TV and pulling decent ratings, the sponsorships will follow.

But you have to pay those big names to fight on network television and still earn a profit. Haymon/PBC lost $500M over three years trying to make this work.

[RSBonos]

But you have to pay those big names to fight on network television and still earn a profit. Haymon/PBC lost $500M over three years trying to make this work.

They didn't try all that hard. They spent investor money poorly, i'm sure that Haymon doesn't care one way or another.

I will say that boxing fans themselves love to wallow in constant negativity, you see it in all sports but it's highlighted with individual competition.

Funny enough that now with MMA being popular for one generation already, you already hear this sort of talk among that fanbase also, so I guess it's part of the prize fighting game.

[NahMean]

Best year we've has in boxing in a long time. selling out 90k stadiums, fights like May/Mac breaking records.. boxing is not only alive.. its thriving better than previous years.

[BWC]

But you have to pay those big names to fight on network television and still earn a profit. Haymon/PBC lost $500M over three years trying to make this work.

We frankly have no idea what PBC has spent, taken in, etc. It's all speculation at this point.

[bronx7]

If promoters work together instead of double dipping only setting up fights against both fighters from their stable the fights are higher quality and fans will buy into it

[bronx7]

Perfect example fight of the year candidate GGG vs Canella Haymon Arum etc never do this. We see PAC vs every top rank fighter

[bronx7]

So many great fights if they cross promote what they will do in increased ppv and volume will make up for cross promoting