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It's sad to say, but boxing is no longer what it used to be. I've thought of a few reasons why:
1. GREED- Boxing is no longer in the public eye because the few want to make so much. Pay per view has virtually destroyed boxing as a public sport. Muhammad Ali used to fight on ABC, nationally televised for free. He also have huge live crowds, you just don't see that anymore. If you are lucky, you get to watch a good fight on HBO, but it's still not free. Put them back on the major networks, find good fighters and make them adhere to rules like professionals do in other sports. If you are arrested, etc and bad for the game, then you get booted.
2. ROLL MODELS- Alot of modern fighters are former criminals or thugs. Mike Tyson comes to mind. How does a sport get a good image when it's champions are always being arrested?
3. CORRUPTION- SEE GREED
4. BRUTALITY- I think boxing is for the most part a safe sport, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that there are tons of ex- champions who can't speak clearly because they have been beat in the head too long. The sport needs to keep aging fighters from getting damaged neurologically.It's bad for boxing to see beloved aging athletes being beaten in the head too much.
5. COMPETITION- The best athletes in the world generally aren't in boxing. It used to be that the marquis athlete in the world was the heavyweight champion of the world. Now, it seems that boxing is an alternative for guys who can't cut it in the NFL, etc.
If you can add to the list, please do so. I think boxing should be more organized like the NBA or NFL. Of course it would be different because fighters are en****** in their own right, but the current system is so corrupt, that great fighters never get to be on the world stage.
I would like to see a national professional boxing tournament, something like the NCAA basketball tournament. Shorter fights, and of course the tournament would have to last a while.
The winners would emerge with legitimate rankings. No ducking, no dodging. The best man wins, period.
1. GREED- Boxing is no longer in the public eye because the few want to make so much. Pay per view has virtually destroyed boxing as a public sport. Muhammad Ali used to fight on ABC, nationally televised for free. He also have huge live crowds, you just don't see that anymore. If you are lucky, you get to watch a good fight on HBO, but it's still not free. Put them back on the major networks, find good fighters and make them adhere to rules like professionals do in other sports. If you are arrested, etc and bad for the game, then you get booted.
2. ROLL MODELS- Alot of modern fighters are former criminals or thugs. Mike Tyson comes to mind. How does a sport get a good image when it's champions are always being arrested?
3. CORRUPTION- SEE GREED
4. BRUTALITY- I think boxing is for the most part a safe sport, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that there are tons of ex- champions who can't speak clearly because they have been beat in the head too long. The sport needs to keep aging fighters from getting damaged neurologically.It's bad for boxing to see beloved aging athletes being beaten in the head too much.
5. COMPETITION- The best athletes in the world generally aren't in boxing. It used to be that the marquis athlete in the world was the heavyweight champion of the world. Now, it seems that boxing is an alternative for guys who can't cut it in the NFL, etc.
If you can add to the list, please do so. I think boxing should be more organized like the NBA or NFL. Of course it would be different because fighters are en****** in their own right, but the current system is so corrupt, that great fighters never get to be on the world stage.
I would like to see a national professional boxing tournament, something like the NCAA basketball tournament. Shorter fights, and of course the tournament would have to last a while.
The winners would emerge with legitimate rankings. No ducking, no dodging. The best man wins, period.
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