What boxing should be about

[Disturbed]

What annoys me greatly is the lack of sportmanship in boxing, among fans too. And I dont mean the amount of **** that the keyboard warriors talk, but the thinking among many people that dirty tactics are OK if you can use them without referee seeing etc. Many people just think it as a gameplan and say that its referee's fault if he isn't doing anything, but that just punishes fair fighters just because of incompetent refs. I hate seeing headbutts thrown on purpose, low blows, all that. Should be penalized more easily in my opinion. I get that many fighters dont get along and all though I dont give a **** about some fight selling trash talk, real or not (most of the time its just to sell the fight since many people buy it), but intentional rule breaking is just a ***** move. Accidents happen, but when you break the rules, time after time and on purpose, you should get DQ. In some matches, some fighters have gotten through with some real bull****.

I am not asking fighters to be friends together but at least they could obey the rules. Many people forget it, but boxing is a sport, not a street fight.

[Bjl12]

What boxing should be about:
- Integrity
- Honour
- A test of the will
- Fairness
- The art of violence

What boxing seems to actually be about:
- Twitter
- Money
- Ticket sales
- PPV numbers
- Corruption

I dunno, maybe I'm depressed or something, but coming out of the gym this morning, I just got thinking about the ideals of boxing, and how we fall so short of achieving those ideals.

This is like a romantic post and totally unrealistic.

Most boxers dont have other jobs besides boxing...boxing just doesnt allow you to do other things - it's too time consuming.

So that means boxers dont have health insurance, retirement accounts, PTO, or short/long-term disability.

Oh, and boxers can literally die on a shift at work...they can also suffer lingering injuries or develop conditions like Parkinsons.

So, yes, boxers fight for MONEY...that's why they call it PRIZEfighting.

The real issue is how many hands are in the pot...sanctioning bodies with independent rankings...its a joke and a cash grab. Now there's a 5th sanctioning belt. How can you have FIVE DIFFERENT "champs" at the same weight class. It don't make no sense.

Remove all sanctioning bodies. Make just The Ring belt. Now the fights you WANT to happen will be easy as only one person can claim "champ" status...no more prima donna stuff...you're either champ or you're not.

Easy as that.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

This is like a romantic post and totally unrealistic.

Most boxers dont have other jobs besides boxing...boxing just doesnt allow you to do other things - it's too time consuming.

So that means boxers dont have health insurance, retirement accounts, PTO, or short/long-term disability.

Oh, and boxers can literally die on a shift at work...they can also suffer lingering injuries or develop conditions like Parkinsons.

So, yes, boxers fight for MONEY...that's why they call it PRIZEfighting.

The real issue is how many hands are in the pot...sanctioning bodies with independent rankings...its a joke and a cash grab. Now there's a 5th sanctioning belt. How can you have FIVE DIFFERENT "champs" at the same weight class. It don't make no sense.

Remove all sanctioning bodies. Make just The Ring belt. Now the fights you WANT to happen will be easy as only one person can claim "champ" status...no more prima donna stuff...you're either champ or you're not.

Easy as that.

not gonna lie, I am quite Romantic, reading Colin Wilson's The Outsider at the moment