Is it time the government steps in and regulates boxing?

[Jsmooth9876]

2 deaths in a week and PED use running rampant throughout the sport. Baseball got the governments panties in a bunch for some reason yet a sport where people smash each others brains in doesn't get anyones interest..


Boxing is in dire need of some sort of regulation and one governing body that enforces the rules including drug testing.

Coming off a great fight weekend, it's back to the ****show it always is.

[Eff Pandas]

The government would f#ck up more sh^t then it'd fix. I think boxing people need to fix boxing.

[Oldpops]

The government would f#ck up more sh^t then it'd fix. I think boxing people need to fix boxing.

X2. I've never seen the government
FIX anything

[buddyguns]

I'm with Eff on this one. Keep the government far away from the sweet science. The government already gave us the Muhammad Ali Act which isn't enforced.

The sanctioning bodies need to merge and end this nonsense. They would make as much, if not more, by holding tournaments. They'd grow more fans by making it more accessible for casuals to know who the real champion is. And we'd actually get to see great match-ups with fighters having to fight each other at the right point in their career.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Naw *** the government. They are the biggest gangsters.

Im good with Boxing as is. Less sanctioning bodies and politics would be nice but goverment isnt the answer for that.

[strykr619]

The government would f#ck up more sh^t then it'd fix. I think boxing people need to fix boxing.

This sir is the correct answer. If boxing doesn't correct itself the sport's revenue will suffer etc, they will correct itself, Government almost always makes situations worse not better.

[sicko]

As if they themselves are not corrupt?


Nobody is more corrupt than Government Officials!

[_Rexy_]

Because government intervention has fixed so many problems in the past...

[TonyGe]

2 deaths in a week and PED use running rampant throughout the sport. Baseball got the governments panties in a bunch for some reason yet a sport where people smash each others brains in doesn't get anyones interest..


Boxing is in dire need of some sort of regulation and one governing body that enforces the rules including drug testing.

Coming off a great fight weekend, it's back to the ****show it always is.

I agree it's time. These are all good points. Government's have the legislative power and enforcement power to make significant changes. The promotors and broadcasters casinos etc. love the status quo. They aren't going to change anything unless it benefits themselves. Too many fighters retire broken and broke while the greedy power brokers fill their pockets.

[GGG Gloveking]

I think it's great in theory, but in practice, I think it would just be Boxing Corruption meets Government Corruption