"Boxing is Dead", article in LA Times

[LA_2_Vegas]

"3 years ago I predicted boxing was dead"

Says some guy after the last 100 guys who said it was dead.

I think there is a cottage industry of boxing is dead articles. It's a lazy topic that you'd hear on sports radio during a holiday weekend of no sports- like "should Pete Rose be in the baseball hall of fame?" or "name your 3 greatest bball players of all time."

No evidence was presented, no numbers, nothing that I saw...just an anecdotal article using the attendance at press conference on a Wednesday afternoon as evidence that boxing is dead. I mean there is probably more evidence that journalism is dead from that article than boxing. Maybe there is case to be made, wasn't done there.

[rickJen]

I used to watch boxing with my brothers and some friends,
now I'm the only one watching.
At work, not even one out of probably a hundred males
don't give a crap about the sport.
That's how unpopular it has become.

[Beercules]

Its a dead sport.



We love it, others don't care at all.



Dead sport.

[PRINCEKOOL]

What is the point in this thread? If boxing is dead to some people then so what. YOU being a supporter of boxing is your choice, seriously what is going on here? 'Time and time again I continually keep seeing these threads, and I think they are completely pointless. Boxing is boxing, it is a individual sport where the popularity spikes and dips depending on which characters are in the game. 'NFL, NBA, SOCCER these sports are brands which sell themselves, there is not much pressure on the actual athletes to be interesting 'That tribal, group think mentality of team-sports fans ensures that teams will always have followers' The Athletes are just ****** to the teams.

I have stated this before on this site? Boxing and most of all the original Olympic sports will out live, the New age civilized sports which are predominately classed as mainstream. One of the major reasons why Boxing and certain Olympic Sports are not the biggest sports in the world anymore, is down to how society has culturally changed 'We live in a society now where the herd mentality, is more evident and contagious then ever' 'We live in a society where people just want to be liked, so easiest way to achieve this is to pretend to like whatever is popular'.

Team sports are save, because you are in a team. There are certain schools out there that in certain environments, individual sports are banned 'In some primary schools, there are no longer sports days' usually these are sports events where kids are competing against each other individually in various athletic events.

Bringing this all back to boxing, it is ancient sport. Boxing is a archaic/violent sport 'It is not a civilized sport, and it never will be'. But we are living in a society where humans are aspiring to progress in the other direction. All of these social changes have affected the popularity of boxing, the world has changed and people don't have to fight anymore 'The so called mainstream sports in their embryonic stage where historically classed as leisure activities' For example Soccer was just a leisure activity, where as boxing was a risky job that could ether get you killed, earn you a living, and sit you up among royalty.

Boxing is not going to die out, it will always be around in some form or another because it is fundamental primal sport. 'If we where living right now, in a post apocalyptic world the only things that would really matter are 'Can you fight, and how fast can you run'.

If people want to write meaningless articles about boxing dying out, let them do it.

[ruedboy]

In the US, boxing as a major sport, comparable to baseball, basketball, hockey, and football has been dead for a while. It'a a niche sport similiar to MMA and WWE.
Years ago, when the baseball and football seasons were shorter and there wasn't a lot of competition from other sports, boxing was huge. It was made for TV, with it's 3 minute rounds and time for a commercial break.
Now, competition from other sports is fierce and boxing, with it's lack of any central authority, is an example of capitalism gone wild. Who, but the most hardcore fan, came name the 70+ champions the alphabets have come up with.
Boxing will never die though. It's been with us since there were only 3 men on eath. Two of them got into a fight and the third one cheered.

[sicko]

Not Completely WRONG! Boxing is Dead to the Mainstream Absolutely! It is not a topic of conversation at all by the Average person, it rarely comes up. In fact it only comes up for big upsets like Andy Ruiz or if Mayweather is attached to it. Canelo gets some attention from Casuals but not anything close to the level of how it was for Pacquiao and Mayweather

This Divide among fans, Networks/Apps and Promoters which is indeed Politics, is no question burying the sport even further. Fighters are Scattered around on different networks and platforms. The Casual Sports fans is not chasing down a sport they're not even really a fan of nor are they going to spend money on it. So again I do think this sport needs to be on for FREE like on Fox or even ESPN (which automatically comes with Basic Cable Packages). In American it is not popular enough to make people pay monthly for a APP to consume it

[eco1]

The transition from Floyd to nothingness has been hard too. Floyd was the GOAT entertainer in boxing...commercials, tv shows, music production, celebrity friends, controversial in media, and a damn good fighter.

The next best thing is...nothing. Canelo fights are great, but they've lost their luster since switching to DAZN. There are no other stars tbh

Floyd is the one who killed boxing with his antics. But anyway, the only important thing man has done in the last 70 years is dead, and that my friend, is Rock music. Everything else is nothing!

[jqSide]

Any interesting fights coming?

Which fights do you want to see?

[MEXICAN STYLE]

LA Times is libturd crap 💩

[Combat Talk Radio]

Hmm.

A memorable moment was hearing two 70-year old grannies talking about Mayweather/Pacquiao.

Fast forward and when I talked to a guy who was an MMA fan, he only knew the big stars and only UFC fighters. Had no clue about any other MMA org.


The reality is, "boxing" isn't dead. People only know what they know. They don't follow anything anymore. Even NFL has been on the decline.