Boxing has to be the biggest joke in sports. Only, it's not even funny anymore

[boliodogs]

There is nothing I can do about it but I still love boxing and watch the good fights when they do happen.

[LetOutTheCage]

Everybody is afraid to lose their 0 these days, fighters are reluctant to take risks because one loss and you can fall into obscurity. Unfortunately part of it is down to fans

[Marchegiano]

I feel pretty fortunate to live in a time when Wilder and Floyd fought actually.

Honestly, there's always been a lot of ducking. The glory days are the Don King days really. When King fell from grace there was no one left to deliver the fans what they wanted and he was only able to do it through lies.

I used to believe in the takes on all challengers eras, but, they're either light in numbers, a don king era, or a fantasy.

[STREET CLEANER]

The best don't fight the best.

There are a billion titles which mean nothing.

Some decent fights happen here and there but only because of luck.

How can a sport on life support like this even still exist?

It's truly amazing.

I've hung on for a long, long time, going back to the early 90s but I mean, why should anyone even care anymore?

I agree, it has been so watered down. Too many championship belts so the top talent will have belts from different sanctioning bodies and won't face each other. Stars of the sport some times look for the path of the least resistance for the other belt or get accommodated by the sanctioning body.

There is no uniformity and that is why a lot of people don't follow it.

[Punch on Tap]

Money rules the world and as long as profits continue to grow things will stay the same. If things were that bad and money wasn’t flowing...trust me things would change. We as fans aren’t getting BG what we want but the handlers and business men are. It a what it is.

[Lomadeaux]

If you think about it, when our top guys fight each other, they do so very cautiously. 1 out of 4 rds will be ''exciting'' stuff.

It's when a top guy faces a no hoper they feel safe enough to go for a ko. Generally speaking.

Each div needs 1 champ
So many champs is the nonsense that irks me.

WBC, WBA, and IBF are fine. It's very special having all belts in one division. This 'regular' bull**** is so insulting.

[Luilun]

The best don't fight the best.

There are a billion titles which mean nothing.

Some decent fights happen here and there but only because of luck.

How can a sport on life support like this even still exist?

It's truly amazing.

I've hung on for a long, long time, going back to the early 90s but I mean, why should anyone even care anymore?

You can thank Al Haymon and these phony franchise titles

[djtmal]

I have decided that in 2020 am leaving the BS aside. All these back and forth supporting why a fight isn’t happening or trying to deflect why is one of the reasons some fights doesn’t get made. Am not here backing anyone of anything, just make the best fights available regardless of whatever. If you are not ready for certain fights as a boxer then cool, but this year is the year of us wanting and supporting fights that we want, enough of the politics or deflection.

Good post.

[GhostofDempsey]

The business side of any sport will always take precedence over the glory and legacy of an athlete or team. Boxing is no different. Promoters and managers want to leverage as much revenue out of a fighter as they can with the least amount of risk. This is why we see so many over-hyped opponents being marketed to the fans as legitimate threats or formidable opponents, when if fact they are no-hopers and journeyman tossed into the fire to hype up a prospect's or champion's career. Fans of Fighter A will blindly remain loyal to them so long as they keep winning. Any stiff that Fighter A defeats automatically is elevated to elite status by fans and certain biased writers and sites. This is the future of boxing going forward. Ride the hype train as far as you can. We're seeing this with fighters like Broner, Wilder, Tank, Conlan to name a few.

[Toffee]

All sports are dictated to by the business. Boxing is just a bit more honest about it.

The business side is interesting in boxing. And boxing man v man is still the most compelling spectacle out there.