Boxing in the '20s

[soul_survivor]

The sport is in a state of disarray and revolution and this is what I think will happen -

The heavyweight division will not find an undisputed champion and Wilder will be applauded by the US media networks hellbent on securing US presence in the division.

Showtime will shy away from the sport and maybe completely abandon it like HBO or only put on special event PPVs.

The PPV model and high price for fighters fighting nobodies has already skewed the fight structure. The 2015 May/Pac fiasco almost destroyed the sport, this decade may see something much worse...a complete darkening of the sport in the US.

The increase in titles will completely warp divisions, franchise, super etc championships will become so widespread, the idea of a world title will be all but lost to everyone except the minority of hardcore fans.

Network rivalries and exclusivity will all but leave the sport in a niche in the US.

There are ways around this and they can be discussed later.

[TheMyspaceDayz]

The sport is in a state of disarray and revolution and this is what I think will happen -

The heavyweight division will not find an undisputed champion and Wilder will be applauded by the US media networks hellbent on securing US presence in the division.

Showtime will shy away from the sport and maybe completely abandon it like HBO or only put on special event PPVs.

The PPV model and high price for fighters fighting nobodies has already skewed the fight structure. The 2015 May/Pac fiasco almost destroyed the sport, this decade may see something much worse...a complete darkening of the sport in the US.

The increase in titles will completely warp divisions, franchise, super etc championships will become so widespread, the idea of a world title will be all but lost to everyone except the minority of hardcore fans.

Network rivalries and exclusivity will all but leave the sport in a niche in the US.

The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.

[a.rihn]

The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.

omg I'm dead right now.

[Ryannn]

I legit thought this thread is about boxing in the 1920's

[boogbx]

What is it with people discussing boxing’s downfall or hoping for its failure?

Yesterday to me epitomizes why Boxing is the greatest sport in the world and why it will never go away.

You got Rosario, a hand picked opponent nobody gave a chance to, leaving his hometown and family to train his heart out for months with the long shot of becoming a world champ.

Y’all mad because it’s not most popular, who gives a flying fucc??

Women’s basketball for all I care can be more popular stateside, I’ll always watch boxing.

Maybe it’s the former fighter in me but boxing to begin with is a solitary sport so it don’t faze me if others don’t watch or Prefer nuts in your face fighting.

The sweet science is the greatest sport in the world.

[soul_survivor]

The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.

hahahahah one of the true great posts

What is it with people discussing boxing’s downfall or hoping for its failure?

Yesterday to me epitomizes why Boxing is the greatest sport in the world and why it will never go away.

You got Rosario, a hand picked opponent nobody gave a chance to, leaving his hometown and family to train his heart out for months with the long shot of becoming a world champ.

Y’all mad because it’s not most popular, who gives a flying fucc??

Women’s basketball for all I care can be more popular stateside, I’ll always watch boxing.

Maybe it’s the former fighter in me but boxing to begin with is a solitary sport so it don’t faze me if others don’t watch or Prefer nuts in your face fighting.

The sweet science is the greatest sport in the world.

I don't hope for its failure and the sport is quite healthy in Europe.

The particular upset you mention is not the norm though and the fact that we are talking about a fight made to be a mismatch...and that's the problem.

I am gonna update the thread with some positives later.

[Eff Pandas]

The sport is in a state of disarray and revolution and this is what I think will happen -

The heavyweight division will not find an undisputed champion and Wilder will be applauded by the US media networks hellbent on securing US presence in the division.

Showtime will shy away from the sport and maybe completely abandon it like HBO or only put on special event PPVs.

The PPV model and high price for fighters fighting nobodies has already skewed the fight structure. The 2015 May/Pac fiasco almost destroyed the sport, this decade may see something much worse...a complete darkening of the sport in the US.

The increase in titles will completely warp divisions, franchise, super etc championships will become so widespread, the idea of a world title will be all but lost to everyone except the minority of hardcore fans.

Network rivalries and exclusivity will all but leave the sport in a niche in the US.

There are ways around this and they can be discussed later.

The 20s???? I think most of this happened already or is just a thing in boxing.

The title thing has been going on for a couple decades easy. Most casuals couldn't tell you the #1 guy in more than 2 or 3 divisions since the 80s.

PPV makes & has made high level boxing a niche sport. That's not cuz of MayPac. It's cuz most mfers didn't wanna pay for ANY fights from the days of Oscar, Tyson or SRL or going back to the days of the primitive version of PPV called Closed Circuit or going back even further when you couldn't even watch the big fights live. You had to go to the theater a week or two after the fact to watch them. It's revisionist history that mfers just started to have to pay to watch the big fights let alone its everyone's favorite guy to blame, Floyd's, fault somehow.

And the network stuff is newer since HBO Boxing dying has caused a shift in who's running sh^t in US Boxing now, but give that some time & we will have a winner. It's naive to think all the high level boxing on different channels will continue in the US for too long. I kinda feel that Bob is struggling already to be as serious a player as he needs to be overall so we still need for the battle between Fox/Showtime & DAZN to be figured out in this coming decade which I think will end up happening.

I wish bigger more structural shifts that were legitimately influx & could revolutionize the sport were going on like rules were streamlined, we had one champ, boxing had real & clearly defined tiers of skill like other sports had & there weren't so many divisions that few care about but unfortunately that sh^t is no where close to happening still.

[MEXICAN STYLE]

Boxing will never die !

[_Rexy_]

I legit thought this thread is about boxing in the 1920's

That's why I came in here tbh

[BoomBapTrap]

The sport is in a state of disarray and revolution and this is what I think will happen -

The heavyweight division will not find an undisputed champion and Wilder will be applauded by the US media networks hellbent on securing US presence in the division.

Showtime will shy away from the sport and maybe completely abandon it like HBO or only put on special event PPVs.

The PPV model and high price for fighters fighting nobodies has already skewed the fight structure. The 2015 May/Pac fiasco almost destroyed the sport, this decade may see something much worse...a complete darkening of the sport in the US.

The increase in titles will completely warp divisions, franchise, super etc championships will become so widespread, the idea of a world title will be all but lost to everyone except the minority of hardcore fans.

Network rivalries and exclusivity will all but leave the sport in a niche in the US.

There are ways around this and they can be discussed later.

I already said this, Floyd ruined the sport of boxing.