they're still many boxing fans but people are not as crazy about boxing as they used to be....
2007-03-27 22:48:46 · 12 answers · asked by jenny j 4 in Sports ➔ Boxing
Boxing has its faults, mostly is that it paralleled Baseball...it went with the money.
Remember back in the day when you would have a young prospect, that could be groomed to take different fighters before going into the upper ranks? That concept is gone. The moment a young prospect is marketable, they send him up to the ranks to get his belts and his money. Its how come so many fighters end up so ruined, so early. Antonio Vargas can speak on this subject...and soon, so will Jermain Taylor.
Also, the idea of actual boxing is disappearing. The term "he was taught in the old school" nowadays means he was actually TAUGHT to box. Twenty years ago, Bernard Hopkins could never have graduated above contender...there were too many people that knew how to do what he did. NOW, boxing is a lost art. How often is it that in a boxing ring, you see TWO fighters bobbing and weaving at the same time anymore??
2007-03-28 10:36:41 · answer #1 · answered by kieran27 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The blogbaba has always been a boxing fan, even laced up the gloves once or twice. I never really though about it that way, it was just something that was. I don't think prize fighting and boxing have a "prime" any more than any other sport. I think there will always be a market for prize fighting, and the amature sport dates back past the ancient Greeks and the first olympic games. It ain't going anywhere, any time soon, too many people appreciate the sport.
2007-03-28 20:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that nowadays you need to be a hardcore fan to know about the boxers. Boxing on regular network TV is a must to get the average sportsfan to tune in. The heavyweight division also really need a big American star, someone like a young Tyson who just knocks people out.
Boxing will never go away though and it's still popular. Boxing will always be here. Everything goes up and down, Boxing is going to be a mainstream sport once again in the future.
2007-03-28 08:52:43 · answer #3 · answered by Chao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm old enough to remember when they actually still had boxing on regular network TV. The "Gillette Fight of the Week". And most major heavyweight championship bouts were still shown on regular TV sports. Now you have to have cable TV or pay-per-view TV. Boxing has always been sort of on the edge of respectability as a sport because of past things like ties to the Mob, fixed fights, etc., but even then it seemed to be more respectable and mainstream than it is now. Many people nowdays would tend to lump it together with things like pro wrestling and kick boxing. Plus, these days there really doesn't seem to be a "superstar" like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, etc. to draw attention to it. I don't really follow boxing that close any more or read "The Ring", but from what I understand, the world heavyweight title is now split by three or four different guys, and that's never good for the sport. They need to hold some sort of "title unification" bout.
2007-03-28 05:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by the phantom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, they have made this fight called Ultimate Fighting, its nothing more than boxing plus wrestling at the same time. It is sometimes grotesque to watch the beaten victim battered beyond any helplessness. The ref has to stop it. My husband likes it, we will watch it and he will point out the skills to me, but it seems really barbaric how someone can make someone's face look like that and call it a sport.
I am a big fan of wrestling and can hold my own against a male or female of my size, my husband says that tickling is not in the rules...but who cares, you do what you have to to win at wrestling Of course he has no comment since I can whoop him up whenever I please.... :-)
Wrestling takes skill and technique, I wrestled in hs and I was not as strong as the boys, but I did have technique and won most of the time. I never took state, but I was a good wrestler, even though I'm female.
2007-03-28 05:56:56 · answer #5 · answered by kaliroadrager 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's because there are no boxers who are exciting right now, especially in the heavyweight division. Also there are numerous sanctioning bodies, that does not help. We need a unified champion, someone who captures the heart and imagination of America. Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Ali, etc. It will come, we are just in a lull right now. Also having fights showcased on network tv would help. Who wants to pay 40 bucks to see a fight on cable? Boxing needs to get exposure to the masses again.
2007-03-28 09:28:28 · answer #6 · answered by Travis R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm way past my prime also and am not interesting but boxing is still popular. There will always be an interest in boxing.
2007-03-28 08:54:10 · answer #7 · answered by gman 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was a child, my Dad took us to a boxing match. It was outdoors and we
sat in the bleachers. One punch and the blood flew followed by me flying under
the bleachers and upchucking. Why do these guys deliberately put themselves
in a position to get beat up, and possibly maimed. It was past it's prime the
first time I saw that first punch. YUCK!!!
2007-03-28 05:58:57 · answer #8 · answered by Garnet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had a prime?
I never understood boxing as a spectator sport.
2007-03-28 05:59:02 · answer #9 · answered by paintingj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UFC bought Pride, thats the future in fighting!
2007-03-28 05:51:41 · answer #10 · answered by sonhutch1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋