Will Boxing ever regain its stature?

Answer 1

Obviously a tough one, but my guess would be no, at least in America. Boxing has been the sport of last resort for the lower class traditionally. If there was any other way of making money besides getting your head bashed in, people would take it.

The really good athletes who used to go into boxing have turned to other sports in the past 50 years. Basketball is obviously popular in the inner city.

Plus, public opinion has turned against boxing in the last few decades. That's in part of the obvious violent aspects, but there have been a great many promoters who have been busy over the years separating undereducated boxers from their money. This is nothing new, of course, but it's gotten more publicity in the past several years.

Boxing always will exist; the primal excitement sell tickets (barring government intervention). But I think it will be more popular in other, poorer countries than here.

Answer 2

its hard now because there hasn't been a dominating force to be reckoned with since mike Tyson. Oscar had his time and let his personal time interfere and looked what happened. Tito retired, Vargas got fat, and may weather has not looked impressive despite still winning his fights. don king put boxing in a choke hold and who knows when the next Tyson, Oscar or Trinidad come around if ever

Answer 3

Doubtful. I assume you are talking about the USA. Let's face it, part of the decline in boxing is plain and simple racism. In past years, a good share of the boxers looked like the majority. Now, very few do, and boxing has declined in popular esteem. But there are some bright spots. Regulation is good, boxing is safe, and the mob leaves it alone now. Boxing had higher days, but it definitely had lower days, too, and you can figure those out from my last sentence.

Answer 4

it might if the likes of don king werent involved anymore boxing to me is fixed guys with 26 and 0 records get in the ring and dont even have basic skills anymore

Answer 5

there are always superstars on the rise in professional boxing, especially olympic medalists who go on to become world champions like bronze medalists evander holyfield, floyd mayweather jr., alan minter, antonio tarver, jermain taylor, silver medalists like carmelo bossi, riddick bowe, ingemar johansson, roy jone jr., bernardo pinango, jose torres, alfonso zamora, and gold medalists like muhummad ali, nino benvenuti, joel casamayor, oscar de la hoya, jackie fields, george foreman, joe fraizer, fidel la barba, ray leonard, lennox lewis, floyd patterson, pascual perez, leon spinks, michael spinks, and pernell whitaker...all these fighters are present and former linear world champions in the professional ranks.