The State of Boxing in Three to Five years from Now?????

Question

I'm a little worried about the sport in the next few years. Right now we have a bunch of great champions who are realtively popular at least in the boxing circle. But a lot of them are in their thirties and should be retiring soon. They include Shane Mosley, Oscar Delahoya, Bernard Hopkins, Winky Wright, Juan Manuel Marquez, Rafael Marquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Floyd Mayweather, Roy Jones, Antonio Tarver, Klitschko, Hatton etc Shoot even the younger guys like Pacquaio, Pavilik, Cotto and Taylor have a good chance of retiring in a few years. My question is do you think the young guys that are working there way up the ladder now will be able to fill the void that will eventually come?? Who in particular?? Personally I think not, but time will tell.

I know boxing will always be around. I just hope boxing as a whole won't end up like the Heavyweight divsion, boring and in trouble..

Answer 1

You're right, time will tell. I don't know who myself, but it seems each generation has a few marquee names in the sport and I think it will continue. I wouldn't worry too much about the state of boxing over the next few years. It'll be fine.

Answer 2

I think the thing that hurts boxing is the ridiculous amount of alphabet champions. Boxing needs one major federation or organization, and one champion per each weight class. Similar to the WWE. Boxing will ALWAYS be around my friend. Enjoy the fights.

Answer 3

I THINK BOXING WILL B FINE AS LONG AS THERE IS A GOOD FOLLOWING THERE WILL ALWAYS B GOOD BOXING THERE IS SOME YOUNG BLOOD COMMIN UP THAT LOOK LIKE THEY CAN DO THERE PART IN KEEPIN THEM WATCHING

Answer 4

anthony and lamont peterson.also keep an eye on andre berto

Answer 5

pay per view will kill boxing.
why can't we watch them like hockey or football on free tv?