I think the biggest reason, even moreso than greed and corruption, is the fact that boxing has not moved with technology like other mainstream sports, and our fights are still judged the same way they were 150 years ago.

As viewers at home, we get the best angle/view of the action at ALL times, we get instant replays, with modern cable boxes we can rewind and review parts of the fight, we can play in slow motion, ect ect.

But the fight is decided by three fucking people who have ONE view of the fight. The chick who fucked up the Lewis/Holyfield decision said it best: she thought Holyfield was landing more punches because Lewis had his back to her for a large part of Holyfield's flurries and she didn't have a good view of it! So they have to contend with bad views because of the moving action, ref and camera guys getting in the way, ect.

So the goddamn fight is judged by three people who have a WORSE view of the fight than us fans sitting at home! How does that make sense?

We have the technology now where we could have judges in the back room with multi-camera angles, going back and dissecting each round, slowing footage down to see what punches landed and what didn't, ect ect. In mainstream sports, they've used the growth in media technology to make the games fair. You can review a play in the NFL or NHL from 40 different angles and get it right. In boxing, we haven't even thought of using that shit apart from giving us boxing fans a better home viewing presentation.

So yeah, corruption is a big part of boxing, but the entire judging system is faulty and arciach.