Oh well, boxing only has itself to blame. MMA is the golden child of combat sports in the USA right now and fastly rising and is a very popular sport. Why? A lot of its events is on free tv just like basketball, baseball, and American football. Boxing killed itself with the mainstream when it went exclusively to HBO and Showtime, which are premium cable channels that only a small population of Americans have.

A guy like Golovkin should have been a household name in the USA, just like how Roberto Duran was. Most sports fans knew who Duran was in the 70s and 80s, now with Golovkin, only hardcore boxing fans know who he is.

Yeah, I'm going off topic now, but boxing has only itself to blame when shortsighted promoters went almost exclusively to premium cable and that's how you have the sad state boxing is in right now. No boxing on free tv, means losing out on potential customers and potential participants that sees the sport and is interested in taking it up.