Absolutely without a doubt. Hard subject not to just go all random and rant over tbh . I'll try to avoid the best impression of an old geezer on his front lawn waving his fist at the "kids" and yelling about back in the day . But simply some of the biggest changes I've noticed over last 5-10 years as a big fan..

When did a fighters pay, the split and contract talking points become such a major factor to the everyday fan . I've noticed it so much over last few years. Once there's a disagreement or a fight falls thru the go-to is now many fans arguing and advocating as if they are a part of management or the fighter's accountant. It's almost become as big a talking point as the fighters actual record and path taken to the fight. Fans talking about "smart money path" for top tier talents taking bullcrap fights, or not fighting at all. It's foreign to me . Last I checked we're not getting a cut.

Inactivity! It's the new way. And it wrecks a fighter's momentum and natural development. We have world champions that have not fought in years and are allowed to remain so. I have a thing I do randomly now. Anytime I see a fighter mentioned or an article, a name of past eras mentioned etc. is just go look at their record and activity level. Majority of the time guys of the 80's 90's 00's were heads and shoulders above many fighting today. No not all major events, but the activity and tune ups were very much there. Fighters today tend to 'fight' more on social media than they do an actual ring. Fighting so regularly then was the build! You had to fight! There was no sitting in your boxers drunk gabbing and whining on twatter about why a fight is not happening and whose fault it was . The marketing and it was very common for big names to already have big fights signed while going into another. Appearing on the same major card for that specific reason of building to another event.

Sub services and outlets. This one will reveal me as a fossil refusing to adapt to change. But add up costs of apps, ppvs and other streaming services. It's into the thousands annually for a fan. You're forced to drop one or two and they know no boundaries with what they offer. Dazn we're looking at you. The offerings have clearly lost quality but at the same time their rates have tripled. PPV has gone from the exception to the new rule. The short attention span quick money grab mindset has taken over. I hear every day about how "there are so many more ways to view" now but in actuality unless you're booting a stream or just like burning your money, you end up skipping some decent cards. Pick and choose. And again, in some cases the production quality is utter crap and unreliable. Now as far as locations and Global exposure it's great! Yes we have live fights from Japan to Mexico to the UK. Boxing is and always has been a Global sport, not stricly a US sport. But the regularity and availability tend to vary. What I remember as a fan coming up was the consistency of regular programming. Had them literally listed as a fan schedule. At the peak maybe between 90's to late 00's locally it was...
Monday...Fight night from the Great westren Forum. OR a card on HSE out of Fla OR a card from NY.
Tuesday...USA Tuesday Night Fights. Always! It was awesome. And they would replay some PPV main events.
Wednesday and Thursday...well usually off nights
Friday...ESPN FNF or regular ESPN. Also FOX sports cards and regular cards on Unimas.
Saturday...everything. HBO maybe every other month. Showtime (when it was great) the same and often they went head to head. Or a PPV. If you missed the PPV or did not get, HBO would repeat the full main event a week later. They layered it to boast viewership with live cards. As well as 'free' 1 or 2 fight cards on regular cable during the afternoon.
Sunday...midday replay cards on Univision of title fights from various Countries. Also Afternoon cards on maybe Wide World of Sports etc.

Shit man we're old . So many aspects have changed.

Social media has become a crutch to some fighters. Over exposure for some but for all the wrong reason. Went off on a ramble so I'll rant on that later.