Former Undisputed 4 belt Prediction champion. Still P4P and People’s Champion.
boxing became more global, so there is now less interest by the local public.
It's odd right now. Showtime bowing out of boxing in 2024 is pretty much a done deal. And with that PBC is sent adrift like a band of nomads seeking another refuge. But that where the problem in big picture...so many see it a PBC problem or even a 'good' thing because well, it's PBC. But it's boxing that'll take the hit regardless. Simply in basic fight coverage. We're so steeped in anti-promoter this and ripping other platforms that. Constant tribalism on the politricks of boxing rather than "hey, who's fighting next". They'll go to another streaming service and app as so many now. Really was just a matter of time. Definitely not Dazn who can hardly manage a consistent high quality product and production. At least this year, it's been pretty bad. Maybe Paramount + or now talk of Prime video in talks with pbc. Half their guys are pre spoiled on the enormous money per fight, but I can easily see more inactivity with one less consistent long existing platform for monthly exposure. So ultimately after all these decades, the one that was always ridiculed as "just espn fights" is ironically the sole survivor on cable tv. Boxing fans we're definitely in a big ol transition.
Sooooo, where are we now after Saturday's giant circus tent implosion? Love him or hate him...clearly it feels the atlas has shifted a bit. I hear the question every couple of hours, did Fury embarrass himself or did he embarrass boxing on whole. I'm going with the latter. But as I've said too many times boxing and fans also have themselves to blame. I mean the enablers and the gullible. Sellers, buyers and promoters of the obvious clear farce prior to the opening bell. Now apparently Ngannou has Hearn mentioning AJ for a "fight" and a half concussed Deontay Wilder trying to get him some 0-1 Francis. Jebus. What have we thrown the door open for. Maybe it'll remain a divisional thing regarding the heavyweights. Or drip drip into other crossover cash grab dribble matches.
Know what I see...nothing but more than a few actual up n comers, contenders and top 10 fighters being passed up. It's happening right now and has been. Boxing feels like it has lost much of its developmental ground and gradual process. What is the motivation for any top guy who has dedicated 5,10,12 years to a boxing niche, rank and looking for just 1 single crack at the "big" stage and payoff when the boxing establishment...for the most part...drops its pants, breaks out its clown nose and big red shoes and makes what should have been a toss away exhibition with a total novice into a now lineal championship affair. Boxing is in a rough spot, if ever there was a time when it desperately needed to know what it wants to be when it grows up, it's now! Stop enabling clowns.
I hear ya. It's 95% the heavyweights, IMO. You just don't see this type of shet in all the divisions below it.
Problem is... HW's have always been, and will always be, the most visible division in boxing. At least to the eyes of the casual fan.
So they're seeing this circus play out... and some of them even think this is what boxing's supposed to be like.![]()
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