Is boxing dying in the US?

[Kev]

Randy Couture has lost more times than Gatti and has probably generated more PPV buys.

That's PPV not arenas sold out.....Arturo Gatti could do jumping jacks in Atlantic City and draw a bigger crowd than a Couture fight

Yes but apart from De La Hoya Gatti can draw bigger crowds than virtually anybody. Some people just have a huge fanbase.

I'd say the natural successor to him in boxing will be John Duddy, hugely popular with American Irish for reasons that are frankly beyond me.