Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker
-I think the majority of "boxing fans" are actually only fans of the violence and knockouts, and not of the actual sport of boxing itself. This would explain the unpopularness of guys like Floyd Mayweather and Cory Spinks, ect.
I think that's really the case with a lot of MMA fans who enjoy guys tackling one another and slamming each other to the ground - like wrestling but for real.

That's probably why wrestling has actually been losing more PPV $'s than boxing has recently as it was assumed from an article I read recently.