No, its not

Its just that boxing doesn't have many "characters" anymore that can capture the imagination of boxing fans.

You have fighters that will keep you watching because they are exciting but they only fight every few months.

MMA seems to have more characters.

Looking at the PPV numbers in 2008, both the WWE and UFC were at the top of PPVs and the only boxing PPV that was up there in the top 3 with them was Oscar De La Hoya's fight.

What Boxing needs is another "golden boy"

The fact is we seem to be getting better fights on normal TV then on PPVs and because boxing is so much about styles a fight can go boring in a second while MMA more often then not is action oriented regardles of their styles usually.

People that only watch UFC can get bored on a boxing match fast.

The problem with boxing is it isnt reaching the younger demographic. Its reaching more people in their late 20s and 30s and older. But the UFC seems to draw more of a younger audience especiallty the 18+ audience which is the audience you want to target nowadays.

Boxing doesn't really have any boxer that can bring in that younger demographic since Mayweather left, because his hop hop money mayweather etc persona catered a lot to people around that age. Since he has left there's really nothing to garner that interest unless people have followed boxing for years and years.