Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
In simple terms, boxing fucked up by going to HBO and Showtime primarily in the US, and now someone in this thread said it's not on network tv in the UK. Which really why boxing has fallen off the mainstream.
Great poitn and agreed 100%.

People don't know who today's boxers are outside of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio. Its much easier to talk about MMA with people than it is to talk about boxing, because just about every male, whether they follow the sport religiously or have only seen a show or two, have fighters they like, dislike, ect. They have a certain emotional attachment to the different fighters.

And its not like MMA has better personalities. You have your standard "working class hero's", your flashy trash-talkers, your humble nice guys, your villains, ect, that you have in boxing. Just no exposure on the boxing side. If people have some level of emotional attachment to the characters in boxing, I believe the sport would be doing a lot better.

I'm sure everyone here can attest to the fact that your average male would have trouble naming a Heavyweight champion, or a boxing champion besides Floyd Mayweather.

Everyone has heard of Georges St. Pierre, Brock Lesnar and Anderson Silva.