The Recent Demise of American Boxing

[killersheep]

american kids play lots of strange games that take all day and are very unentertaining

baseball, american football

and the rest play dull none contact games like basketball

and then there are homosexual "sports" that dominate your tv watched by youngsters such as wrestling

you dont get such sports and games and such like entertainment in other countries

Yeah we should probably get into Cricket, cause that's a quick one. Or maybe higher contact like darts. And of course no other country has wrestling right?

Anyway, American athletes have little incentive to get into boxing from a financial standpoint. The odds of them ending up getting Mayweather / De La Hoya / Tyson level paydays are slimmer than the lottery. If someone is athletic and has a chance to turn pro, they are much more likely to do it in a team sport here like baseball, american football or basketball where they can earn very good money sitting on the bench, where as with boxing unless they make special connections with corrupt people very early, they will be fighting for a 12-pack of beer. Soccer is different here as well, the leading scorer for MLS last season only made 48K for the year.

To rantcatrat Cunningham has worked his way back up. But I agree that American boxing dominance is over, the rest of the world has caught up and surpassed us, largely due to a lack of interest here.