What does boxing do after Mayweather retires?

[Kingedwards]

Rely on its new stars?

I mean boxing has always loss and gained stars

Look at canelo he's gonna be a major draw ggg major Star ward is gonna keep winning and wilder is gonna the next big thing

Boxing is just fine maybe better then its been in years

The ppv market will take a hit but even in the ufc and wwe in the last PAC man fight ppv numbers r down the ufc is gonna eventually just charge ppl like NFL UFC will have big shows on fox then you will have to pay a monthly or yearly fee for a subscription to watch all the fights.

Boxing kinda does this because you pay for showtime or hbo but maybe the prices will go up.

Ppv will slowly fade away except for porn tht will always be on ppv.

[smashup]

Not read this yet...too busy
Some stats


http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f2/how-about-some-actual-numbers-boxing-vs-ufc-u-s-2012-a-2428071/

[Fenster]

Not read this yet...too busy
Some stats


How About Some Actual Numbers? Boxing vs. UFC in the U.S. 2012 - Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums

There was a time in this country when the three major sports were baseball, boxing and horse racing. These days, boxing ranks well down the list, though for a niche sport, it retains a heavy following.

Ratings from cable in 2012 bear that out. Both HBO and Showtime, the two heavyweights in boxing on cable television, had spectacular years. HBO, which is in roughly 30 million homes, compared to roughly 22 million for Showtime, posted the most-watched cable fight of the year and nine of the top 10, according to Nielsen Media Research.

HBO's World Championship Boxing Series averaged over 1.2 million viewers live, an increase of nine percent from 2011. It was the third consecutive year in which all HBO WCB shows did at least 1 million live viewers.

Boxing in America (this argument really has nothing to do with worldwide boxing) is going down a slippery slope, because of UFC, even though viewership is growing year after year?

[0james0]

Boxing will just evolve and continue as before.

MMA is about as much of a threat to boxing as soccer is to American Football.

[ykdadamaja]

On any given Saturday night, if a premier boxing title fight is on and a premier ufc title fight is on, odds are, 8 out of 10 people are going to tune to the boxing title fight. They may click over to see who's who, but fore-fathers like Ali, Louis, Tyson, Moore and Ray Robinson, sealed the deal for the people with boxing as a must see EVENT... not a sport, but an event.

UFC is not trying to be an event. It's trying to be a sport. lololol... pro-wrasslin still gets more viewers on Monday night and Thursday night than UFC gets.

BTW: WTF happened to CM Punk all of a sudden?!!? He seems out of character?!?! And they need to get Alberto Del-Rio back on the top of the card.

[C.J.Rock]

... scary thought, huh? lol...

I never gave it a thought until recently. I mean, it's not as if we don't have other exciting fighters and match-ups out there to be made, but Mayweather will leave a huge void in boxing.

It's like when Tyson went to jail the first time, or when Ali was sent to prison for draft dodging. The game wasn't the same for a very, very long while.

Even when they came back, it took the Tyson hype about 2 years to really captivate us. Even when Tyson was losing, he still captivated us with excitement and drama and what if's.

When Ali came back, those of us who felt cheated and robbed out of a few years of his prime, was shocked when he couldn't muster up the will to win the first time against Frazier. The game wasn't the same until he beat Foreman.

The game won't be the same when Mayweather leaves the sport. It won't be the same. His stint in jail wasn't even registered as him being "out of the game". Even when there were rumours about him retiring, we knew he wouldn't retire- so we didn't feel the impending void.

But, this 6 fight deal has me a little anxious. The possible match-ups are rewarding, for what's left out there. But, what in the bloody world do we do when he leaves?

Broner got exposed; Garcia hasn't captivated the fans yet, even though I feel he can; Ward is not being packaged properly by HBO and his promoters, even though he wins convincingly; Chad Dawson has been dethroned and beaten up; Wlad and Vitali were never ones that captivated us; the Heavyweight scene on both sides of the pond is un-inspiring; Donaire was beaten crisply by Rigondeaux; and Rigondeaux is boring as hell to watch.

What in the world are we to do when "the man" leaves the sport? Pac can carry it for a few years, but it won't be the same. Just won't be the same. All the more reason they need to fight.

Boxing will get BETTER when Mayweather finally gets out. Then we can have real champions taking on all comers They'll be no more prima donnas "retiring" in tears no more excuses . Make it soon Floyd Real Soon