Boxing’s slow death continues – Boxing News 24

To Alex Festle: Following news that Paramount+ will integrate Showtime into its streaming service later this year, it remains unclear whether Showtime will continue boxing programming as part of the merger.

Already supporting a variety of sports, including soccer, football, college sports, and golf, it makes sense for Paramount+ to continue with boxing. After that, I chose to quit boxing.

The view on all of these is that boxing is on the decline as a sport and major networks are investing in other forms of entertainment and sports.

So how did you get here? What is causing this slow death, so to speak?

promoter

Time and time again, promoters put up battles that make fans incredibly frustrating. Rather than setting up a logical fight, promoters let fights marinate for a year or two, forcing unnecessary forced fights and getting in the way of big fights overall. It’s a boring and predictable fight to watch. It’s a strange business model, as promoters are essentially running away from their fans.

Pay-per-view

Promoters are forcing fights not to be seen while selling these disappointing matches on pay-per-view.Then the masses are sometimes obliged to pay $75 or more!!! What a waste of money!

If you’re already putting on expensive fights for your audience, all you can do is match the fighters fans actually want to see.

too many belts

It makes the most sense to have one champion in each division. It’s the only way you can truly judge who is the best fighter.

There are currently four major boxing organizations (WBC, WBO, WBA, and IBF), with some often confusing distinctions between secondary champions as well. Not only is it hard for casual fans to understand why there are multiple concurrent champions, but hardcore fans will find it hard to keep up with organizations stripping some belts from his holders and others. can not. With these organizations making up belts, weight classes, and arbitrary rules on the fly, it looks like everyone is free to participate.

ducking

Ducking is another complex aspect of boxing today. Fighting fans often ask, “Why doesn’t X fight X?” or “X and X are both champions. Why don’t they fight?” I chose to.”

On the surface, the optics look like no one wants to fight each other. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Fighters want to fight. They want to entertain their fans and put on an exciting show. I think it’s the promoter who decides who fights who when.

Additionally, promoters instruct fighters to avoid fighting other boxers under different promotions.

bad judge

Another unfortunate aspect of boxing is bad judges. Often at the end of a match, commentators and fans are puzzled by the judges’ scorecards. What looked like close combat would completely blow up on the scorecards. need sex. A sport in which no one can even conclusively decide who wins or loses is unacceptable.

That said, boxing is not in great shape. Due to all the above issues, more and more fans are choosing to watch other sports and entertainment.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Attention promoters…we need these fights in 2023…

Errol Spence vs. Terrence Crawford
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol
Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia
Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk
Canelo Alvarez vs. David Benavidez