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How big would Boxing be, if it would be done the correct way?

Posted: 18 Jun 2015, 00:39
by Chepppaaa
"the correct way", what i mean by that is..

1. lower ppv cost

2. only ppv, when it realy it a big time super fight

3. most importantly, all big promoter, no matter from russia, germany, uk, usa, canada and japan work together for the simple reason puting the biggest names infront of each other at all times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. more focus on lower weight. gonzales, estrada, viloria, segura, inoue, yamanaka, rigondeaux. high quality all over the place and mostly everybody can fight each other, where's stepping up or down in weight or catch weight.

5. the second most important point. big time fights has to happen much faster and promoter should not wait 2 years for a huge build up. the great match up, the great fight is enough build up for future events. great entertainmant leads to great viewer addiction in future and is the best commercial for boxing possible, but big timers have to be made much faster. wtf are they waiting on bertebiev, kovalev and adonis in a everybody faces everybody!!?? or thurman, maidana, brook for example!!! everything has to become quicker. imagine in other sports, if they would say "lets wait 2 years for lebron james and his cavaliers to face the golden state warrios :doh: or lets wait 1 year for the new england patriots to face the seahawks :doh: fans would run bezerk

Re: How big would Boxing be, if it would be done the correct way?

Posted: 18 Jun 2015, 06:59
by caldo2025
I disagree that boxing would be better in this scenerio. You are basically saying that if Boxing was run more like the UFC in the way fights are made, Boxing would be a lot better product and I don't think that would be the case.

It would be so much harder to build up a fighter to cross over into mainstream like Floyd or Manny. There's no way these two guys would be where they are today if they fought the best opponent each and every fight of their career. They would have burned out by now and definitely lost more than they have. This is why the UFC struggles to find that one ambassador for the sport. There are very few undefeated UFC fighters for this very reason and it's very hard for them to let a fight simmer and build up demand. Boxing is more like professional wrestling than us fans would like to admit. Most of the pre-fight hostilities and story lines are fabricated so as to build up demand like a soap opera. This works and has worked for 100 years.

I think Boxing could definitely improve some of these cards that they are putting on recently, no doubt. But Boxing has had a great recipe for always having a relevant boxer or boxers to carry the sport. Anyone doubting the popularity just has to look at the numbers Manny and Floyd did recently. The UFC will NEVER come close to those numbers. Ever.