As a local, I can tell you that:
- Most bars air domestic boxing events cos they have a subscription to FoxSports (and no, we don't have USA channels like Showtime etc). International events are sometimes mentioned (e.g. Pac V Marquez 4) but are only shown at specific locations. As such, most coaches and older participants of the sport are only familiar with boxers in or near Australia- sure, they all know who Mayweather is but, for example, my trainer doesn't even know who Khan is. Legit.
- The pro heavyweight circuit is a joke. Most of our heavyweight boxers are only in that division cos they are overweight. Except for Meenhan...yeah. Let's just say I seen amateur state/national champs fight better.
- Pro female boxing gets almost equal coverage here (by equal I mean in proportion of how many participants there are- not like 50/50). I see them on the main/co-main events sometimes and I know they get paid relatively well compared to countries like America etc
- Amateur boxing has been on the rise especially in rural areas (e.g. Wollongong in NSW). There have been more and more female boxers too to the point where male exclusive cards are now in the minority as, typically, most amateur fight nights will have 1-3 female fights (and around 10-12 male fights but still).
- 300+ participants competed in NSW's state comp this year. As an approximate, I'd say there are around 100 amateur clubs in NSW and around 600-ish amateur boxers. Most amateur clubs are community-funded though (unlike muay thai or just about every other art which isn't judo).
- Also, to add to the above, there is literally an amateur fight night every single weekend of the year if you know where to look in NSW.
- Boxercise is EXTREMELY popular in NSW right now- my sister attends an all girls high school and, even there, 5% of the grade had or are currently hooked onto boxercise.
P.S. These are just my observations as an ammy.
