A full card never seems worth my time to watch. Most of the fights aren't great, very top heavy. One of my only complaints. Main and co-main, sure, cool. And of course, the usual problem where the fights you want never get made or get made too late. Wilder Joshua ? Spence Crawford ? Usyk fury? What a joke. And then sometimes you get "mandatories" where the challenger has zero business fighting the champ. Is what it is.
I enjoy boxing, but I have to admit that in recent years, the only bouts I've bothered to watch live were:
-Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder 2 & 3
-Oleksander Usyk vs Anthony Joshua 2
-Floyd Mayweather vs Tenshin (RIZIN exhibition)
-Jake Paul vs Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley 1 (considering how boring Woodley made the first one, I really didn't care about the rematch), Anderson Silva
-Aleksander Emelianenko vs Datsik
I don't know if the TRILLER stuff counts, like the Boxing vs MMA event where Frank Mir got squashed by Kubrat Pulev?
So, a mix of actual world class bouts, youtube freakshows, and MMA fighters putting on gloves so they get a bigger paycheck
Aleks vs Datsik could have fought under any set of rules and I would have watched, because their old beef was hilarious and back then it was so improbable that they would one day fight on a relatively big stage that I just had to see it with my own eyes
Sadly, if anyone there wasn't aware they even boxed, the only youtube videos of their fight have spoilers in their titles
And while we're at it, I learned today that Datsik just boxed, yesterday, against Brazilian journeyman Geronimo "Mondragon" Dos Santos
(45-24-1 in MMA), a veteran of orgs like Jungle Fight, M-1 (one time, losing to Sergei Kharitonov), RIZIN (one time, losing to Greco-Roman badass Amir Aliakbari), and almost the UFC (he was supposed to fight Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 153: Anderson vs Bonnar in Brazil, but he got injured and was never invited again)
His staredown against Datsik was fairly entertaining (it starts 40 seconds in)
and the boxing match was very short but equally entertaining, ending in brutal fashion (starts 7 minutes in)
The sport of Boxing has been in such weird existence at this point. Not sure what to think of it. It seems like the elite boxer are avoiding each other. And than you get these circus shows. 20 years ago boxing was legit and much more respectable. Wish it could comeback to once it was. Like bring back HBO.
I am a big fan of boxing. I wish Wilder was heavyweight champ because he’s got that incredible KO power, but, nevertheless I still love the sport.
Never miss a Tyson Fury fight, a Canello fight, AJ or Wilder. Don’t really watch it outside those guys by my own initiative, but have some friends who watch boxing and I enjoy catching up from chatting with them.
Another excellent question and a great poll! I will definitely nominate you for poster of the year
Absolutely, I think I'm pretty even in watching MMA and UFC. I watch most of the big US and UK cards as well as the Aussie events. Boxing is having a bit of a resurgence in Oz post Kambosos' win against Lopez and Tim Tszyu going to unify the belts, it's a great sport.
What is the definition of a fan? I rarely tune in for a boxing fight. The last boxing PPV I purchased was Mayweather vs McGregor. I can’t be considered a fan, at most a casual.
If you liked the Floyd, Paq, DeLa Hoya era you would've LOVED the Hagler, Hearns, Sugar Ray, Duran era!
If you find some time, please watch the movie The 4 Kings.
I think you'd really like it.
Boxing, right now, needs one governing body. One commissioner, like the 4 majors in the US.
And thank you for posting that pic of 2 absolute warriors!
I just realized something. I have not watched "normal" boxing in over a decade. But I did watch the PPV featuring Anderson vs Tito and Vitor vs Holyfield. I also watched MVP vs Platinum in BKFC. I tried to watch Conor vs Mayweather, but wound up getting a refund.
I guess you could say I'm a casual fan of nonstandard and celebrity boxing, but not at all of the traditional sport.
The sport of Boxing has been in such weird existence at this point. Not sure what to think of it. It seems like the elite boxer are avoiding each other. And than you get these circus shows. 20 years ago boxing was legit and much more respectable. Wish it could comeback to once it was. Like bring back HBO.
It's much better now. The big fights are happening, well most of them. Some are still having issues but now there is a lot of pressure from boxing fans/community, fighters/promotions to make the big fights. Lots of big fights that wouldn't have happened years ago are being made. There is less focus on boxers trying to protect the 0 and they are respecting the fighters more for taking risks. Canelo losing to Bivol is a prime example of it and recently Caleb Plant who just fought yesterday gained respect for taking tough fights and fighting like a warrior even though he lost his last 2 fights.
Boxing is actually going really strong right now and has been for the past couple of years. Gaining even more momentum due to all the influencers and social media stars doing the cross over boxing fights.
I love the actual fights, but I hate everything else around it. Just look at the recent Fury/Usyk debacle as a reason why I can't stand anything but the boxing itself.
Blame Fury on that. He's the reason the fight fell through. He doesn't want to risk it vs Usyk at the moment. Usyk agreed to every term and Fury still didn't sign to fight. Looks like it may be Fury vs Ngannou next.
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