Why has boxing become so boring?

Don King and Pay-Per-View. Boxing started to go downhill after those two things started to get involved. The lower divisions actually aren't that bad but the heavyweights have been atrocious for the last 30 years save for a brief period in the early '90s when it had Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis and Bowe. I remember Burt Sugar making the remark that Ray Lewis would probably be the best heavyweight boxer in the world if he had chosen that sport instead of football so the increased athletic competition is another reason.

advancement of the sport

esp in the HW division

most sports advance to a defensive, safe approach, which often is not as aesthetically pleasing as an offensive approach

After watching the fight this weekend, it is easy to tell why most boxing fans now watch MMA

Lack of great personalities in boxing plus too long between fights for fans to really get into it. People want to see fights much sooner nowadays and just arent patient enough to wait.

Wlad hasn't been in an exciting fight since he got knocked out by Sanders and Brewster. Well, maybe the first Sam Peter fight. He's just developed this style that's absolutely unwatchable but hard to beat.

FWIW I don't think boxing is boring overall. But the heavyweights are awful. The Klitchko's are boring and the other guys just aren't very good. Unfortunately to get the casual fan back in you need an exciting heavyweight division.

I gotta slightly disagree with you

Yes, people's tastes have changed and with all the knockouts in mma people expect boxing to follow suit and be equally exciting....ultimately dashing their expectations.


But, boxing has become more and more boring throughout the years. Not only are the fans not seeing the match-ups they want to see, but the fights themselves have become more boring it seems. When's the last time a major title fight was exciting? Or ended in a knockout? Seems like all the big fights are between old, washed-up fighters ending in boring draws.

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When's the last time a major title fight was exciting? Or ended in a knockout? Seems like all the big fights are between old, washed-up fighters ending in boring draws.

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thanks for proving my point. sidewalk boxing fans only care about the huge mega-fight, the knockouts, etc. they could care less about the large number of under the radar boxing matches between two really good fighters who know what they're doing.

kind of like how everyone is a horse-racing fan during the Kentucky Derby or if there's a triple crown contender that year, and the rest of the time "it's boring." no, you just are too lazy, too stupid or too caught up in the SPECTACLE that you can't enjoy the SPORT.

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boxing fans only care about the huge mega-fight, the knockouts, etc. they could care less about the large number of under the radar boxing matches between two really good fighters who know what they're doing.

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the casual fan has typically always cared about the spectacle/big fights, and that was slanted towards the bigger classes

as the bigger classes have developed a boring style, people say the quality is down, and don't watch

the sports, esp as you get bigger, has changed

Too many classes, too many organizations.