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Why did boxing die
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:33 PM Author: gorgeous (geno) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346084) |
Date: November 16th, 2024 4:35 PM Author: AutoAdmit Historian Idk but last night truly murdered it. I will never plan a night around watching some faggot “boxing” event ever again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346091) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:44 PM Author: hank_scorpio corruption, gambling and probably the nfl
fundamentally boxing isn't the best spectator sport, you have to believe in your guy and if half the fights seem shady and you can't even trust it enough to bet on its going to kind of suck, once the nfl really blew up it took over the violent beer swilling tv watching demo and boxing just faded away |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:45 PM Author: (-_(-_(-_(-_-)_-)_-)_-) Would you watch ncaa basketball if you knew that 80% of the games were fixed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346115) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:46 PM Author: zarathustra pay per view firewall, decline of urban gym culture with flight to suburbs (since revived but more focused on other martial arts), rise of salaries in other major sports (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346117) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:49 PM Author: hank_scorpio I have a hard time believing the salaries thing when boxing still pays like crazy for the top cards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346134) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:56 PM Author: couldn't bottom for about 2 years That is like 0.0002% of boxers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346154) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:57 PM Author: zarathustra 99.999% of the boxing money goes to the top 0.0001% of boxers. might have been a little less lopsided in boxing's heyday but it's still an absurd split.
boxing can't really be career, it's an amateur martial art where a few people at the top get paid to put on a show. meanwhile you can just be a part of your HS baseball team without having to take a literal beating and if you happen to be good you just keep going and see where it goes, maybe you turn it into a good living.
anyways i made that third on my list for a reason. other two factors were bigger. |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 5:01 PM Author: hank_scorpio but that is the case for other sports too, the beating part is the difference although not with football, look at the ncaa over the last few decades, tens of thousands of doods played for nothing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346184) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 5:08 PM Author: zarathustra you can be the 125th best starting pitcher in the world, in a world where other aspiring baseball players might not be competing with you to be a starting pitcher, and carve out a decent 8 year career and at an average annual salary of high seven figs. maybe a retarded GM signs you to a multi year deal before you flame out and you keep raking in cash after you're useless.
if you top out as the 20th best boxer in your weight class you're probably not raking in a ton, and if you lose a couple of fights you're fucked.
it's not even as good as golf or tennis where you still get to compete against the #1 player at the masters or US open on the biggest stage. your stage will never be the biggest stage until you are yourself the biggest draw. |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 5:16 PM Author: hank_scorpio oh I'm not saying its as good as those sports, but now do all the blacks playing hs football getting concussions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346250) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 5:20 PM Author: zarathustra referring you back to my first post (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346272) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:55 PM Author: couldn't bottom for about 2 years Cr. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346152) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:54 PM Author: prince j'rick mpanama (1) mma was a better fan experience / product (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346143) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 4:55 PM Author: borders (retired) It’s similar to the nba. Tyson Holyfield II was the same time Michael Jordan left the NBA and the ratings tanked. People were just like “idgaf about the underlying sport, just the mega stars.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346150) |
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Date: November 16th, 2024 5:01 PM Author: MASE No good boxers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5635372&forum_id=2/en-en/#48346186) |