Agree or disagree: Boxing 🥊 is dead?

[lottiebannotie]

Just watched the Tommy Fury Vs Jake Paul fight what a joke boxing has literally turned into WWE I'm so done

[Chazmatazz269]

That’s not boxing. It’s a spectacle, not a sport. There are phenomenal boxing matches on every few weeks. Unfortunately most people would rather watch a spectacle with names they know than watch the sweet science practiced by up and coming athletes or even low profile champions. That’s on the promoters for not selling the talent, and fans for not holding promoters accountable. You vote on what they promote with your wallet.

[Wade12345]

Boxing has not improved the science of punching in literally 120 years. The Isshinryu vertical fist punch hits a couple hundred pounds harder than a horizontal twist punch for the Jab and Cross punch. I don't know why they still use a horizontal twist punch in boxing.

[Anonymous]

Tbh at this point they should just allow low blows. No reason really it’s just the fights are getting boring so it would spice things up a bit and add an element of surprise 😂


On a side note I find college wrestling more entertaining or school wrestling at least in those sports we get to look at hot guys in spandex without cups so we get a little bit of a show still and some grappling plus if you know the people it’s fun. The greatest was having a boyfriend in the sport or crush and suddenly everything became really entertaining 😅

[MrCommodore]

Boxing has been the most corrupt rigged/fixed sport for over 100 years.

[lottiebannotie]

Yep but it's too ridiculous now it's not even a sport so scripted how can a clown like Logan Paul call out Canelo? I give up

[MrCommodore]

Because promotors who are fronts for organised crime and legit powerful people, have figured out that these characters draw big money. So they manipulate things to ensure maximum profits are made.

[lottiebannotie]

Like Don King he completely ripped off Iron Mike

[MrCommodore]

He ripped off a lot of people, former Columbo Mafia family Capo Michael Franzese recently gave some insight into dealings with Don King years ago. Check it out on YouTube

[lottiebannotie]

Nice one I will have a look

[Wade12345]

Did anyone ever beat Bernanga, or his he still the champ in his weight class? Last three times I saw him fight he easily knocked out his opponents in early rounds in two fights and then in the third fight won on the cards.

[Phoenix98]

Boxing is very much alive as a sport/fighting style, I couldn't say when it comes to entertainment.

[lottiebannotie]

Back to watching bare Knuckle for me

[Phoenix98]

Honestly I only just found out bare knuckle was even a thing on TV, it used to be illegal as far as I knew.

[lottiebannotie]

It is illegal hence more honest

[Phoenix98]

Fair enough.

[Wade12345]

Bare knuckle is extremely dangerous. I saw an unsanctioned bare knuckle fight which was legal and held on the streets, and the winner punched the loser so hard in the eye that it crushed the orbital bones and exploded the guy's eyeball out of his skull. It was hanging by the nerve and blood vessel endings. it was way worse than any UFC eye explosion I've ever heard of.

[Phoenix98]

@Wade12345 Yeah I know I have done it and got injured because of it so I know very well how dangerous it is. Hence why I was surprised to find it's on TV.

[RagnarRedbeard]

Bareknuckle isn’t illegal, it never was. There’s no law that states that you have to wear gloves. All that the law says is that the fight needs to be in a ring, with a referee, and a paramedic at ringside. It’s only illegal when the fight is fought in like a car park or on a field somewhere. That’s why it has become an official sport now, it all started when a lawyer in the UK who liked to fight went through UK law and figured it out, then helped to create a BKB organisation. Americans then did the same thing.

[lottiebannotie]

Yeah I like the farmers field variety

[Phoenix98]

@RagnarRedbeard Well illegal in competitive boxing I should say since there are certain guidelines you have to follow.

[Geo27]

There are some good upcoming fights this year. Big ones too. This fight was... meh... I love boxing and for me it's the different style that do make the fights. The upcoming fights so far should be good to watch. Benevidez VS Plant and tank davis vs ryan garcia. I think this "celeberty boxing" is ruining it.

[Anonymous]

it's all rigged every sport from boxing to football baseball basketball hockey soccer it's all been rigged

[lottiebannotie]

To a degree yes but this is getting ridiculous

[Opinion Owner]

it's heavily rigged they already know prior to each game or event who is going to win. take basketball for example the outcome was decided before the start of the game. during the first quarter the players actually play the game during the and the second quarter the players intentionally make mistakes and the third quarter the referee's take over same with the fourth quarter with bogus penalties and coaches with unnecessary timeouts and the amount of penalties are decided by which team is in the lead and who's supposed to win the game and/or enough to secure the lead to win the game or more penalties so the opposing team can catch up if they're suppose to win it's done in every sport

[lottiebannotie]

Sadly only too believable

[Opinion Owner]

boxing for example refs call penalties and the judges ultimately decide who's going to win on the point system in place and they decide before each fight who's going to win and which round the opponent will take the fall and at what time in the round they'll take the fall and in what manner the opponent will fall

[lottiebannotie]

I know it's a joke

[Opinion Owner]

the end result in boxing is either a split decision with a rigged point system or a ko which was previously decided what round and what time in the round and by what type of punch.

[Opinion Owner]

the tricks and techniques of each rigged sporting event was recently exposed on tiktok by people who work for the teams or the broadcast commentators or an exec people inside the business exposing it

[lottiebannotie]

It's all bullshit as soon as any money can be made I'd rather watch honest amateurs

[Opinion Owner]

even then some amateurs aren't always honest especially when a big wig can give them a 5 year deal type contract with a few million each year

[lottiebannotie]

Yeah but the less of two evils nonetheless

[Opinion Owner]

there's an old saying with what you just said. even if you choose lesser of the two evils you still get evil you still end up with evil the absence of good

[slatyb]

It's dead -- most people don't care. I couldn't name a single active boxer.

[Sixgunsound]

As long as the market will bear it, it's not done.

[exitseven]

Boxing died with Muhammed Ali

[lottiebannotie]

Definitely the greatest but we have still had Tyson Holyfield and Lewis since then now it's just depressing for a boxing fan

[exitseven]

Mike Tyson is a caricature and George Forman is a joke too. Somebody must emerge to be the greatest again.

[lottiebannotie]

Well it won't come from YouTube or love island that's for sure

[LemiaOfThunder]

Jake is trying to copy his brother Logan, next he'll be turning up in wwe to partner Baron Cobin

[Iron_Man]

Was this on pay-per-view I missed it, who won the fight? Can you please give me details round by round?

[loveslongnails]

Real boxing is not dead.

[lottiebannotie]

It is when clowns like Jake and Logan Paul get rankings so they can have a title shot and the silly bastards think they can call out real champions like Canelo

[loveslongnails]

Ok... I have no idea who they are, but ok :)

[lottiebannotie]

I wish I had no idea who they were 😃

[Kaneki05]

I question people who liked boxing in the first place or wrestling. Then diva's might be hot but I still would question anyone watching that over porn.

[lottiebannotie]

🤣🤣🤣🥊

[Wade12345]

The only time I ever watched WWE was to see Sasha Banks (Mercedes Mone), but she quit over some scandal and moved to Japan.

[Leopard23]

It's sad but it's how fights are sold now.

[riverrat3]

I quit watching several years ago

[lottiebannotie]

It's always been corrupt but this is ridiculous

[riverrat3]

I would rather watch rocky movies

[lottiebannotie]

Rocky movies are more realistic to be honest 😜

[riverrat3]

Have you seen the creed movies

[lottiebannotie]

Haven't seen the third one yet

[riverrat3]

Me either

[riverrat3]

Haver you seen all the rocky movies

[lottiebannotie]

Yeah Rocky 4 is my favourite

[riverrat3]

Did you see the last one where he came out of retirement to fight the champ

[lottiebannotie]

Yeah I like them all apart from rocky 5

[riverrat3]

Rocky 5 was a bit boring

[lottiebannotie]

Yeah and coach died 😭

[riverrat3]

Right

[Fuentes]

Yeah it's all scripted now lol

[Massageman]

Was boxing ever really alive?

[In_Trance]

Boxing was WWE before WWE was WWE

[lottiebannotie]

Oh please 🥺

[msc545]

Boxing is dead. Good riddance.

[lottiebannotie]

It's certainly dead but I can't agree with you mate

[SnowedIn]

Boxing is like GaG?

[lottiebannotie]

What dead?

[SnowedIn]

That was my attempt at humor, yes.

[lottiebannotie]

I got it 😉

[SnowedIn]

I'm glad someone did! 🙂