Comments Thread For: Why Doesn't Boxing Attract More Young Fans?

[Yodpayak]

America likes bs talkers, that are americans, individuals who are involved in social media, who sale snickers, and can care less about the boxing factor. Floyd sealed the deal with all of that. Americans do not have that right now. The best boxers in the world as of today are not American. If you add that the mid generation and forward of millennials are weak-sensitive cry babies... it is over kill for boxing.

I agree this is a good point. Its why when you see boxing news in mainstream america its Adrien Broner slapping a strippers ****.

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The best don't fight the best.

And where is boxing pushed at all anymore? Go to any school and you have all the balls teams but no boxing ever. I mean, what do you expect?

No effort.


No growth.

Wrestling is pretty big now in high schools. Boxing gotta do a better job pushing it in high schools but boxing has a greed problem and likes to eat its own mentally.

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Maybe young people aren't enamoured with the thought of watching 2 people trying to inflict brain damage to each other by repeated punches to the head.

They'd rather interact with a screen where by they run around virtually with guns instead.

Far less violent...

Most kids think WWE is real. So they assume it’s violent. And MMA is big with the kids. Don’t Blame the kids it’s boxing it self.

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there's loads of reasons

no consistent narrative, a lot of sub par presentation, undercards are usually trash, fragmented titles, crusty old promoters guts like fish eyes, arum, shirley winkle who dint understand the youth, and on and on it goes.

ufc is way easier to follow, more condensed, better presented and has good undercards

i still prefer boxing

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Breakdown of the family unit.

Mum's generally ain't into boxing.

That’s not it. I seen a lot of single moms drop their kids off at karate class two towns over. The mother doesn’t care. They just want the kids out of their hair for two hours after school or during the weekend.

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Plus why haven’t we had a new Fight Night video game???? That was a good classic.

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That’s not it. I seen a lot of single moms drop their kids off at karate class two towns over. The mother doesn’t care. They just want the kids out of their hair for two hours after school or during the weekend.

I think it's one of many factors. I got into boxing because my dad was into it, we used to watch all the big fights together.

If my dad wasn't in my life growing up, I doubt I'd be the boxing fan I am now.

[PRINCEKOOL]

There is nothing wrong with boxing, people need to stop looking at the sport as the issue.
that is all I am going to say.

People need to stop continually criticizing the sport of boxing, there is nothing wrong with it.

[1hourRun]

My mom said I cant Box yet, shes afraid I get my brains damaged.

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If my dad wasn't in my life growing up, I doubt I'd be the boxing fan I am now.

For me that's probably the major Key..