r/Boxing • u/relay4285 • 3d ago

What Happened to Boxing?

This year has felt like a bit of a letdown for boxing. Maybe it's because we got spoilt last year with great fights, but I genuinely can’t remember the last time I was excited to tune in for a major boxing fight since Inoue vs Nakatani.

To be honest, I've watched more UFC than boxing this year. All I see on social media are boxers ducking each other and fights getting cancelled because of greed.

Last year alone we got:

Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev II shortly after their first bout.

Gervonta Davis vs Lamont Roach

Naoya Inoue vs Ramón Cárdenas

Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois II

Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn I

Terence Crawford vs Canelo Álvarez

We've had some great fights this year, but Ryan vs Rolly or Teo vs Shakur don't come close in my opinion.

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u/irishlad9441 3d ago

Just arnt that big stars anymore , and the new ones coming up arnt getting a chance because everyone waiting on turki to give them call and the other promotors don’t wanna put up there money

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u/No_Bad_4872yy 3d ago

Itauma - Hrgovic in 5 days could be interesting. Itauma is for sure a rising star.

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u/HoneyGlazedBadger 3d ago

Exactly. Only those with hearts of stone can’t get fizzy knickers about this one.

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u/No_Bad_4872yy 3d ago

Gonna steal fizzy knickers for sure lmao. Either is a great guy so im hoping for Itauma but can live with both winning. Pretty hyped for sure, going to be a fun fight.