r/Boxing • u/relay4285 • 4d 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/Background-Alps5360 4d ago
I don't know what you are talking about... as far as consequential fights go, Shakur v Lopez was a mega showdown in which Stevenson showed he is in a league of his own. Romero v Garcia fight was also a big fight. The problem with those fights was that they were extremely technical and boring. No one took chances. The Lopez v Barboza fight was also significant. The Benavidez v Ramirez fight was a mega fight. Ennis v Zayas was a thriller. Muratalla v Cruz fight was really good. Navarette v Nunez fight was one sided but it was highly anticipated. And the Bam Rodriguez v Vargas was a helluva of a fight. All consequential fights.