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CMV: Boxing sucks

Okay, so I admit I used catch all, somewhat clickbait title.

I want to caveat this; When I say 'boxing sucks', I am not talking about the style of martial art (and in my opinion it is a martial art), nor am I talking about amateur boxing bouts or mid-level professional fights. 

I am, instead, talking about the upper echelons of the boxing industry. The big money, high profile events. 

What got my thinking on this was the recent announcement of the matchup between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Logan Paul.

One one hand we have an 11 time world champion, who is undefeated in his professional career of 50 fights spanning 25 years, with over half of those wins coming by knockout and someone who is often cited as the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet (or, at least he was).

On the other hand we have a Youtuber who has had precisely one professional boxing match... Which was against a fellow Youtuber. Which he lost.

Even if you factor in the age difference, it's still a complete mismatch.

This fight has been set up for one reason, and one reason only - money. 

It is my firm belief that professional, top level boxing has been infiltrated by money-men so much, that it is no longer about who can fight best, and more about who can sell the most tickets. 

It has been this way for well over 30 years now, with the boxing hay-day of the 70's and 80's long behind us. But now it seems to be so far in one direction that the basic idea behind boxing is virtually non-existent.

It is, in my opinion, no longer a legitimate contest of martial ability, and more an entertainment show. It makes a mockery of a sport that should have a lot more prestige. It is disrespectful to the legends of the sport that came before, and an insult to the thousands upon thousands of amateur boxers who actually *can* fight, but will never be given an opportunity like this because they don't have 23 million Youtube subs to sell the fight too. 

I am not talking about grassroots boxing, or even Olympic level boxing. It's a legitimate style of fighting that is highly effective for self-defence. This is just about the high-profile boxing matchups.
gpt
Please know that the upcoming fight between those two clowns has absolutely nothing to do with top level boxing any more than the other Paul clown's "boxing" match against Ben Askren did.  Nothing about either of those fights has anything to do with "martial ability" or any ability at all really, except that of extreme self-promotion.

"Boxing" doesn't suck.  What some people have done in the name of the sport has put a bit of a stain on it, but the original institution remains intact.  To me, it looks the same as when the XFL was supposed to be the next big thing in American Football.  The NFL survived while the XFL flamed out because it was never serious and/or sustainable to begin with.