What happened to boxing? It seems like anymore, most boxing matches tend to be between Youtube stars and old boxing legends such as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, without much else. The days of boxing being a hot-ticket item in the sports world are long gone, and much of what remains is dragging out the older, well-known names or trying to spice things up between Internet stars and other celebrities. Once a sport has hit this level, it’s sad to say that there might not be much life left in it.
Boxing used to be a much bigger deal. Boxing legends like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Mike Tyson and others were not only sports stars, but worldwide celebrities. Nowadays, hardly anyone can name a big-name boxer that carries the same weight as the aforementioned boxers of the past. There was hype and excitement about boxing events, such as the Don King-planned events like “Rumble in the Jungle” in 1974 between Ali and Foreman or the “Thrilla in Manila” between Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975. Sporting outlets like ESPN and Sports Illustrated have called the Rumble in the Jungle “arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century” and the fight was viewed worldwide by an estimated one billion people.
Watching the heavyweight bout between boxing titans like Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Tyson and others was something that even the most casual of sports fans could appreciate. Regardless if one was interested in the sport, they still knew the names of the fighters and were able to...
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