Future of Boxing

Mayweather-Pacquiao March 13

I see this entire setup a bit differently than most of the boxing world it seems like. My main concern right now is the sport of Boxing as a whole as far as mainstream society is concerned.

What I mean is, the super fight is coming. Mayweather-Pacquiao. It’s already set to break all kinds of PPV records with all of us loyal fans plus a slew of indifferent people already determined to witness this stellar event.

Okay so as far as Boxing is concerned, what’s next?

Full article after the jump.

Mayweather-Mosley some of you say, or even Mayweather-Williams for the dreamers. Those sound nice and all to us loyal fans, but what about all those indifferent people?

This fight coming up is bringing a lot of needed attention back to this great sport. An attention level that really hasn’t been seen since Mike Tyson was everywhere you looked. So with that in mind, what does Mayweather-Mosley, really do for the sport as a whole? It could be a good fight, sure. But even if it is, that’s all it will be, one fight.

As we know, Floyd takes his time between bouts, and isn’t a general crowd pleasing fighter. Therefore he has not been and will not be a household name like that of Tyson or Leonard were.

Age plays a factor in this as well. Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr, Bernard Hopkins. These are names that generated conversation at the table in the 90s and early 2000s. But that was then and this is now. Mosley is about 38 I believe , Roy and Hopkins are pushing 40 as well, and Oscar is flat out done.

My point from all of this is for those of you who are like me, who actually care about Boxing’s place in the pecking order of sports in this world, how can you possibly keep harping on the fighters that ARE on the way out, while ignoring the youth which is with whom Boxing may rise again?

So all that said, I’m a fan of Boxing, and I want Andre Berto to whoop Shane Mosley’s ass on January 30th so that he can earn a fight against a Miguel Cotto or a Ricky Hatton even and then if he could win that, he would be due a shot at whoever wins Mayweather-Pacquiao.

There has to be something going forward that people can really point to and say “Oh I know that name, who/when is he fighting again you say?” on a consistent basis. With the Super 6 tying up the Super Mid-LightHeavy division for a couple years, and the Klitschko’s still kickin’ ass and taking names, the WW division is where Boxing is at its hottest right now. I see no need to let that fire burn out so quickly come March 14th.

Written By: Bennie Hayes