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Money99 · 01-14-2011, 01:20 PM

To chime in on the question if boxing is dead; No it's not. Not at all.
However, it's not close to having the popularity it once had 60 years ago.

Multiple belts certainly have helped dilute the field, but I think the greater evil has been the addition of several weight classes.

Get rid of all the catchweights, leave Cruiserweight and reduce the amount of divisions to 9.
Imagine how great the Light-Heavyweight class would be if you added all the Super-Six contestants?
Or how about forcing all the great fighters at 140 into Welterweight?

There would be no avoiding anyone. Boxing would be back in a huge way.

01-14-2011, 01:20 PM	#19
Money99 Hall Of Fame OVR: 37 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kingsville, ONT Blog Entries: 6	Re: Peter Moore Blog: Is Boxing Dead? To chime in on the question if boxing is dead; No it's not. Not at all. However, it's not close to having the popularity it once had 60 years ago. Multiple belts certainly have helped dilute the field, but I think the greater evil has been the addition of several weight classes. Get rid of all the catchweights, leave Cruiserweight and reduce the amount of divisions to 9. Imagine how great the Light-Heavyweight class would be if you added all the Super-Six contestants? Or how about forcing all the great fighters at 140 into Welterweight? There would be no avoiding anyone. Boxing would be back in a huge way.