solving all of them wud bring boxing back to its former glory we need 1 champ per weight the same scoring in pros and ams and most importantly we need a great heavyweight champion. the popularity of mma hasnt affected boxing really its only filling the void for some ppl until boxing is great again it might even hav forced boxing to sort out those major problems
boxing goes wit the heavyweights today there r no great heavyweights and all big fights r pay per view in the past everyone cud watch the great fights also the scoring system in amateur boxing has diminshed the skill of certain types of boxers the brawler and inside fighter cant succed in amateur boxing and there r 4 belts considered world titles + ring mag title so 5 world titles per weight sorting out any 1 of these problems wud bring boxing back being the best sport in the world cont.
I honestly think that we as people and humans have searched for some kind of sport that literally pits one person against another in combative fashion.
The great Evander Holyfield once said that boxing is the sport which all other sports strive to be. In that he means that essentially we as humans may want to demonstrate one's physical or innate superiority through a competitive fashion. Boxing was THE prominent "sport" to do so in that sense. There was no ball, no pins, no racket, nothing....
.... except a man's fists (well, with gloves, lol) to do so.
MMA has taken over most likely because we have opened up all that is essential within human's physical being, no longer restrained to the upper body. It may have taken a while due to critics saying something like Vale Tudo or MMA may just be too inhumane, but they forget that boxing was seen so too about a century ago when it was still gaining fame.
MMA is now more widely accepted as a sport as boxing because we have all grown....
.... susceptible to the idea of fighting that could possibly go all the way down to the ground (literally speaking). Maybe it's just taken us that long of time to finally to revert back to a seemingly primitive mindset of combating one another (from the days from where we fought for food as cavemen, to when we may have, depending on your religious beliefs, evolved to something considered civilized, to "sporting events" that are within the boundaries of what is a "civilization", back to.....
...something that probably the most pure form that we may ever get to that notion of "man vs man"). It has almost been a full circle process in the evolution of humanity. Boxing was that form of sport that was seen as the essential sport of what is innate in us as human beings, but we keep growing in that desire to strip man of more restraints (in boxing, obviously you can't use your legs to physically hurt your opponent) and really let us combat one another. MMA is as far as we gone so far.
Plus on top of everything, MMA has a had a recent history of some great marketing (duh).
I mean wrestling, vale tudo, K-1, Muay Thai, and other forms of physical sports have been around for a while like MMA and never caught on as well. So there's also the business side and advertising to seriously consider. Just throwing that out there as well, lol.
hi, i think its because nowadays theres mma, kickboxing taking over the scene, moreover theres a deterioration in the skills of boxers nowadays, thats why i guess, or probably something that has been around for long enough and pple just get tired of it, but i think pple today also cannot appreciate the greatness of boxing.
Para mí los 16 mejores de la historia de los pesados es esta:16-Floyd Patterson; 15-Jim Jeffries; 14-Evander Holyfield; 13-Joe Walcott; 12-Sonny Liston; 11-Mike Tyson; 10-Larry Holmes; 9-Ezzard Charles; 8-George Foreman; 7-Joe Frazzier; 6-Gene Tunney; 5-Jack Dempsey; 4-Jack Johnson; 3-Rocky Marciano; 2-JOE LOUIS; 1-MUHAMMAD ALI. Opinen...
rbrtdornel 8 months ago
Jack Johnson was an unbelievable boxer.
Metatarsal 11 months ago
It would be nice to see more footage of Jeffries (against Sharkey or Fitzsimmons) and even Burns...
tuxtucis 1 year ago
can someone please tell me what a heavyweight champion is?
melissatheawesome 1 year ago
a video like this should have like a million views!!! Thanks!
angelmusa11 1 year ago
nice video and tribute .Sad to see boxing is dead.
guysolbgmn 1 year ago
thank you. very entertaining. i liked all of it especially the music with dempsey footage as dempsey had good rthym- seemmed to fit. thanks again
owenswift 1 year ago
Great job but for the sake of historical accuracy you should have included Marvin Hart.
andrewr62 1 year ago
He was included (1:58). There is no film on him so I could only use a picture.
TheGreatA 1 year ago 4
Jack Johnson Was The Man Too No Shit Of White People & Beat Them All Up In A White Mans Sport!!!
He Just Lafs At The Crowd Love It
Metatarsal 2 years ago
jack johnson looked like ali there.
romienomie 2 years ago
@romienomie I was thinking that, stands out Johnson doesn't he as a really classy boxer, sure Ali studied him..
hullcityafc72 1 year ago
0:28 THANK GOD they don't wear those anymore. I do not want to see a guy's ass cheeks whenever he bends down.
bigpoopie69 2 years ago 3
Great A, you deserve a trophy for this whole project.
The editing, music, knowledge of the criteria....all were an A+.
You can show someone the full history of heavyweight boxing in these videos.
reznick8 2 years ago
This is the same theme music they used in Shawshank Redemption, when the old guy kills himself after being let go from prison.
What is the name of this song and or composer?
mrceebees14 2 years ago
Think Willard Moran could have fitted in there for the Jess Willard section lol. Just the Johnson ko?
greek1237 2 years ago
solving all of them wud bring boxing back to its former glory we need 1 champ per weight the same scoring in pros and ams and most importantly we need a great heavyweight champion. the popularity of mma hasnt affected boxing really its only filling the void for some ppl until boxing is great again it might even hav forced boxing to sort out those major problems
podge888 2 years ago
boxing goes wit the heavyweights today there r no great heavyweights and all big fights r pay per view in the past everyone cud watch the great fights also the scoring system in amateur boxing has diminshed the skill of certain types of boxers the brawler and inside fighter cant succed in amateur boxing and there r 4 belts considered world titles + ring mag title so 5 world titles per weight sorting out any 1 of these problems wud bring boxing back being the best sport in the world cont.
podge888 2 years ago
I honestly think that we as people and humans have searched for some kind of sport that literally pits one person against another in combative fashion.
The great Evander Holyfield once said that boxing is the sport which all other sports strive to be. In that he means that essentially we as humans may want to demonstrate one's physical or innate superiority through a competitive fashion. Boxing was THE prominent "sport" to do so in that sense. There was no ball, no pins, no racket, nothing....
crazyhuyman 2 years ago
.... except a man's fists (well, with gloves, lol) to do so.
MMA has taken over most likely because we have opened up all that is essential within human's physical being, no longer restrained to the upper body. It may have taken a while due to critics saying something like Vale Tudo or MMA may just be too inhumane, but they forget that boxing was seen so too about a century ago when it was still gaining fame.
MMA is now more widely accepted as a sport as boxing because we have all grown....
crazyhuyman 2 years ago
.... susceptible to the idea of fighting that could possibly go all the way down to the ground (literally speaking). Maybe it's just taken us that long of time to finally to revert back to a seemingly primitive mindset of combating one another (from the days from where we fought for food as cavemen, to when we may have, depending on your religious beliefs, evolved to something considered civilized, to "sporting events" that are within the boundaries of what is a "civilization", back to.....
crazyhuyman 2 years ago
...something that probably the most pure form that we may ever get to that notion of "man vs man"). It has almost been a full circle process in the evolution of humanity. Boxing was that form of sport that was seen as the essential sport of what is innate in us as human beings, but we keep growing in that desire to strip man of more restraints (in boxing, obviously you can't use your legs to physically hurt your opponent) and really let us combat one another. MMA is as far as we gone so far.
crazyhuyman 2 years ago
Plus on top of everything, MMA has a had a recent history of some great marketing (duh).
I mean wrestling, vale tudo, K-1, Muay Thai, and other forms of physical sports have been around for a while like MMA and never caught on as well. So there's also the business side and advertising to seriously consider. Just throwing that out there as well, lol.
crazyhuyman 2 years ago
hi, i think its because nowadays theres mma, kickboxing taking over the scene, moreover theres a deterioration in the skills of boxers nowadays, thats why i guess, or probably something that has been around for long enough and pple just get tired of it, but i think pple today also cannot appreciate the greatness of boxing.
mrphilosophical 2 years ago
The great sport of boxing.
mrphilosophical 3 years ago
Great tribute. What is the first song called? I know it's from American Beauty.
mS28811 3 years ago