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• Promoters and/or networks controlling who fights. Instead of the champion fighting the number one contender, then the number two contender, etc., now the champion fights the one that promoters and/or networks think will draw the most viewers and thus the most money. This may draw more spectators for an individual event, but overall it alienates fans who turn to sports with more true competition.

• Too many champions in each weight division. There are so many boxing organizations now that there are too many champions in each weight division. The public is confused and has no one champion to rally around. As boxing’s popularity wanes, smaller organization will disappear and, at some point, there will again be one champion in each weight class, and boxing’s popularity will rise again. MMA fighting is still sorting out its organizations. If it also ends up with too many champions, it will suffer the same problem as boxing has suffered.

• Proliferation of pay-per-view. Boxing used be free to watch on television, even championship matches. Now, greedy promoters make the general public pay to watch the events on television. Now, only diehard fans see the bouts. In addition, many pay-per-view events fail to meet expectations, and thus, fans turn to other sports. If football or baseball was pay-per-view, they would suffer the same decline. When bouts are free, non-fans may watch and become fans as a result.

• No current great heavyweight champion. Although there have been great fighters in the lower weight classes, the public still likes to have one champion to adore and the best of the biggest is what they like the most. For casual fans, it is easy to remember and follow one champion. It has been years since there has been a heavyweight champion who the people can follow. During his glory days, everyone knew who Mohammed Ali was, even if they cared nothing about boxing. Now, the general public cannot name any current boxer.

Boxing is neither the best combat fighting system nor the best self-defense fighting system, but it is the best sport system to allow people to release their primal urge to punch an opponent in the face or see someone else punch an opponent in the face. Because of this, it will always be a popular fighting system and it will always be popular with spectators. Although its popularity is low now, it will come back; people like to see other people punched in the face.

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