The following is a list of the next batch of stars that will set the boxing world on fire in years to come. Starting off with the heavyweight division, the year-old Dubois is a top prospect, who has used his powerful punches to earn 14 of his 15 wins via knockout. He skipped the Summer Olympics to turn pro, signing with Queensberry promotions.
Daniel Dubois is a former British and Commonwealth champion with most of his fights ending before the third round. He is also the third-youngest fighter to win the British Crown. This Mexican hotshot has been clobbering contenders in the welterweight, light-middleweight, and middleweight divisions for about 8 years now.
His powerful, hard-hitting style has won him 16 of his 16 bouts by knockout. The boxing betting markets tend to agree, with Ortiz at short odds to be the next holder of the World Welterweight Title, and Ring magazine making him Prospect of the year. One of Philadelphia finest; Jaron Ennis is a year-old boxer that can change stances quicker than his opponent can blink.
His next bout is scheduled against Sergey Lipinets in April , and his athleticism and speed should result in him challenging for the welterweight title soon. Teofimo Lopez is already an established face in boxing as he has held the IBF lightweight title for about 3 years now.
Teofimo Lopez has overcome many outside influences to retain his undefeated streak, and his future depends on him retaining his explosive finishing ability and unorthodox style. His cocky attitude is backed by his bullet-fast striking ability. All eyes are on him to see if he can become the undisputed titleholder, as some still doubt his ability. They won't be the last of this trend, I'll just put it that way.
So, if I believe this is going to stick around for a while, and if I'm right, then the big, big question becomes -- how does it actually impact the two sports?
It's all fun and games when Tyron Woodley, on a nasty losing streak, runs out there for a payday. Or when Mayweather does it for kicks. But what if someone like Nate Diaz, who is not a title challenger but a legitimate name in MMA, tries to get in on this? What if Conor McGregor does? I mean, Kamaru Usman, the No. So does Jorge Masvidal. And it hasn't completely started to impact guys like that yet, but will it? If that happens, I'll go from just bored of these things to thoroughly disappointed and, frankly, saddened.
Could that happen, Marc? Don't lie to me. Raimondi : I think the clear answer here is yes. Of course, one of those names -- a McGregor or Diaz or Masvidal -- could end up in one of these fights down the line. They likely won't be able to do it under UFC contract, but Diaz has only one fight left on his deal. Is he a candidate to box one of these other big names afterward?
I bet there would be a lot of money out there for him. And if you ask his longtime sparring partner Andre Ward, Diaz would be pretty darn good in the ring.
Anyway, I think Copp touched on this. As long as the money is still there -- as long as people continually want to buy these fights -- they will continue. The market will truly decide the shelf life. But here's another question: When does it become too far? I am entertained by the Paul brothers' shtick and I am enjoying seeing this career renaissance by Silva, but there has to be a limit, and I feel like Holyfield-Belfort was it for me.
I'm not sure most people who bought that came away satisfied with how it went, and that could be troubling for future Triller pay-per-view events. What's the line here, Copp? And who is responsible for stopping the madness before that line gets crossed and something tragic happens? Coppinger: I'm not sure what the line is, but we all know what the finish line is, let's be real: McGregor vs. Jake Paul. It just feels like we're destined for it in what would be the Super Bowl of novelty fights well, the second Super Bowl.
We did have Mayweather vs. Ultimately, the commissions are responsible for ensuring fighter safety. In this case, Triller went commission shopping. Florida opened its arms to Holyfield. Let's not forget: Holyfield had his New York license suspended after a lethargic performance against Larry Donald. That was in ! Not only is Holyfield almost 59, he has also had one of the most brutal careers of all time. That's not hyperbole. His fight with Riddick Bowe for the heavyweight championship -- their first meeting -- was named Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year.
Four years later, Holyfield received the honor again, this time for his first battle with Tyson. Holyfield's win over George Foreman was a violent affair, as were the other two fights with Bowe and even his win over Bert Cooper in And let's not forget Holyfield's epic run at cruiserweight, including two epics with Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
When Holyfield was battered by James Toney in -- weeks shy of his 41st birthday -- that should have been it for "Real Deal. The promoters aren't going to do it; this is the boxing business after all. The bottom line: These novelty fights will happen as long as they're commercially successful.
But as I wrote above, I believe we're getting closer to the point at which the fighters' demands to participate in such events exceed what promoters are willing to pay as interest dwindles. Raimondi : Of course, the money will dictate the future of these fights. Boxing is a business, at the end of the day. But independent of that, I actually take no issue with the idea of these novelty fights. I found Tyson vs. Jones Jr. Coverage by the media of the excitement on seeing boxers fighting cutting are another, knocking each other down and ending a fight exhausted is viewed as being repulsive and unacceptable.
Those against boxing often argue that boxing encourages high level gambling and therefore is not acceptable. Though this argument is irrelevant. Whilst the evils of gambling can be significant it is not a real argument considering that there are many other sports that encourage gambling too. Few deaths occurred compared to rugby, paragliding diving and motor racing. In the period from to boxing accounted for three deaths in England and Wales, compared with 77 deaths from motor sports 69 for air sports, 34 from mountaineering, 40 from ball games and 28 from horse riding.
Dr Warburton cited in news6. Simon Black, General secretary of the British Board of Control believes boxing is always unfairly criticised compared to other sports. That is very dangerous. Though sports other than boxing, which have relatively higher numbers of accidents and fatalities are not subject to the same type of debate as boxing. Enthusiasts and militant supporters of boxing are usually heard reciting the above figures and asserting that boxing is less dangerous than such sports and pastimes including motor sports and horse racing.
However though, boxing has three principal differentiating features from the other sports and the first of which is, it is the goal of the boxer to rain blows on to his opponent, a prerequisite of winning any boxing match. Deaths and injuries result from unforeseen circumstances in other sports mentioned. Boxing is actively inflicting damage on an opponent. There is greater risk of injury in boxing than any other sport, and whilst there are fewer fatalities than in some other sports, there are nevertheless a significant number of fatalities and further, it is only within boxing that there is high incidences of chronic rather than acute serious injury; brain damage.
The third and final differentiating feature; since most other dangerous sports involve a person on their own, motor racing drivers, jockeys, parachutists, there are no legal sanction against such activity. Since that is the case nobody should be surprised when tragedies occur. Parliament has never declared the sport of boxing illegal and as present in the United Kingdom no court has ever decided a case involving the legality of boxing. It has sponsored legislation in the past in Parliament to try and get the sport abolished but to no avail.
Boxing in terms of its legality remains something of an anomaly. All rules concerning assault and so forth are suspended when the boxers step into the ring. The boxer when he steps into the ring has consented and knows the risks involved. According to Branye 98 an assault can be legal because of consent. Boxing like contact sports share the fact that it has specific sets of rules. Contact as well as injury, which are within the rules, are deemed consensual. However, the biting of an opponents ear for example, a la Mike Tyson is not within the rules is assault, as it was not consented.
Punching though is. Boxing is different to other contact sports in so much the fact that in rugby for example, it is not intended to cause injury some may argue , by contrast boxers are not breaking any rules when they try to cause temporary injury. How easy would it be to ban boxing? The answer is quite difficult. He confirms that the courts have never been asked to consider cases before them that actually involved the legality of boxing.
The only possible route legally that Branye considered in the quest for abolition of boxing was the suggestion of the withdrawal of medical support from bouts, that would make it illegal because of the regulation requiring doctors at the ringside and emergency services on standby. There are precedents in terms that professional boxing has been illegal in Sweden since and since in Norway. But that is of no concern to British boxing. For sometime, the BMA has campaigned against boxing, and two Bills that have managed to be presented to Parliament to outlaw boxing for rewards have both have been defeated.
Parliament has never declared boxing illegal and no court has ever decided the legality of boxing. Recently Labour MP Paul Flynn has called for a Bill, to ban blows to the head, and also a change in the law regarding assault laws and boxing. He wants boxers to be charged with assault or manslaughter if their opponents are critically injured or killed.
My Bill will remove that defence. Such a move would see serious repercussions for the sport. It would make many potential fighters think twice about entering the sport. It would doubtlessly severely change the sport beyond recognition.
If such moves were to get the go ahead or even still if boxing were to be banned, it is inevitable that it would be pushed underground, which would be incredibly dangerous, difficult to administer, and would increase risking even more injury to fighters in a unregulated territory. The danger is if boxing has no choice but to go underground then the potential for even more catastrophic injuries are high.
As western society is becoming ever more so civilised attempts have been made to abolish anything precluding violence or bad taste. The current situation regarding fox hunting is an example of this.
Though boxing differs from fox hunting as boxers voluntarily enter the sport out of their own choice, unlike the fox, which has no choice. It seems it is generally only the medical establishment who are obsessed with boxing and having it outlawed. Their objections fall flat when they wholly explain their aversion on the basis of risk to health. As the figures suggest many more people die and suffer injury as a result of these such activities than they do by boxing.
Boxing is an extremely popular sporting pastime and attracts vast audiences. It is a great avenue to find self-discipline. The benefit do seem to outweigh the dangers, and that is why it is perhaps still in existence.
The medical professions obsession with boxing and its campaign for its abolition may be more deep-rooted than at first thought. An obvious answer, if taboo, is that the campaign against boxing is to do with class sensibilities. The debate about the legitimacy of boxing may have faced a brick wall currently, but the fight continues on moral grounds and on the grounds that in opponents eyes there is no place for a brutal sport in this day and age. Though defeated it will not remain uncontested in the future all it needs is a test case.
It appears boxing does have a future even though it will face continuous periodical scrutiny from the opposition medical quarters. It seems that only a massive swing of public opinion against boxing will set in motion the moves which would consign it to the history books forever. The fears that boxing would be more dangerous if forced to go underground resulting in a ban is a factor maybe keeping it afloat. Unfortunately attempts will be further strengthen if and when the next tragedy occurs.
Statistically boxing is safe. Anti-boxing protestors should consider the fact that boxers choose voluntarily to take part in the dangers of the sport. Unless people have this right taken away will any attempts be successful. Though boxing does seem to have a relatively safe future, an injury to a star name may set the balls in motion that may sway opinion. It is not out of the question that boxing will be changed in some respect, rule changes, such as fewer rounds, lighter gloves, and no punch zones including the head may be compromising concessions of the boxing authorities.
Boxing has always and will always have its detractors, though the future of the noble art remains safe for the foreseeable future. Beashel, P.
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