Boxing is Bad in Australia

Australian sport fans pride themselves on being big sport fans, which they are, I am actually one of them. We also love our sport to be played hard and fair. But when it comes to boxing, Australian sport fans try to be supportive of the sport, not knowing its actually further damaging it.

Most Australian fans buy the top aussie fighters pay per views in Anthony Mundine, Danny Green and Paul Briggs. In most cases this is good and healthy for the sport of boxing. But recently Australian fighters have been fighting opponents well below there own fighting standards. With opponents such as Nievas and Clavero and other Phillipino fighters who come to Australia for as little as $300 to fight. These fights are bad match ups and mostly the boxers are just trying to make as much money as they can without fighting credible opponents. Most fighters around the world do it, except it seems to be happening a lot in Australia recently.

So by trying to support boxing and by buying these pay per views, there are actual mismatches going on inside the ring. And it is sending a message unintentionally to the top level fighters that it is okay to fight lesser opponents just to make some safe money, minimizing the chance of a shock loss. However this is not what the sport is all about. And boxing organisations need to stop sanctioning such fights, before a lesser opponent is seriously hurt. I just hope we do not have to wait for that opponent to be hurt and we can do it before it gets to that stage. Stopping Australian mismatches is a must in the sport of boxing, for the sport to prosper in this country.



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