1 Clarity on unsuccessful drug trials
Sadly, the disgust that Conor Benn compared to Chris Eubank Jnr has brought this topic back into focus a lot, with future transparency – from promoters, boxers and regulators – very important now.
2 Aftercare
While the Ringside Charitable Trust has consistently made strides in this department, they are still exasperated by the deadly silence that comes from the power brokers in the sport. However, it is they who are at the top, of course, have to rely on the boxers to feed themselves and their families.
3 Quality Control
It’s perfectly fine to allow YouTubers and influencers to join the sport and have fun, but the timing is starting to limit the earning potential and opportunities of real boxers. That’s when you know it’s gone too far. Spoiler: that time has come.
4 Back to promoting
It’s all too easy for advertisers these days to rely on social media as a vehicle to promote (often themselves) and then blame their fighters for not having the “traction”. ” or the fan base when it comes to securing opportunities for them. In short, they become lazy.
5 Score Cards
Admittedly never being perfect, this bug is still relevant due to a number of bad scorecards given both at home and abroad in the past year.
6 cards below
The bottom card in boxing is getting worse by the day as top boxers are overpaid and TV networks are also no longer willing to invest in the sport. That still doesn’t excuse some of the weak service sent to fans in 2022, though.
7 Calm down with PPV
We know for a fact that boxing is only attractive if there is a pay-per-view being earned from it, but the promoters need to at least try and make it work in a different way. Decent domestic fights carrying the PPV tag should be the tipping point.
8 opponents must meet before it’s too late
They are not alone, but perhaps there is no better example of this than the heavyweight duo Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jnr, who are now in danger of wasting their peak years and talents. to create records and legacy will mean very little in the next 20 years .
9 heavyweight tuning matches
Of course, tuning wars have their place. However, when they happen just to make money or delay the inevitable (a much better and more important fight), they should probably take place in a gym rather than a football stadium. .
10 Sharing is caring
With so many broadcasters and TV networks now getting into the sport, common sense needs to prevail when two shows are scheduled to run side by side on the same night.
