Boxing Poll Rankings Fourth Most Popular Sport in America: “Boxing Popularity is Growing in the United States”
By: Sean Crose
An article appeared in Forbes on Tuesday presented the amazing results of a Harris Poll, This shows that “boxing’s popularity is growing in the United States.” And here we think sweet science is dead. “For a sport that has long been considered a relic from years past,” the article continued, “boxing is attracting fans in the US at a higher rate than any other sport in the world. attract a younger fan base, according to recent polling data.” That data, seems to be sending a clear message. “Precious Harris Poll“, the article wrote,” which surveyed more than 2,000 adults in 2021, ranking boxing as the country’s fourth most popular sport with 33% of respondents saying they are fans of the sweet science sweet. “
There’s a little author discontinuity here – when I was a kid, boxing was the fourth highest ranked sport in the US, behind football, baseball, and basketball. To put things in perspective, the big fights at the time were Leonard-Hearns 1 and Holmes-Cooney. However, according to Harris Poll, the identical popularity chart is now back forty years later. That’s a big surprise considering the fact that boxing has long been considered a dead sport. It’s an even bigger surprise when one thinks about the popularity of Mixed Martial Arts – fifth in the poll – and the fact that boxing doesn’t even rank in the top 10. Harris Poll of 2010.
The “young fan base” the article talks about has a lot to do with that. Purists can roll their eyes at Ryan Garcia all they want, the man’s popularity on social media is astounding – and that keeps younger audiences coming to the games. fight. The article also points out that the Paul brothers, Jake and Logan, certainly didn’t hurt boxing’s popularity. In contrast, Paul’s attracts a lot of attention, whether in the ring or on social media. And then there’s good, old-fashioned marketing that, contrary to skeptics’ belief, boxing power centers is brilliant right now.
The article said that Harris Poll The numbers certainly don’t come as a shock to “Brian Kelly, Chief Revenue Officer at Top Rank, one of boxing’s biggest — and most historic — promotions.” It seems that Kelly has learned the trend and noticed the growth of boxing. “Kelly,” the article reads, “quickly points to figures from Luker on Trends showing that boxing has grown more than any other sport between 2010 and 2020, attracting more than 26 million fans New America for that time period.” Kelly also gives credit to younger fans. “Gen-Z is a big part of it,” he said of the boxing revival. It seems like the fast-paced nature of the sport, with it frequently ending in abrupt knockouts, befits the elevated Gen Z high-speed world.
