Why do people say boxing is corrupt?

Question

I am new to boxing and been watching videos of ali and foreman but whats corrupt about them

Answer 1

It's not the boxers, per se but the promoters who make the sport corrupt.  Most of 'em promoters are notoriously greedy and scheming, and they would do anything to earn their millions at the expense of the fighters who risk life and limb inside the ring.

Answer 2

Its not the fighters, its the promoters, judges, managers, and the sanctioning bodies that are corrupt.  Watch a documentary on Don King, then watch the third fight between Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton (any robbery will do, but this is a "good" one), and then take a good look at the world rankings of the numerous sanctioning bodies.  After you do all of these things, I don't think that you will be asking why people say boxing is corrupt.  I love it and I think that it is the best sport in the world, but as long as there are dishonest people involved (and there always will be), there is always going to be corruption involved.

Answer 3

I honestly am not going to answer the question because all of the other people are doing a good job at it........ but i did want to add one thing since you are new to the sport....... and that one thing is that there are corrupt people involved in boxing but the whole sport is not tainted by it.

Answer 4

Boxing is corrupt because of the judges. Almost every controversial fight has been lost due to very very bad scoring. Other fights the boxers threw away but that was back in the day when the mob controled it. like when Jake LaMotta said he threw his fight to get a title shot later on. Boxing Judges have made Boxing corrupt

Answer 5

Any time you have large sums of money in ANY venture, you're going to have corruption.  That's just a rule regarding human endeavors.  Larry Holmes' book goes in-depth into corruption.  The funny thing was, if he had not fired Don King, Holmes probably would have broken Marciano's record.

Answer 6

Have you ever watched a fight when it come to the judges??? He lost to Felix Sturm and they gave him the win so PPV could make more money b/c the fight between him and Bernard Hopkins had already been set up. Thats just an example.

Answer 7

People Cheat Dammit