Boxing in the United States

Boxing's origins began in the united states in 1880s.[1] The United States became the center of professional boxing in the early 20th century.[2][3][4][5] The National Boxing Association was founded in 1921 and began to sanction title fights. In the 1960s and 1970s, Muhammad Ali became an iconic figure, transformed the role and image of the African American athlete in America by his embrace of racial pride, and transcended the sport by refusing to serve in the Vietnam War. In the 1980s and 1990s, major boxers such as Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe were marked by crime and self-destruction.[6]

USA Boxing is the governing board of amateur boxing in the United States.[7][8][9]

In the 1990's Women's boxing had a brief period of popularity.[10][11][12][13][14][15] It has since lost out popularity to Women's MMA.[11][16][17]

Since the late 1990s boxing has declined in popularity losing out to MMA.[5][10][11][12][13][18][19][20][21][22][23]

References

  1. ↑ Fields, Sarah K. (1 October 2010). "Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America". University of Illinois Press. Retrieved 20 November 2016 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Cummins, Walter M.; Gordon, George G. (1 January 2006). "Programming Our Lives: Television and American Identity". Greenwood Publishing Group. Retrieved 20 November 2016 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Heiskanen, Benita (31 May 2012). "The Urban Geography of Boxing: Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring". Routledge – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Grasso, John (14 November 2013). "Historical Dictionary of Boxing". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 NJM. "Why Boxing Is Becoming Less Relevent(sic) In America".
  6. ↑ Grasso, John (14 November 2013). "Historical Dictionary of Boxing". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Striking a Blow for Equality : Dallas Malloy has won her fight to be America's first sanctioned female amateur boxer. The scrappy 16-year-old knows the rewards of blood, sweat and a killer instinct". Articles.latimes.com. 1993-10-18. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  8. ↑ "To fix a broken U.S. boxing Olympic program, why not a Dream Team?". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  9. ↑ "Olympics 2016: Five reasons why U.S. men's boxing has been so bad".
  10. 1 2 "ESPN.com: BOXING - Women's boxing becoming a real joke". A.espncdn.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  11. 1 2 3 Smith, Malissa (2014). A History of Women's Boxing. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 263. ISBN 9781442229952. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  12. 1 2 Brown, Sarah (2014-05-13). "Against the Ropes". Bitchmedia.org. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  13. 1 2 "The Real Knockouts of Women's Boxing". The Atlantic. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  14. ↑ Raskin, Alex (6 July 2016). "Women's Boxing Fights for Exposure". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  15. ↑ Nolan, Hamilton (3 August 2012). "Is There a Future for Women's Boxing?" – via Slate.
  16. ↑ "Women's boxing hopes to gain traction from Holly Holm's UFC victory over Ronda Rousey". LA Times. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  17. ↑ "Examining the Growth and Popularity of Women's Mixed Martial Arts". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  18. ↑ "Boxing takes a hit from MMA's growing popularity - Toronto Star".
  19. ↑ Connor, Patrick (12 May 2015). "Mayweather-Pacquiao is over and boxing is dead, again" – via The Guardian.
  20. ↑ Espinoza, Jose. "Is Boxing Broken Beyond Repair?".
  21. ↑ "Boxing Is a Brutal, Fading Sport. Could Football Be Next?". The New York Times. 9 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Boxing and horse racing aren't coming back (but they won't go away)". 6 May 2015.
  23. ↑ Flinn, Jenny. "The rise and rise of ultimate fighting (and why boxing is now so passé)".


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