Boxing analysis

Francesca Hennessy faces WBC bantamweight champion Cherneka Johnson in a promotional image highlighting Hennessy’s rise into Francesca Hennessy WBC title contention against a multi-belt world champion.

Is Francesca Hennessy Ready for the WBC World Stage?

Francesca Hennessy has become WBC bantamweight mandatory in just eight fights. But with a multi-belt champion waiting, is the step-up coming too soon?

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Boxing gloves resting on cash and VIP tickets in the foreground, with a brightly lit boxing ring and fireworks in the background, illustrating the boxing overpromotion problem and the sport’s obsession with manufactured moments.

What Boxing Loses When Everything Is Sold as a “Moment”

When every fight is marketed as an “event,” boxing loses its emotional rhythm. This CMBoxing opinion piece explores the overpromotion problem that’s flattening the sport and leaving fans exhausted rather than invested.

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Empty boxing arena with a dimly lit ring and worn gloves hanging in the foreground, symbolising boxing’s repeated mistakes around poor matchmaking, rising ticket prices and declining fan attendance.

Why Boxing Never Learns From Its Own Mistakes

Boxing has a long history — yet it refuses to learn from it. From lazy matchmaking to pricing fans out of arenas, the same mistakes keep repeating. Here’s why the sport never adapts.

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Dana White pictured alongside a boxing ring during Zuffa Boxing’s debut event, with fighters in action under bright arena lights, reflecting the launch of Zuffa Boxing as a new but familiar presence in the sport.

Zuffa Boxing’s First Event: A New Player, But Not a Revolution

Zuffa Boxing’s debut event looked polished and professional, but beneath the production values lies a bigger question: does Dana White’s entry into boxing actually change anything?

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