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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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Split boxing ring image showing famous veteran fighters facing younger prospects under bright lights, illustrating the boxing familiar names problem and how nostalgia-driven matchups stall division progress.

Why Boxing Keeps Confusing Familiar Names With Meaningful Progress

Boxing’s growing reliance on familiar names over genuine momentum is stalling divisions and frustrating fans. This CMBoxing opinion piece examines why nostalgia keeps winning — and what it’s costing the sport.

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Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora sit exhausted in a worn boxing ring beneath a faded Wilder vs Chisora banner, symbolising a controversial cash-out bout and wider Wilder Chisora fight criticism within heavyweight boxing.

Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora Is Boxing’s Saddest Cash-Out Fight

Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora is being sold as entertainment, but it’s really a fight built on familiarity, not relevance. This piece cuts through the hype to ask why boxing keeps recycling decline instead of building the heavyweight future.

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“Two generic boxers trading punches in a British boxing ring under bright arena lights, representing competitive 50–50 fights in British boxing.”

British Boxing in 2026 Needs More 50–50 Fights — And Here’s Why

British boxing fans are tired of predictable shows, padded records and WWE-style narratives. Here’s why 2026 needs more real 50–50 fights — and fewer manufactured storylines.

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Stylised boxing-themed graphic showing two silhouetted fighters facing off, with bold text reading “‘Stay Busy’ Fights Are Killing Momentum – Time to Scrap Them?”, highlighting the issue of stay busy fights boxing and their impact on the sport.

‘Stay Busy’ Fights Are Killing Momentum — Time to Scrap Them?

Boxing’s full of old-school wisdom. Keep your hands up. Protect yourself at all times. And if you’re not injured? Stay active. But in 2025, that last one’s started to wear thin. Because staying busy used to mean taking real fights — now, it often means padding your record, dodging risk, and boring the life out

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