“They’re Scared the Paul Brothers Will… “: Boxing Fans Spilled Their Anger on Twitter as the Sport Is Omitted From the 2028 Summer Olympics

Boxing is not just any sport. This ring sport has a history dating to 688 BC and got the title of an Olympic sport around 1904. Ever since then, the adrenaline surrounding this game has never ebbed. Fans consider this sport as one of the best on the Olympic Games roster, a producer of many fine athletes such as László Papp and Boris Lagutin. 

But, in all likelihood, the future of Olympic boxing isn’t going to be as surreal as its past. There have been some talks about removing the Olympic game status of the sport of boxing from the 2028 Summer Olympics. This decision was made in January of this year due to corruption and doping concerns. Quite expectedly, fans of the sport are having a moment.

Boxing exits from the Olympics and fans react on Twitter

 IOC, the governing body for the games reached this decision due to a long mismanagement concern. But, it is not only the athletes who are concerned about the future. Ardent fans of the game have taken to Twitter to voice their opinions. After a tweet by DAZN Boxing, the news attracted quite a bit of fan reactions, both negative and positive.

Some fans were quite in favor of the decision, stating that the violence of the sport was not meant for human bodies.

A few were purely nostalgic about what the sport was. One of the fans wrote in this response to the tweet. He, just like many others thought this decision to be rather poor.

And he was not the only one who thought this. Some avid watchers were downright angry.

There were tons of tweets reminiscing about the great Olympians who graced the ring at the Olympics.

This tweet was done in recent light of the fight of the Youtuber turned boxer duo, the Paul brothers. Both Jake Paul and Logan Paul entered the ring and have fought quite a few fights but not without controversy. Nevertheless, they have had contributions to generating a hype wave for the sport.

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What is the future of the sport?

Amidst the multiple opinions from multiple sources, the future of boxing in the Games remains uncertain. There is no surety of cleaning up the management or other such measures that would hasten the process of its reintroduction.

Fans are also weighing how the fame and popularity of each of the Games would be affected by this decision. Some fans are also ardent that boxing deserved to stay. What are your views?

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