When the US Men fail to win a single medal in Boxing at the Olympics, you know boxing is dead.
Boxing is far from dead. The amateur game in the US is hurting because there are so many opportunities, thus the poor performance at the Olympics.
Top matches regularly make 50-100 million on pay per view. Showtime, Fox Sports, HBO, and ESPN have regular televised matches.
While the judging is still suspect, I posit that it’s no more than in the past.
There is an influx of new fighters from eastern europe, asia, and even the middle east, most of them training and fighting in the US.
I do agree that there are too many organization granting belts, that’s the thing that needs changing and some improvement of judging.