In my opinion, the boxing exhibitions are not really that harmful to the boxing industry but are another breath of life for boxing, but for the MMA industry I can not say so for sure, In my opinion, the boxing industry is in a downward spiral if not for that well-known boxer now, because let's face it there is not much watching the newly boxers for sure but it surely is striving because of a few known fighters, but because of the Exhibition boxing matches there are a new face and a new excitement for Fans of boxing and there are some newly gained boxing fans aswell,
Yes, I greatly agree. I always believe that an exhibition fight promotes the sports it involved with. The main factor in this kind of fight is promotion and of course money-making, either for charity or personal gain.
It also tap the curiosity of people about a cross matches between fighting sports but the problem is that, it is always the fighter who cross over to that sports has the disadvantage since they are not that familiar with the discipline and mechanics of the sports. One good example is the fight between a boxer and a wrestler in a boxing rule. Obviously the wrestler would have a huge disadvantage here and we see the result in one of Jake Pauls fight.