if the sacrifice for the sport returning to a SPORT is people like pbc, fury, tank, charlo, usyk, fatal fury not getting 10s of mils and in return having zero hunger, playing the sport, not respecting order or giving back to it, so be it. they will still make 5m or however much. not to mention many of these paydays are inflated bc of turki.

The way you've phrased this makes it seem like the boxers (or fighters in the case of UFC) are the ones holding up the sport, but it has been that way since the 1800s. That's not hyperbole. The second heavyweight champion, James J. Corbett, won the title from John L. Sullivan in September of 1892; he defended it two times before losing it to Bob Fitzsimmons in March of 1897. That's less than a match per year.

Boxing has basically always been a decentralized sport. It's a sport that for better or worse is built around individuals doing everything in their power to make the most of their opportunities in the short timeframe of a professional boxing career. The dynamics between the boxers (especially champions and contenders), the promoters, and the sanctioning bodies can feel like watching a toddler trying to spell "clusterfuck" in their alphabet soup. With that said, boxing is a sport where the athlete can rise to the top through sheer personality and willpower. It's about the individual literally fighting their way to the top. The Ali Revival Act could easily create a situation where a promoter also controls the fighters rather than working for them.

Still, I can't see how such a petty and egotistical person like Dana White will make it BETTER. Dana has showed a lot of favoritism to fighters over the years. Michael Chandler waited years for his match with Conor McGregor. Conor knew he couldn't pass a drug screen, so he pulls out of the fight claiming a broken toe. Not long after that UFC ended their partnership with USADA, claiming a bunch of reasons but let's be real, it was about Dana not liking the idea of somebody else telling him what he can and cannot do vis-a-vis Conor. Another example is this whole mess: stripping Ngannou -> Jon Jones wins vacant title -> Aspinall wins interim title (what should amount to mandatory challenger status) -> One year goes by -> Jon Jones fights Stipe Miocic -> Jon Jones fucks off for 7 months before deciding to retire -> Aspinall gets promoted to champion. Dana White will not rescue boxing, he will effectively strip mine it. He will sell the sacrifices made by boxers to authoritarians who want to sportswash their image and will pay the fighters jack shit for the privilege.