Boxing is dead and boring. UFC and MMA is where it's at You know the UFC already pulls in more PPV revenue than boxing does? Wait another 10 years, MMA/UFC is gonna get huge.
Not really a big fan of boxing. Tend to be more of a fan of Taekwondo. I'm almost a black belt. Please watch this video to see how much it kicks ass: http://youtube.com/watch?v=jvjvugJ2rFM
Sorry, boxing is dead. It's absolutely boring, most fights end in a decision, and there are no more superstars. Far as your comment about street fighting, call it what you will, but MMA is safer than boxing. 1. There have been a much higher rate of deaths in boxing than in ultimate fighting. According to statistics, boxing averages roughly 11 deaths per year (see “boxing deaths†in other resources section). In an unsanctioned ultimate fighting bout outside of the US there has been one recorded death that was related to ultimate fighting. This has been the only fatality ever recorded regarding ultimate fighting. 2. Even American football has more deaths per year than ultimate fighting (see “football deaths†in extra resources). 3. Ultimate fighting provides the “face saving†ability to say “uncle†by “tapping out.†In boxing a fighter has one of three options available: either win, go unconscious or have “the towel thrown in.†Usually the last two options can cause a great deal of brain trauma not to mention superficial injuries. In ultimate fighting, a fighter can at any point in time concede victory by simply tapping the mat (or his opponent) with his hands or, if hands aren’t free due to grappling, feet. Tapping out is considered relatively honorable in an ultimate fighting event. It simply indicates that the fighter has had enough. The boxing equivalent of throwing in the towel is not decided by the fighter and is not nearly as frequently used as tapping out. 4. The gloves in ultimate fighting are designed to protect the hand. In boxing the gloves are designed to protect the opponent from serious injury. Oddly enough this seems to have the counter effect. The gloves in ultimate fighting allow for quick knockouts and superficial injuries thereby decreasing overall strikes to the head. The gloves in boxing tend to allow for more “jarring of the brain†over time thereby producing a greater amount of strikes to the head. This can of course, lead have a great many long term repercussions (see “long term†in extra resources). 5. Ultimate fighting rounds are shorter and the officials are very aggressive. Because of the lack of padding and the greater amount of options available to the fighters (relative to boxing), officials will have to frequently, aggressively end fights to prevent further severe injury.
Boxing isn't dead, but it's seriously wounded. The problem is all the promoters and associations that got greedy. Boxing needs one championship belt, and instead it has something like 5. Unifying the belts is impossible, because even if you can defeat the champion for each association/federation, they'll still make you fight a boxer of their choosing within a certain time frame, and no boxer can take on 5 different fights in a matter of months. The associations need to merge so we can have one champion for each weight division. MMA is where it's at now. Within 5 years you're going to see MMA title fights bringing in the same amount of PPV money as Tyson-Holyfield or any of the other big fights of the '90's.
Yes i accept your arguments ly2 and davewashere, while your probably right, i hope it doesn't turn out that way.