There are more good athlete in boxing that UFC. Boxing pays a lot better for the top guys. GSP is good athlete, but you don't see a lot of white guys succeed at boxing.
hahah, That is why I watch a lot of van damme's and steven seagal films; at least with those, I have some kickass action...
I like boxing more, but Dana White was right, nobody wants to see Marquez Mayweather. The next UFC's look like crap as well though, Machida-Rua and Couture-Vera are bound to be good fights like Couture-Nogueira but I'm not going out of my way to watch them. Give me Pacquaio-Mayweather and Machida-Silva and Silva-GSP.
While I love boxing, watching men grapple on the floor does not interest me. Also, I'm not 15 years old.
Marquez isn't a chump. And this was Mayweather's comeback fight...he hasn't fought in nearly 2 years.
I really like them both, but a big boxing match is IMO more exciting than a big UFC match. Mayweather vs. Pacman Fedor vs. Lesnar Those are the two biggest fights I can think of in either sport right now and Mayweather vs. Pac would be a much bigger deal.
I'm an old-school boxing fan, although there's basically no big names left so I understand the "shift" towards this UFC type stuff. Not a fan of the dry humping and leg headlocks but I do understand it's appeal.
Sweet science because it's a fair fight. The heavier-padded gloves, ten-count and Queensberry in boxing mean that boxers who are otherwise winning the fight are not penalized for split-second lapses in defense. It takes a near-perfect shot to knock out someone in boxing. It takes a slip on a wet spot for an MMA-er to go from dominating a fight to finding himself on his back getting his head beaten in. That aspect of MMA might be more realistic, in terms of relation to an actual street brawl, but that does not mean it is a fairer or a more aesthetically pleasing sport. I want to watch highly skilled athletes performing at the peak of their abilities; I don't want to watch a street fight. As to corruption in boxing, yes it exists; worse than that, sort of like Pat Riley's Knicks in the NBA, clenching as a boxing strategy has severely impacted the viewing appeal of the sport. However, I find the greater corruption to be, relative to the PPV money raked in, the extremely low pay awarded to low- to mid-level MMA fighters. Once the MMA fights rival boxing in terms of gambling money expended, I'm confident that just as many or more (given the disparity in pay) MMA fights will be fixed.
Rarely do you ever see someone lose a MMA fight because he slipped and fell. Anyways, this is the beauty of MMA, some people are actually far more dangerous on their back then they are standing, it's a battle of styles. Boxing too me is one dimensional, MMA requires you to KNOW how to box, along with a number of other disciplines.
Its all about preference. I prefer boxing. Even in MMA, I mainly enjoy striking, not too fond on the ground game. The thing about striking in MMA is that it pales in comparison to Pro Boxing. Saying boxing is one dimensional is ridiculous. Its boxing! Thats what they do, throw fist. That is like saying basketball is one dimensional because all they do is shoot a ball in a hoop.
I'm really getting tired of this "street brawl" crap. That's what a real fight looks like. These aren't the days of Tank Abbot and guys like that. UFC fighters are legitimate masters at various forms of martial arts like Karate, Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Collegiate Wrestling, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Boxing, Mauy Thai, Kickboxing, etc. "Street brawlers" don't have black belts, Olympic medals and collegiate championships.
There's actually a video out of Anderson Silva sparring with a professional boxer, and he does quite well. I'm sure you can google it. I agree that for the most part striking in MMA can't compare to that of boxing, but it's a totally different situation. MMA fighters have be on the watch for take downs, leg kicks etc etc... Boxing to me is pretty much taking one aspect of MMA, extending the amount of rounds and giving the fighters more rest True.
HAHA, IF these guys are "masters of boxing", why don't they box? Masters of various forms my ass. More like Huntington Beach second rate athletes...
Okay, maybe I shouldn't have included boxing in that list but there are good boxers in MMA like Anderson Silva (who boxed professionally), BJ Penn, and the Nogueira's. Boxing in MMA has a long way to go because most MMA fighters come from grappling backgrounds. Second rate athletes? That's why other pro athletes take up MMA training in the offseason to improve their strength and conditioning? These guys have the craziest training regimens in sports.
Anderson Silva got TKO'ed in his first fight by a NOBODY... Simply put, the best athletes play real "sports"... They do not waste their time training to fight freaking Tito Ortiz...
I do recall De La Hoya saying that Diego Sanchez (MMA fighter) was in a lot better condition than him during training and they both have the same coach. With boxing, you can control your breathing pattern and sort of pace yourself. In MMA, if the fight does go on the ground, all those clinches or weight pressed on a fighter if he's on his back can expend a lot of energy. It's much harder to control the breathing pattern in MMA than in boxing because of how fast things can change. The weight disparity between fighters for better or worse does create mismatches that fans of boxing would otherwise b**** about. When I read that Mayweather came into weigh in 4 lbs more than Marquez I was wondering what the big deal was. I got to admit I don't watch enough boxing, but in MMA that's almost as fair as it can get. The weight disparity in the HW division of MMA is what turns me off from watching that division. I'm actually against cutting weight too because fighters just go back to their normal training weight right after the weigh in. MMA in Asian countries are fairer in this aspect because they almost never cut weight. I like both sports. I really enjoyed the Mayweather fight because of how technically sound Mayweather was. I can appreciate MMA in similar ways too.
The MMA equivalent of the mega fight of Pac-Mayweather would be Fedor-Brock. Obviously, that won't be happening anytime soon either.
I look at it like this: That general repair maintenance guy that does a little bit of everything but not really certified or specialized at one specific skill. That's MMA to me. Maybe that's why it appeals to the average common joe schmoe. Those that are certified or went to school for their respective field of work like certified HVAC techs, CCNA or Cisco certified techs, ASE techs, etc...that's boxing to me. Pay reflects that also. Top boxing fighters get paid way more then top MMA fighters. Tells me alot that a former pro wrestler that couldn't make a football team can make it in the UFC.
