The old boxing v MMA debate

[ceo]

YouTube - ESPN: UFC vs. BOXING

Watched this video and I can't help thinking how pathetic Joe Rogan sounds. Here's my take on it:

I like some MMA. I can respect the skills and athleticism of the fighters but the whole 'boxing is dead' argument you hear from some ignorant MMA fans is just BS.

I can't make it past this.

Cliff Notes?

 

[jd_uk]

Gotta agree with djlegacy. Boxing is boring. Who wants to watch 12 rounds of the same shit over and over. I can't remember the last time a headline fight ended up in a ko or tko. And who gives a fuck how much a fighter makes? It's not like I'm getting any of that money...

Then you obviously don't watch much.

It matters when people like Rogan say nobody cares about it. Umm obviously they do, otherwise one guy wouldn't be making $60 mill from the interest of the public!!

 

[grubd]

Boxing has skills involved in the psychology. It is much more interesting to watch than mma, though I do watch both the boxing and ufc big time ppv's. The most exciting part of mma is when the 2 gladiators are standing up slugging it out not when they are rolling around and clutching like fairies.

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

Put your best boxer in an MMA ring...see what happens...a ONE Trick pony won't survive. Just sayin...

 

[jd_uk]

Put your best boxer in an MMA ring...see what happens...a ONE Trick pony won't survive. Just sayin...

You REALLY aren't getting this are you??

 

[Daeo]

Then you obviously don't watch much.

It matters when people like Rogan say nobody cares about it. Umm obviously they do, otherwise one guy wouldn't be making $60 mill from the interest of the public!!

Just saying. Used to watch boxing back in the day. Anymore it's usually 12 rounds of guys hugging each other and sneaking in punches here and there. Most of the people I know would rather get a UFC fight than a boxing match. MMA provides a lot more excitement IMO...

 

[jd_uk]

The most exciting part of mma is when the 2 gladiators are standing up slugging it out not when they are rolling around and clutching like fairies.

Yep. The ground game is interesting but it just will obviously never be as exciting to the average fan as stand up contact. For those that say 'yeah but it's more technical'...well just watch Mayweather, that's all I can say to that.

Anyway, I'm off for the night. 4 pages of Ken Shamrock nut hugging by the morning.

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

You REALLY aren't getting this are you??

People are saying no one cares about BOXING because noone (majority) dont care!

Wow one of the BIGGEST fights in boxing a guy made 60mil, its sports, EVERYONE makes bank, and Mayweather is the TOP TOP TOP TOP draw in boxing right now. You arent proving your point or proving Joe Rogan wrong.

 

[grubd]

People are saying no one cares about BOXING because noone (majority) dont care!

Wow one of the BIGGEST fights in boxing a guy made 60mil, its sports, EVERYONE makes bank, and Mayweather is the TOP TOP TOP TOP draw in boxing right now. You arent proving your point or proving Joe Rogan wrong.

Joe Rogan is soooo damn annoying. They need a Vin Scully or Howard Cossell on the mike in UFC and that would be the last piece to make it huge, a great story teller. Jim Ross of WWE and WCW fame is out of work and a fan of mma, I suggest Dana White give him a call.

 

[PICK3]

boxing sucks!




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