re: Any true boxing fans here?

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Unlike MMA it takes years to perfect boxing. You just cant jump into it at 15 and become great at it. Boxing is alot of hard work and dedication and most kids these days just dont wanna do the work. Instead MMA is the easier alternative and has become more popular. But to me boxing takes more skill and discipline. Anybody can fight/grapple but not many can stand toe to toe and box.

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Congrats on the most ignorant response in this entire thread.

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GSP makes 4-5 mil per fight. so that x 3 or 4 fights a year.

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hahahahahaha... When was the last time GSP fought that many times in a year. 2007

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agreed. a lot of MMA fighters simply impose their physical will on their opponents. see: Kimbo Slice

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Maybe I spoke too soon.

I love Boxing although Ill admit its down. Too many belts and such. There was a time when everyone knew who the undisputed heavy weight champ was.

That being said Ill never watch MMA. I hate it.

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see: Kimbo Slice

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You just make yourself look dumber and more ignorant with each and every post. So Kimbo was a great mma fighter because he simply imposed his "physical will" on people?? Omg, Brock and Kimbo are the greatest fighters in the whole world.

I love boxing, but I can watch a stacked UFC card. What's killing boxing is the corrupt sanctioning bodies (WBO, WBC, WBA, IBF) just look at rankings for each sanctioning body. Now, these promoters are really just bad for boxing. Just look at Bob Arum. He has said before that he doesn't care about the what the fans want. It's sad because I love the sweet science, but the UFC is on the right track. Boxing needs to take a page from what the UFC is doing. They are very good about giving the fans the fights they want to see.

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Exactly. I don't think MMA is inherently better than boxing from a pure sport perspective, but it's being marketed better and run by more competent and progressive people right now than is boxing.

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Did you plan on responding to my point?

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I guess my point is it seems it's a lot easier to just throw yourself into the octagon (or whatever y'all call it) and throw down than get in a boxing ring after just a year or two training.

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At the lower levels, yes, any bum can walk into an octagon. But then again, isn't that the case with boxing also?

I feel confident in stating that most of the fighters you see on television have years of training in SOMETHING (whether it be wrestling, boxing, or some other martial art).

BJJ, by itself, could take a lifetime to master. Now add MMA on top of that and you can imagine the incredible complexity.

As Ray Mercer once said--frick MMA. In boxing you don't gotta worry about elbows, knees, feet, and heads.

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I don't like it that much either, but I understand why people like it more than boxing. I get the MMA point of view, but in reality all MMA fighters want to fight how it is most comfortable for them, is one form greater than the other?

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It's kind of like boxing styles. Some styles match up better than others.

In the beginning of MMA, it used to be style vs. style. For example, a wrestler vs. a boxer.

Now, everybody trains in everything. The difference now is that fighters will have their main strength, and they try to be as well rounded as possible in other areas. The best fighters are those who have a strength, but are also pretty well-rounded.

For example, Nick Diaz's main strength is his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He's good at submitting people once on the ground. But the problem with that is he isn't a wrestler... so he's not great at taking people down and GETTING the fight to the ground. But, that isn't necessarily a bad thing, because he's become one of the best boxers in the welterweight division. So generally, the people he fights will take HIM down to avoid his boxing.

But, his next fight is against the champion, Georges St-Pierre. GSP has incredible takedowns. He can take anybody down pretty much at will. Nobody can stop him in that regard. And, he's also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black-belt. He's not as good at submitting people as Diaz, but he has incredible control and is good at passing the guard and maintaining position while landing punches. He's also pretty good on his feet. He's typically an "outside" fighter who likes to jab and move and throw straight punches... that matches up well against Diaz's pin you in a corner and land volume style.

So see, MMA has the match-up strategy like boxing does. "Styles make fights" is probably even more true in MMA than boxing. There are many more variables that can be matched-up.