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re: Boxing vs. MMA
Posted on 4/16/10 at 8:11 am to mr. penguin
Posted on 4/16/10 at 8:11 am to mr. penguin
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which is better and why?
go.
Never understood the point of this debate. It doesn't have to be an either/or thing.
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Posted on 4/16/10 at 8:12 am to LSUandAU
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Solo
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Boxing is an art. MMA is a blood sport.
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LSUandAU
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Also, boxing takes endurance, strength, speed, skill, precision and is truly a science if you have ever done it. MMA is entertaining at times, but is really nothing more than a street fight where elbows, knees, almost anything goes.
i can understand preferring the aesthetics of boxing to MMA, but comments like these are ignorant and have no place in this discussion. both are "science" and "art" and neither are outright brawls
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I will take a 12 rouund prizefight, at the high level, any day over what UCF aired last week...that was a joke!
did you watch the last pacquiao fight? or just about all top HW boxing matches?
i mean if you prefer tons of jabs, little contact, and winning on points for jabs, that is your opinion. i'm not going to say it is wrong. but i don't see how you can claim the last pacquiao fight was entertaining
Posted on 4/16/10 at 8:13 am to OUandLSUfan
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I am talking about money made by fighting
you can't compare the 2
MMA is run by organizations
Boxing is a bunch of ind. contractors
Posted on 4/16/10 at 8:14 am to mr. penguin
Both sports rely too much on "hype" outside of the ring. Both are sold as such.
Posted on 4/16/10 at 8:31 am to WHATDOINO
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De la hoya is worth more than Dana white and mayweather is valued the same as white.
So you're saying the two richest guys in boxing are worth the same as the guy with the 10% stake in UFC? All Dana has is 10 %.
I'm pretty sure Oscar has a much bigger chunk of Golden Boy.
Don king is worth 290 mil.
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Check out forbes magazine
got a link?
Posted on 4/16/10 at 8:54 am to WHATDOINO
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It's not by coincidence that lesnar is the ufc's largest ppv draw
He helps the draw, but he is not the only reason. UFC had a stacked card including the Bisping Hendo fight of the two guys that millions of people watched each week on the reality show on cable tv. (how's the contender doing these days?)
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Because their numbers are down
no I should you data saying they're still growing. They aren't where they want to be, but not down and not nearly as "down" as boxing. UFC 111 did 770K buys. That's more than the Pac Clottey fight.
So boxing best draw loses to the UFC...And Brock wasn't on the card.
Oh, why won't a boxing fan touch the issue of the two sports on tv right now? Or the pay for lets' say the 10 biggest earning fighter in each sport? Or the 50th ect.
Posted on 4/16/10 at 9:10 am to LSUgrasshopper
I grew up boxing and I would still rather watch MMA
Posted on 4/16/10 at 9:11 am to SlowFlowPro
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you can't compare the 2
MMA is run by organizations
Boxing is a bunch of ind. contractors
damn...for ONCE I finally agree with SFP
Posted on 4/16/10 at 10:38 am to Jamohn
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Again, how does the fact that the average UFC guy can kick the average boxer's arse in a street fight have anything to do w/ which of the two sports is more entertaining to fans?
I already said it has nothing to do with anything. Then I changed my mind and said the different styles competing is why there is a ufc. Now I am being intentionally ambiguous. What about this do you not get?
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Yes, really.
oh, ok. Because it really isn't.
It's like wondering whether MLB outfielders or NFL safeties are faster on average.
Posted on 4/16/10 at 10:41 am to aibo synthetic
quote:No, it's not. Speed is actually an important part of how well they are able to do their jobs.
It's like wondering whether MLB outfielders or NFL safeties are faster on average.
Ability to win a street fight is not a factor in how well a boxer does his job.
Posted on 4/16/10 at 10:43 am to etm512
Boxing in 1980-1995.
Boxing if they get their shite straight is better. BUT they never will so MMA for me.
Boxing if they get their shite straight is better. BUT they never will so MMA for me.
Posted on 4/16/10 at 10:59 am to LSUandAU
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This is one reason boxing is better...less absurd and lucky fluke outcomes! Also, boxing takes endurance, strength, speed, skill, precision and is truly a science if you have ever done it. MMA is entertaining at times, but is really nothing more than a street fight where elbows, knees, almost anything goes. Boring is watching two guys lie on the floor wrestling around fighting for position for 2-3 minutes.
Judging in boxing is probably much worse so I dunno for starters about the fluky decisions. Regarding the fluky outcome possibility? sure can happen in MMA but the big KO out of the blue can happen in either sport and is both a positive and a negative since it adds to the viewer interest. Anyway, 9 times out of 10 the fighter who is better wins... the 1 time out of 10 he does not is a puncher's chance and adds to the entertainment value
When I first started watching MMA I thought the same thing about the guys wrestling around on teh ground but the more I have watched the more I have appreciated the strategy involved... the holds etc... It's kinda amazing
Posted on 4/16/10 at 11:02 am to St Augustine
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I think this completely depends on how they would fight...chuck liddell or any of the other so called "great punchers" in MMA aren't beating any elite boxers in stand up
Chuck would revert to being a wrestler pretty quickly if you put him in with a boxer, as a boxer would have zero ground game.
Posted on 4/16/10 at 11:05 am to Solo
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Boxing is an art.
MMA is a blood sport.
I boxed all my life and that is an absurd statement. I respect all forms of the discipline of fighting.
Posted on 4/16/10 at 11:07 am to molsusports
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MMA is entertaining at times, but is really nothing more than a street fight where elbows, knees, almost anything goes.
we MMA fans have got to do a better job at educating the masses of ignorant statements like this
Posted on 4/16/10 at 11:13 am to Palm Beach Tiger
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I think this completely depends on how they would fight...chuck liddell or any of the other so called "great punchers" in MMA aren't beating any elite boxers in stand up
Chuck would revert to being a wrestler pretty quickly if you put him in with a boxer, as a boxer would have zero ground game.
Exhibit A
Chris Lytle,
13-1-1 as a boxer. Indiana state champ (IBA)with multiple title defenses.
In MMA
38-17-5
Posted on 4/16/10 at 11:36 am to LSUgrasshopper
LSUGrasshopper 
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