re: Why has boxing become so boring?

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If GSP and Vitali got in a fight I would pick Vitali.

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really??

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and in my opinion there's a much greater chance of miraculous comebacks in MMA than in boxing.

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god i cannot think of the fight

it was like a year ago

the supposed next super heavyweight guy was fighting some total chump. the contender was fat and old

for 2.9 rounds the young guy beat the living shite out of the old guy, and the old guy basically got in 1 lucky punch to win

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really??

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i don't know what was going on there

A 6'7.5 260 lb 6 time world kickboxing champion, 3 time heavyweight champion vs a 170 lb 5'10 great fighter. Yeah I'd take Vitali.

This isn't Royce beating up on some bouncers. This is a trained superior fighter (who dominated in two different disciplines) who physically towers over GSP.

So yeah I'd put money on Vitali.

Do you honestly think GSP could shoot on Vitali? Or get anywhere near him?

Or maybe the initial comment was made with a tongue planted firmly in cheek.

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the question is why you're picking vitali and gsp

dos santos, overeem, fedor, mir, carawin, or lesnar are the comparisons

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I didn't make the initial pick. That was Florida. I just commented on it.

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and you can attempt to make fun of wrestling/bjj, but these guys would destroy any top level boxer in a fight any day of the week. A 5'9" 170lbs GSP would put either of the Klit brothers on their back and elbow their brains in within 2 minutes in a real fight. But I guess real fighting is pointless/useless to you, you're only interested in one dimension. You must be Peja's biggest fan

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GSP is an exception. He's had the title for awhile. He's quickly become the best wrestler in the UFC, which is crazy considering it's not even in his backround. He didn't get the title doing that.

Last night's card is a better example of where the UFC is headed IMO. I thought that we would begin to see more lay and pray too, but these guys are being preassured to fight entertaining fights. The guys that they are putting on these cards know that they have to fight. You're seeing refs stand up guys a lot quicker than they used to (sometimes way too soon).

FWIW I enjoy good wresteling and watching guys make moves to get into position as long as the goal is to ultimately attack.

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You're seeing refs stand up guys a lot quicker than they used to

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this is the key (b/c the judges won't change)

2 years ago or so, they started standing them up more quickly, then they started slacking

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and you can attempt to make fun of wrestling/bjj, but these guys would destroy any top level boxer in a fight any day of the week. A 5'9" 170lbs GSP would put either of the Klit brothers on their back and elbow their brains in within 2 minutes in a real fight.

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this gem was from UFownstSECsince1950

i mean THEORETICALLY it could happen, but

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I'm a fan of both, and in my opinion there's a much greater chance of miraculous comebacks in MMA than in boxing.

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I meant it in terms of "great fights", most in boxing its either amazing the guy never went down or how he got up from that ______.
I'd think a a lot of the best MMA fights (for the average fan) would be a brutal 2nd or 3rd round KO, again I only watch here and there though.
Either way, the length of the fights ties in there too and could be argued by either side.

12 or 15 round fights where guys traded shots for most of the fight and have just nothing left, thats what I love about watching classic fights.
Not saying MMA fighters are not exhausted after some of their fights fwiw.

To me the biggest thing is how much someone knows about what the hell is going on during grappling, submissions, wrestling etc.
Really this is where the big MMA fan appreciate, kind of like boxing and the fight where a guy "just ran away and danced most of the time".