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Post by Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades on Sept 13, 2007 19:48:36 GMT -5
right around the time before Mayweather/Delahoya analysts were saying that this will be the last "Big fight" before MMA overtakes boxing as america's combat sport of choice. Do you agree with that or do you think its isnt true. lets hear it.
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Post by Codesters on Sept 13, 2007 20:20:33 GMT -5
honestly, I agree. Boxing just isnt as big as it was before. andn ow mma brings something new to the table......like it or not, its taking Ova!
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Post by T R W on Sept 13, 2007 20:31:55 GMT -5
I don't watch either, but I do agree.
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Post by Suckasays on Sept 13, 2007 20:41:35 GMT -5
I rarely hear anything about boxing these days. So I'll go with yes.
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Post by Kliquid on Sept 13, 2007 21:31:03 GMT -5
No, boxing is so far ahead of everything.
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Post by Overnight Sensation on Sept 13, 2007 21:34:33 GMT -5
Boxing died when lenox Lewis retired
while on the other hand, MMA grew and is still growing after the Liddell loss
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Post by Sandy on Sept 14, 2007 1:06:09 GMT -5
Yes.
Much like they way Baseball was "Americas sport" back in the day. Now football has completely taken over as being the most popular sport. Baseball is still popular but most people just find it too slow and too long of a game while football is kind of straight to the point with mor excitement. The attention span of the normal adult nowadays is ridiculous.
Thats why MMA is on top as far as physical contact sports go..Boxing is too slow and too easy to fix. Even if they tried to fix an MMA fight the fans would be able to tell.
MMA isn't going anywhere for awhile.
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Post by PdW2kX on Sept 14, 2007 11:58:48 GMT -5
I think MMA has overtaken boxing, but boxing is still going decently strong.
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Post by Chicago on Sept 14, 2007 15:51:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I would say MMA is growing increasingly popular and boxing will have a tough time catching up,
but boxing has been around for hundreds of years, so I wouldn't pull the cord just yet on the sport.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Sept 14, 2007 16:07:17 GMT -5
I do think MMA has surpassed boxing as the fight sport of choice EXCEPT for the occasional huge boxing event (De La Hoya-Mayweather for example). I think boxing can bring the numbers once or twice a year. But MMA definitely has more consistent success throughout the year in drawing ratings and attendance.
However, one can be popular without the other dying. I don't think it's a matter of one sport "beating" the other by surpassing it in profit, fan interest, etc. UFC came very close to dying out before Zuffa purchased the company, and look at them now. If UFC survived, boxing will survive, even if it plummets further in popularity.
The thing to remember is that it's a respected sport/fight discipline, so people will always be practicing it worldwide, even if fans aren't watching. The martial arts that UFC fighters use in their fights have been around for a very long time, but it's not like fans were swarming to watch Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu events, right?
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Post by moogie101 on Sept 15, 2007 14:34:35 GMT -5
Boxing is only ahead of MMA when it comes to the huge mega fights like recent DLH/Mayweather & upcoming Mayweather/Hatton fight.
Boxing could hold it's own by promoting closely contested fights & putting big names stars against each other in risky fights. Unify all the titles & have PPV shows with more than one fight that people care about.
However if it doesn't take this opportunity it will continue to lose interest to the point that event the HUGE mega shows don't attract interest
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Post by kevx301 on Sept 15, 2007 20:53:58 GMT -5
No, boxing is so far ahead of everything. </sarcasm> While the UFC, for the most part, has higher buyrates and attendance, someone who's not big sports buff might not know what MMA is, but pretty much everyone knows what boxing is. |
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Post by HHH316 on Sept 16, 2007 1:13:56 GMT -5
I think it has. Boxing has hit an all time low
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Post by Happy Pizza on Sept 16, 2007 4:37:36 GMT -5
On this forum, hell yes.
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Post by rkolegendkilla on Sept 17, 2007 6:36:11 GMT -5
As sad as it is, yes.
Boxing > MMA imo.
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Post by timebombversion420 on Sept 17, 2007 17:24:43 GMT -5
I believe it has, if boxing would really unify some of the belts I think it would help matters alot
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Post by shogun on Sept 19, 2007 6:12:15 GMT -5
boxing is too fragmented. people like mma because the majority of publicity surrounds one brand name - the ufc. in boxing there's 3 or 4 major organisations, each with about 15 "world titles" at different weights... the mma format is much simpler, the fights more exciting, and the hype that much grander. there's no competition outside of the sport...
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Post by Eternal on Sept 19, 2007 8:46:42 GMT -5
MMA is taking over the world  fear us |
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Sept 19, 2007 13:00:13 GMT -5
boxing killed itself years ago.
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Post by Bearski on Sept 19, 2007 15:32:36 GMT -5
oh yeah!
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