I just got saw a re-run of UFC 84 and I can't believe I missed that to watch the Hatton card. Damn, that was just awesome - every fight was exciting and there were great knockouts and sick skills throughout.
How can boxing compete with that kind of entertainment and realism long term? I'm thinking a 6 oz maximum on boxing gloves would be a good start, and just one long round until the KO. A relaxation of the laws could also be beneficial I think like allowing knee and elbow strikes when clinched and maybe also takedowns from the clinch. Of course these changes would need to be gradual but they could each make a great impact on boxing as a spectacle imo.
Chin chin.
Lyoto Machida/Tito Ortiz was pretty boring and technical.
I really enjoyed that fight - superb, humiliating skill from Machida reminiscant of PBF and some drama at the end.
Penn/Sherk was won easily by Penn with the *gasp* jab.
Yeah, a flying knee jab. Nice.
I just got saw a re-run of UFC 84 and I can't believe I missed that to watch the Hatton card. Damn, that was just awesome - every fight was exciting and there were great knockouts and sick skills throughout.
How can boxing compete with that kind of entertainment and realism long term? I'm thinking a 6 oz maximum on boxing gloves would be a good start, and just one long round until the KO. A relaxation of the laws could also be beneficial I think like allowing knee and elbow strikes when clinched and maybe also takedowns from the clinch. Of course these changes would need to be gradual but they could each make a great impact on boxing as a spectacle imo.
Chin chin.
I knew that both hatton/lazcano and malignaggi/ndou would be boring fights so I watched ufc 84 instead.
Lyoto Machida/Tito Ortiz was pretty boring and technical. Silva/Jardine didn't even last a minute. Penn/Sherk was won easily by Penn with the *gasp* jab.
I just got saw a re-run of UFC 84 and I can't believe I missed that to watch the Hatton card. Damn, that was just awesome - every fight was exciting and there were great knockouts and sick skills throughout.
How can boxing compete with that kind of entertainment and realism long term? I'm thinking a 6 oz maximum on boxing gloves would be a good start, and just one long round until the KO. A relaxation of the laws could also be beneficial I think like allowing knee and elbow strikes when clinched and maybe also takedowns from the clinch. Of course these changes would need to be gradual but they could each make a great impact on boxing as a spectacle imo.
Chin chin.
You should be banned OR you should not be allowed to post in boxing forums.
How can boxing compete with that kind of entertainment and realism long term? I'm thinking a 6 oz maximum on boxing gloves would be a good start, and just one long round until the KO. A relaxation of the laws could also be beneficial I think like allowing knee and elbow strikes when clinched and maybe also takedowns from the clinch. Of course these changes would need to be gradual but they could each make a great impact on boxing as a spectacle imo.
Chin chin.
It sounds like u wanna turn boxing into MMA ;)
Yeah, a wrestler on his feet is a fish out of water.
No it was 15 minutes of that then a friggin' awesome flying knee which was more aestetically pleasing than anything in the Hatton fight.
It was just a terrible fight all round. I felt sorry for the people who paid to watch it. 20 minutes of sub amateur standard boxing followed by one knee and the guy is out.
Sean Sherk showed the world how not to box.
Yeah, a wrestler on his feet is a fish out of water.
It was just 20 minutes of jabbing sherks face. Hatton fight was 100 x better in my opinion.
No it was 15 minutes of that then a friggin' awesome flying knee which was more aestetically pleasing than anything in the Hatton fight.
I thought the main event was terrible. Sean Sherk showed the world how not to box. It was just 20 minutes of jabbing sherks face. Hatton fight was 100 x better in my opinion.
I'd watch boxing any day over MMA, but I kind of liked that main event. Probably because it was more stand up than the usual rolling around.
I thought the main event was terrible. Sean Sherk showed the world how not to box. It was just 20 minutes of jabbing sherks face. Hatton fight was 100 x better in my opinion.