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IS THIS REALLY TRUE , IC COULD BE TRUE WILL THE ONLY FAMOUS BOXERS BE THE ONES WHO ARE AROUND NOW ? itsa a kick in the teeth to all the people wanting to become boxers like me, hope its not true , makes me wanna punch joe rogan thro the screen -
Uhmmm can you say SLIGHTLY BIASED?
That wasn't an interview that was a big mouthed arrogant idiot running his trap for a few minutes.
How in the **** is he gonna say "i love boxing" while making his belittling statements about it saying it's a dieing breed etc.
Maybe the boxing guy should've had more balls and spoke up a bit more, but the interview should have been carried out so two views were heard, instead of one guy shooting his mouth off.Comment
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This video has been posted a ton of times, but whatever. Boxing is Def not a dieing breed after this past year. And its still the #2 most popular sport in the world!
Simply put, UFC & Boxing are two seperate things. If a boxer fought in a UFC ocatagon he'd have a punchers chance but would prob get taken to the ground and submitted. If a UFC guy went into a boxing ring he'd prob get KO'd. There two diff sports. Although I do think the UFC is a bit of a fad & will eventually peak then equal out as far as popularity.Comment
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The problems with Rogans arguments are this. His points are.
UFC is more FIGHTING, then boxing is.
UFC is more popular and that boxing is a dying breed.
If takes more skill to be in MMA.
Younger audience, and the more exciting point.
It has the younger stars, while boxings stars are fading.
Here's the problem. Boxing isn't supposed to be FIGHTING. Purists actually hate the word, in the sense that he means it. It's SUPPOSED TO BE BOXING. Hence the different word. So, his argument loses steam for that point.
The popularity argument is just unfounded. Ratings is what they have, that's it. But, here's something to remember. They are on CABLE. HBO is a subscription. It's LOW number on HBO, with Calzaghe/Kessler, lowest number it ever got for a World Championship Boxing telecast, got numbers that rival TUF's best numbers. PPV numbers for the year, also favored BOXING. And one company doesn't get all the monopoly money that the UFC does, and it still pulled it together. The fighters get paid more, and the PPVs, in general, sell more. Make more money, too. If boxing is dying, UFC has been buried and nobody told it yet.
The skill argument is tricky, but still favors boxing. There's this old story. Duck mocks this horse, saying it can run like a horse, but also fly like an eagle and swim like a fish. it has more skills. The horse says, well, you can't run as fast as I can. You can't fly as gracefully as the eagle. You can't swim as smoothly as the fish, either. Point being, UFC, are ducks. They can do all these things, pretty good. They lack the intangible of being GREAT at one thing. Like most other things in life, it's better to concentrate your energy, rather then dilute yourself. It takes a lot of skill to be in MMA, but boxers have less options to do what MMA guys try to do, and in my personal opinion, do it better.
The younger audience part, is true. But I don't care. Younger audiences create the trends, not set foundations. Excitement, I tend to believe is really determined by who is judging what. Nonetheless, I would DARE to say that a fight as recent as Jose Luis Castillo/Diego Corrales I, would rival ANY fight in UFC's HISTORY. That's right, it's entire run.
The stars questions is true, with boxing, though LIKE the UFC, we have stars rising. Difference is that the UFC is losing it's bigger stars. MUCH FASTER. Liddell, Hughes, Cro Cop, Couture, ANY Shamrock, Gracie, Silva, Andrae, Sanchez, Franklin (a personal favorite), all have lost recently. Some, a couple of times.
They have Rampage. They have Forrest (who has lost recently, too). With UFC, it's a bit easier to get over a loss, but it counts against you, sooner or later.
It has, for a lot of those guys.
His other point in his argument, could be considered toughness. That's just insane for him to attempt, whether he did or not.
MMA guys are encouraged to quit. Boxers are not. That is shunned, rightfully or wrongfully. More boxers die in the ring. NO MMA guys have EVER died, in recorded history. Not something to brag about, it's just fact. Boxers fight longer, generally at a faster pace. Take more direct headshots and fight through worse injuries. Continue to use the injured area, often times aswell.
Rogan, sorry. Come up with new ****.Comment
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Acctually there are 2 confirmed deahts in MMA, one recently in Texas. The other in 1998 in a fight in the Ukrane.
Other then that I agree with alot of what you said.
Rogan is a Tool, and he must feel real ****** since boxing has had one of its best years ever.Comment
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Thing is too MMA hasn't been around close to as long as boxing. I still believe boxing can cause more death though, because its fight time is longer & there are more repeated constant blows to the head, where as MMA guys get hit flush once and they don't have to get up and continue taking blowsComment
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