"Boxing will be taken over by MMA..." - Marvin Hagler

[mrpain81]

Will never happen, the sooner alot of you accept they are two different sports the sooner these ****** threads will cease to exist.

Boxing is Boxing, MMA is MMA.

Boxing is a fist fight between the best fist fighters in the world.

Kickboxing is a fight between the best Kickboxers in the world.

MMA is a fight between the best MMA fighters in the world.

[javelin_fangs]

This came from a thread in another forum.


Discuss

First of all the average person on the street can't even name 10 football players much less either 10 boxers or 10 mma dudes. So, we need to keep that perspective. Second, I really don't care if Hagler says its going to happen. That's nothing against Hagler, but it'll only happen if MMA expands beyond the current crop of 30+ fighters they have and continues to grow, which is debatable. It's not impossible, but it's hard to say it's not going to take a step back when its current stars age.

Third, the demise of boxing is greatly exaggerated by MMA fans. So, even if MMA becomes mainstream we still have our sport to ourselves the way we've always had it.