The MMA Walls are Closing in on Boxing

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by T.K. Stewart - There has been much discussion recently about what the future of boxing is going to be. The doomsayers tell you that for boxing the end is near, that it can’t compete with the mixed martial arts and that boxing fans are just a bunch of old people hanging onto a sport that is clinging to the coat tails of the past.

Those who prefer MMA tell you that it is exciting, that it appeals to a younger demographic and that the future for that sport has unlimited potential.

I make no effort to hide the fact that I will forever be in boxing’s corner. It’s not that I dislike MMA or have anything against it. It’s just that my taste, plain and simple, is for boxing. I am sure that many of those who support MMA will tell you the same thing, it’s not that they dislike boxing - it’s just that their preference is MMA. I’ve tried watching different MMA programs, I really have, but I just cannot develop an affinity for it.

The issue as I see it, is that you can’t compare the two sports. People like to make the comparison because boxing and MMA are sports that pit fighters against each other, but as far as I can see, that is the only similarity. Professional wrestling fans are not necessarily MMA fans are they?

To compare boxing and MMA is like comparing tennis to ping pong or football to rugby. Boxing and MMA are two totally different sports with different fan demographics, different rules and just because you are a fan of one does not mean that you will be (or will not be) a fan of the other.

Because you may be a fan of “American Idol” does not mean that you will tune into “So, You Think You Can Dance?” Similar reality programs to be sure, but not exactly the same. [details]

[KnockoutTheFat]

Domain's gonna love this thread...

[Weebler I]

no one cares about MMA outside of America

[The Hammer]

Boxing will never die out.

MMA is for a different kind of person than boxing, just like different people watch basketball than golf.

There's a great fall of boxing coming up, with lots of good matchups starting next weekend, and continuing until Dec. 13.

[Zack Morris]

no one cares about MMA outside of America

If it helps you sleep better at night then keep telling yourself that pal

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

no one cares about MMA outside of America

Japan
Brazil
Pillippines
Russia
France
England
Canada
Australia

[Weebler I]

If it helps you sleep better at night then keep telling yourself that pal

its true, no one watches that **** over here

[ferocity]

boxing and mma can co exist.

Now, imo, from people i've talked to and know, those that like mma are not good street fighters or in a street fight have to tackle there opponet to beat them to to have an even playing field cause they can't hang toe to toe, how it used to be. And most havn't even been to a boxing gym much less put on the gloves. They think them 12 ounch gloves dont' hurt.

You can play mma and not get hurt, but you can't play boxing and not get hurt.

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Since when did judokas, catchers and wrestlers want to street fight?

[ferocity]

Another point i want to make is an mma fight turns out to be a blood fest and people talk about it and love it.

In boxing a blood fest goes on and people want to ban boxing.


Diffently make the gloves smaller like theye used to be and the refs need to let the fighter fight and bring back the 15 rounds - i agree with all these points you made.

I remember when i couldn't beat up my older brother the next thing i tried to do i tackle him and try to beat him up on the floor, just like a mma fight, lol.