"Fighting Words" – What Boxing Can Learn from the UFC

[pugilistfan]

This article might have been good last year but this year HBO has cut back bigtime on the PPV's.

I noticed that as well. UFC can actually take a page out of boxings book and put on a few less PPV's and put on more cards for FREE.

Mosley/Margarito, Diaz/JMM I believe is free as well. Thats an incredible fight to have on HBO.

[pugilistfan]

Of course I saw the fight.

There also wasn't a competitive moment in the De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight and I thought the fight was great.

Of course, like everyone else, a competitive fight usually makes a more entertaining one, but I am also entertained by masterful performances, even in one sided fights.

This was no mismatch.

It was a mismatch. Because the last 3 years GSP has fought the far superior competition. In fact he destroyed Hughes twice and Penn lost to Hughes in his last fight at 170. And since than Penn beat Pulver whos lost 3 in a row and 4 of his last 5, Stevenson whos lost two in a row and Sherk whos a quality win. GSP has pretty much dominated everybody hes fought at 170.

But like I said earlier, I cant blame them the UFC for doing this because they cashed out BIGTIME. They will get probably 800,000 PPV buys if not more. And with cards like Liddell/Evans, Lesnar/Couture etc thats clearly waht the UFC is about, cashing in.

[Cadillac Man]

Another ****** MMA-Boxing article. THEY ARE DIFFERENT SPORTS PEOPLE WITH 2 DIFFERENT FAN BASES. So laser light shows and Metallica music is the key to Boxings revival? ESPN had the MMA fight on the front page when will Boxing? HUH? DLH-Pac and Cotto-Margarito was front page news on ESPN.

Boxing will be fine why the constant need to compare the two? ARTICLE

[-Swizzy-]

And I would think the MMA fans would disagree with you. That place was electric. And people were into almost all of the matches (except Parisyan-Kim) even if none were instant classics.

And the card, matchmaking wise, was far better than anything boxing's put on in a long, long time.

thats because of the large number of canadian fans that were in attendance. there won't be that kind of electricity in the next ppv I guarantee it. Canadian fans(more specifically Montreal fans) are the most electric fans in North America. Only Europeans top Canadian crowds.

[pugilistfan]

thats because of the large number of canadian fans that were in attendance. there won't be that kind of electricity in the next ppv I guarantee it. Canadian fans(more specifically Montreal fans) are the most electric fans in North America. Only Europeans top Canadian crowds.

Thats a good point. UFC 83 in Montreal was real loud and any Bute fight is electric for boxing.

[trainhard_187]

What can boxing learn from the UFC?

Not to hold or clinch your opponent 90% of the 5min rounds given. Damn was that main event a snoozer..

[kayjay]

Diehard boxing fans/UFC haters will use the excuse that UFC doesnt pay its fighters accordingly, therefore they can afford to put on better quality fights. Ok, and how is this a bad thing for its fans? If the fighters are willing to get in there, and put on an entertaining show for less money than in boxing, why should i give a ****? They make it seem as if paying them less is a bad thing for the fans. I dont get it.

For some reason boxing fans live vicariously through the purses of their favorite fighters. I've had posters on here tell me I owe it to a particular fighter to buy a PPV so his purse can swell to obscene proportions.

[Piper the Great]

what boxing can learn is taking the show on the road. bring more fights to the fans. im pretty sure it will sale. have a fight with a good card in a city like new orlean, atlanta, & miami instead of vages.

[Ishy Aytan]

You have no room to talk being a Hopkins fan.......that fight with Calzaghe really turned off alot of people too. Especially with the dirty tactics he uses, and yet people praise that.

Hopkins is the clearest fighter in the game. You obviously dont appreciate that.

[Ishy Aytan]

I find UFC pretty **** to be honest.

I watched Pride, my brother loved that ****! Pride had decent fights.

Boxing will be fine, less PPV fights could help boost boxings appeal.