Reasons why Boxing is better than MMA?

[ACHlLLES]

Hatton isn't the only guy that clinches. I bet you hate the majority of top boxers of this generation. I also take it you think Bernard was the gayest boxer alive in the Calzaghe fight correct?

Bernard Hopkins is like 45 yrs old, he has an excuse on why he clinches as much as he does now. If you seen his older fights he didn't fight like that always. Young ricky hatton has no excuse.

[Don Flamenco]

The eb and flow. You can realy get caught up in the drama of boxing more. In MMA, everyone is always looking for the quick ending. You don't get the chance to get your emotions really invested in the match like boxing.

It's also good to know that the guys you are watching have probably dedicated their lives to their craft, instead of being mediocre to a couple of different martial arts.

The limitations with what you can do in a boxing match really puts an emphasis for the boxers to hone their craft to perfection... opposed to mma where it is just too ****ing sloppy. It's infuriating to watch them do stand up.

Good to know that the champions in boxing didn't just take up the sport 3 years ago like the UFC current Heavyweight Champion.

Anyone here do mma or Jiu Jitsu? I do Jiu Jitsu, but I could realy care less about MMA. I could watch a Jiu Jitsu fight all day though for the technique, but boxing will always be my first love... Hagler-Hearns FTMFW!

Go to an MMA gym or in your part of town then go to a boxing gym like I do. It's is completely evident where the real athletes train at. Don't mean to sound racist, but the ethnic people tend to train at the boxing gyms, while the Caucasians train at the tough guy image, mohawk, tatoos, affliction wearing mma/bjj/muay thai gyms.

[Jean28]

Yes but the sports a far more similar and easy to compare that baseball and football. However the question should be 'reasons why you prefer boxing to MMA'

Why is baseball better than cricket?

[El Chicano]

That UFC main event last night was worse than watching paint dry.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-silva041909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[QuCongee]

Yes but the sports a far more similar and easy to compare that baseball and football.

Ok so you agree with me.

[ThePunchingBag]

While I find ground fighting techniques to be effective, it's just so damn boring to watch! IMO 2 guys scrapping it out over 12 rounds with brutal precision beats out 2 guys rolling on the ground and occasionally throwing some sloppy punches. Boxing also has a long history to pull from. MMA is technically still in toddler stages.

[gdido2k9]

i don't mind mma, but i have a problem with the term "hammerfist" sounds a bit to.. i dunno childish and unprofessional haha...oh **** joe rogan..

[j]

The eb and flow. You can realy get caught up in the drama of boxing more. In MMA, everyone is always looking for the quick ending. You don't get the chance to get your emotions really invested in the match like boxing.

It's also good to know that the guys you are watching have probably dedicated their lives to their craft, instead of being mediocre to a couple of different martial arts.

The limitations with what you can do in a boxing match really puts an emphasis for the boxers to hone their craft to perfection... opposed to mma where it is just too ****ing sloppy. It's infuriating to watch them do stand up.

Good to know that the champions in boxing didn't just take up the sport 3 years ago like the UFC current Heavyweight Champion.

Anyone here do mma or Jiu Jitsu? I do Jiu Jitsu, but I could realy care less about MMA. I could watch a Jiu Jitsu fight all day though for the technique, but boxing will always be my first love... Hagler-Hearns FTMFW!

Go to an MMA gym or in your part of town then go to a boxing gym like I do. It's is completely evident where the real athletes train at. Don't mean to sound racist, but the ethnic people tend to train at the boxing gyms, while the Caucasians train at the tough guy image, mohawk, tatoos, affliction wearing mma/bjj/muay thai gyms.

good post, except for the part about where athletes train. that comment is ******ed. sorry to say. i dont mean to be harsh, but, there are a fair number of in shape mma guys and a fair number of out of shape boxers.

i agree with most points though. boxers tend to define their craft to jmore extremes while mma sportists take up several areas and many times are only somewhat good at just one aspect. it takes a lot, i mean a lot of time to be good at multiple arts - which is what ufc and so on are. they are sports combat which uses a multiple fighting art platform, but uses them in a sportive environment.

that is the main reason why i like boxing a bit more - the art is taken more in depth.

oh, btw, other martial arts dont exactly have tattooed white posers in it quite so much as u may think. i cant speak for the bjj/mt or kb - mma crowd though.

[Burner]

We have Williams.

[chinoy]

who likes 2 guys on top of each other?