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Originally posted by Demise
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I think it's obviously showing some bias when you compare the two sports and say boxing is dying because we're going to ignore the draw of the sport's top athletes. Let's NOT factor in what Mayweather, Pacquiao, Cotto, etc. can generate- especially together. Let's forget that boxing draws solid international numbers in fighters like Hatton, Klitschko, Khan, etc. where as MMA and UFC is purely American. It's like someone arguing that the NFL is more popular, because it has American fans, and ignoring the rest of the world watching soccer.
Recently, ESPN has been talking about boxing a lot. Not MMA. Not UFC. Boxing. In fact, several ESPN analysts like Wilbon straight out admit on-air they don't consider UFC a sport, despite boxing not being as popular as it was.
Boxing isn't dead, or dying. Put out another Tyson-style heavyweight, or have a Pacquiao- which the sport always will from some corner of the globe- and it sells more than UFC/MMA. Why? It's international, it has tradition and fans in parts of the world where UFC hasn't even taken root.
Why do MMA fans have such wishful thinking? I've been hearing that boxing was dead since before the millions of PPV buys DLH did with Floyd, since before the buzz about Pacquiao- they've been watching it 'bleed out' for awhile and it keeps selling well so every few months some UFC fan has to post another thread about this. It's old as ****.Comment
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do boxing fans spam mma boards this much? honest questionComment
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I'm not really an MMA fan, just found the article to be interesting.Comment
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losing? on what scale?
if you watch boxing not a damn thing's changed. if all you do is buy ppv ufc and watch strikforce you'll believe that boxing is a dying sport.
the ufc hype is over.Comment
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I found the article pretty biased. I mean, it starts out saying, 'well, other than a few notable exceptions, UFC outsells boxing. Forget about the top draws in boxing.' Well, sure, if we ignore the draw of our top athletes boxing sells less. But the top five boxers in the world, especially if they start fighting each other, are going to draw more than the top five UFC fighters. UFC does a constant, respectable total that I think, itself, is dwindling slowly. If the promotion is so great, why is it boxing that gets love on ESPN when it does well- like Pacquiao Hatton, for weeks and not the King-Kong of UFC?
What about the international aspect that boxing easily wins with.
Does UFC sells out arenas in Germany? No, boxing does with Klitschko.
Do millions in the Phillipines care about UFC? No. They watch boxing.
Does Mexico have dozens of traditional, respected boxing gyms that harken back to the days of Chavez, with legacy and cultural appeal? Nope!
Boxing has always been the poor man's sport, anyway. UFC is most popular with young college and white males. Demographically, that's indisputable. We'll see how long it can bottle THAT groups attention.
Boxing has a more diverse audience, from around the world, and despite it's rise and fall in popularity is going nowhere and, for years, UFC has tried to claim it's beating it- why? Because that's part of the promotional song and dance it does.
I'm bored with it.Comment
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The matchmaking in boxing has become poor amongst the elite fighters in the sport as of lately. Everyone is looking to protect thier records by fighting low risk/high reward opponents. **** like this didnt take place back in the days. Imagine if Duran, Hagler, Hearns, and SRL had all ducked one another, and used money and weight as the excuse. We would have missed out on a historic era in our sport. Boxers nowadays need to drop this diva attitude they carry once they reach the top.Originally posted by Clint650 View PostComment
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