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Originally posted by Allucard View PostYes that's one of the main problems with the sport. In MMA the fans say "what if they fight?" Dana White says "Done, in 6 weeks". Boom we get what we want to see. Even if they could milk the fighters further THEY CHOOSE NOT TO.
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Originally posted by JQside View PostI have nothing against MMA. Absolutely nothing. Boxing just frustrates the hell out of me because you don't get to see it too often. Takes weeks, months even years just to see minor stars get in the ring. You may never even see the ones you want to see fight each other. It then becomes just fantasy fights. It's terrible.
I don't buy the **** connotation in MMA fights. You're probably a **** if you even think that way.
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Ok so what could boxing do to improve on things?
Get rid of the belts (who needs 4 champions? why not take advantage of it being an world sport to use that larger pool of fighters and have them fight and compete constantly to improve?)
Less money (for as much as i like Floyd, 30 million per fight is WAY too much, maybe 10 mill per fight and 3 times a year no? Goes to every other "star" too)
Don't pick and choose (fight the best every time, don't use tuneups, boxing shouldn't have journeymen or cans, people who can't win should be cut like the UFC does it. This could be hard to do because of all the corruption)
I think this should be enough to blast MMA back but they won't do it. In 5 years lets see how is boxing doing.
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Originally posted by Allucard View PostIt's not about that. If it was Floyd Mayweather wouldn't be a champion at 23 or Manny a champion by age 16?! (was he?) It's just a couple examples... Nothing justifies people waiting till their early 30's to take chances! And MMA has evolved a ton lot! The only older fighter still doing well is Anderson Silva because he's not human lol. Everyone from the old era (when people didn't know what they were doing) is losing badly and they aren't even that old! In 5 years the sport evolved a million years! The main difference is people like GSP, they train EVERY SINGLE DAY. He tries to improve as a mixed martial artist every day, whereas most boxers take entire months off of training between fights.
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Originally posted by Allucard View PostOk so what could boxing do to improve on things?
Get rid of the belts (who needs 4 champions? why not take advantage of it being an world sport to use that larger pool of fighters and have them fight and compete constantly to improve?)
Less money (for as much as i like Floyd, 30 million per fight is WAY too much, maybe 10 mill per fight and 3 times a year no? Goes to every other "star" too)
Don't pick and choose (fight the best every time, don't use tuneups, boxing shouldn't have journeymen or cans, people who can't win should be cut like the UFC does it. This could be hard to do because of all the corruption)
I think this should be enough to blast MMA back but they won't do it. In 5 years lets see how is boxing doing.
Some posters here care more about what benefits the fighters more so than what benefits up fans who are constantly dishing out money to watch these fights. This I will never understand. What they dont understand is, the more u pay these fighters, the less they will fight. Look at Floyd!
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boxing is much more of a craft than mma, newer boxers need more seasoning to compete with established guys, that's why guys can get titles earlier in mma as well
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