I box but would watch no namers in mma fight over most boxing championship fights
I mma was as old as boxing then boxing would be pretty much extinct on the professional level
Yeah, I agree. I recognize the talent of these boxers but the whole format is boring as fuck compared to MMA
-Much less knockouts and no submissions makes it a lot less intriguing because the finish ratio is significantly lower.
-Fights takes too long. 12 round fights are nearly 50 minutes long. If it's a bad fight, it's worse than watching a bad mma fight because of this.
-3 minutes rounds makes the fight being interrupted constantly and fighters are constantly being saved or theiur progress stopped when they started to get things going.
-The referee getting in the way all the time because the clinch and there is no real way around it
-No ground and pound or submissions after knockdowns, again breaks the excitement of the knockdown with the 8 second rule and just 3 minutes to work.
-Sometimes when nobody is risking in their feet a takedown turning it into a grappling/wrestling match can make the fight itneresting. In boxing, if nothing is happening on the feet, then nothing is happening and you have a lackluster fight.
-There are serious mismatches in the matchmaking so almost always you already know who the winners is you are supposed to judge how fast he can win or how good he will look. It's not as exciting as not knowing who will win
-They stop fights for such small cuts that is crazy. Maybe I'm spoiled because of MMA but they see blood and they stop it just in case while that never happens in MMA
It's just a no contest for me but I like watching Wilder knock out people so I watch a few fights here and there