idojiujitsu
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Yup all the boxing fans are into MMA cause of James Toney haha.
as horrible as this sounds, what boxing needs is an american dominating HW champ. that's when boxing is most popular.
I see what your getting at but, this is a bit ridiculous, ome one could just post pics of couture and toney and change the captions.
I agree, shit I would watch 2 girls punch each other in the faceBoxing will never die no matter how popular MMA gets. Wanna know why? Because people will always want to watch a good old fashioned fist fight. The idea of two men standing toe to toe and hitting each other with their hands is something that will always interest the public. While other forms of combat have and will continue to take notice from the mainstream, two men punching each other will always be a staple in the athletic world.
Has anyone noticed in passing that MMA and boxing for the most part cater to different fans? ESPN did a survey, and found that something like only 10% will watch only one or the other.
Thinking MMA and boxing are competing in a zero-sum game is like thinking the NFL is going to drive the NBA or MLB out of business ... sports fans tend to watch more than one sport.
I suspect the best thing for both MMA and boxing is for both to do well, as similar niche sports (and boxing and MMA are definitely niche sports compared to football, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, NASCAR and so on) tend to make each other stronger, not weaker. Every time someone who's never watched any combat sports gets interested in one of them, they're likely to get interested at least a bit in the other. Strong boxing is good for MMA, strong MMA is good for boxing.
Boxing's decline came long before MMA got going, and was self-inflicted (PPV's instead of Saturday Night Fights, way too many weight divisions and organizations ... there are 68 champs in just the major organizations, who can keep track of that?). If anything, MMA has resurrected a bit of interest in boxing (and judo and wrestling as well ... both have got a lot more young folks taking part since MMA started).
Yes 119 was awful, but the summer cards were awesomeLets be honest, if anybody watched UFC 119, then they'd probably think MMA on the verge of being 6 feet under.
UFC/MMA seems to frequently roll out cards like that. MMA has lost so much steam that it has got to the point now where very few people give a shit about it.
Aside from North America, MMA is irrelevant and honestly people couldnt give 2 shits about it.