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Canelo and GGG are that famous, but you had to mention Fury, Wilder and Joshua?
For all you that think boxing is on the decline and MMA on the rise...
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Canelo and GGG are that famous, but you had to mention Fury, Wilder and Joshua?
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Its good to mention Joshua because he is not on that level yet, but already had a 100mil pay day
It also makes people forget about him.
guess we’ll see. He hasn’t really been a household name.
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Come on bro, he just beat Michel Pereira who is one of the best strikers in da division
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I don't understand this feud between MMA and boxing. Does it matter which sport is on the rise or on a decline? Most level headed people would however say that boxing is on a decline and listing a bunch of "stars" doesn't really help your case.
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I think people who say that boxing is on the decline and that MMA is surpassing boxing in popularity are too far in the MMA bubble and they are letting their bias cloud their judgement. MMA is really popular in North America, Brazil, and Japan. But boxing is far more popular worldwide. Shit, MMA is still considered a niche sport in most European countries. It's true that MMA is on the rise and it's more popular than it was say 10 years ago, but it has a long way to go before it surpasses boxing in popularity.
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Some undercard fights are super exciting, Billy Joe Saunders fought in an undercard and so did Jake.
Lol, boxing is a poor mans sport, people who grew up to be great boxers are guys who grew up on the streets. They wouldn't have the money to train in MMA. Its a nice little racket, you over charge people and stuff them in a room full of others, have them hold pads for each other and pretend to be a part of a magical fight club.
MMA for most parts is a scam, the greatest fighters of all time have mastered a form of martial arts. Rory is the only fighter who happens to be have MMA as his fighting style and yet he told Rogan that he wishes to do boxing matches because he likes the rhythm of boxing more.
Ken Shamrock was a shootfighter and that is MMA and guess what?
Nobody gives a flying fuck about Shootfighting. Its not even cool to be considered a shootfighter despite the fact that Shootfighting was the original style of MMA. Yet no one buys it.
Also people find joy from grappling. Most people love striking, they love boxing more because you get to be mobile and less stationary than Thai kickboxing. From a place of joy, boxing is way more fun and due to the nature of defense, you can preserve yourself if you are committed to learning defensive skills. In MMA, you fall apart quickly because its so wild and unpredictable.
MMA did exist in 1950s. it was called Vale Tudo, Gene Lebell fought in and won, nobody cared about MMA.
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Common man!!
Look, I named names and Canelo and GGG would be too obvious and so I went for more obscure but still famous fighters.
No matter how many times you say or post something doesn’t make it true...
Common man!!!
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Check Instagram followers. MMA personalities are more popular.
Boxers have more on the higher end of the spectrum.
I don’t think anyone active in MMA outside of Conor has anything close to Anthony Joshua 11.6 M, Canelo 7.1M, Manny Pac 6M, Ryan Garcia 7.7 M.
Jon Jones is the most popular active fighter outside of Conor and he’s at 5M.
After that you have guys like Izzy and Jorge who have similar followings as Tyson Fury, Wilder, Gervonta Davis. 2.7-4 M range.
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Id say a fair portion of AJs following is females wanting the D moreso than being boxing fans.
Yup. Same with Ryan Garcia, yet it’s great for combat sports.
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Khabib is at 26 million. The supposed biggest stars of boxing aren’t on the level of the biggest stars in MMA
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Allright so let me analyze the situation real quick from the point of view of everyone that's not a hardcore boxing fan
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"oh yea that's the big boxer mental health guy right"
"oh yea thats the guy who lost to the mental health guy right"
"OMG that guy is soooo hot"
Only people that actually follow the sport of boxing know who these guys are. There's a reason why Mayweather vs Logan Paul is happening AND it being the most talked about/anticipated fight of the coming few months.
If you don't know who guys like Lomachenko, Spence, Crawford, Gervonta Davis, Broner, etc. are, then you're just an idiot and must not follow combat sports at all. And the meme wasn't funny the first time you used it, let alone 9 times.
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Same guy who let a green Brock Lesnar get a title shot
Right here. The real hardest hitting PPV seller right here
Allright so let me analyze the situation real quick from the point of view of everyone that's not a hardcore boxing fan
"oh yea that's the big boxer mental health guy right"
"oh yea thats the guy who lost to the mental health guy right"
"OMG that guy is soooo hot"
Only people that actually follow the sport of boxing know who these guys are. There's a reason why Mayweather vs Logan Paul is happening AND it being the most talked about/anticipated fight of the coming few months.
Right here. The real hardest hitting PPV seller right here
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I hope you get banned and go to hell for posting this in the wrong place
