What is wrong with mma fans bashing boxing at every opportunity? What do they always compare themselves to boxing when boxing fans don't care as much for ufc or mma? Most recent example us Anderson beating chavez which is impressive. But you have to look at in within context. Chavez jnr is considered a joke in boxing circles , who doesnt train anymore and is too busy smoking weed every training camp. I guarentee alot of mma fighters could beat chavez on points today.
Also why is this considered a redemption for mma? Its only mma fans talking about boxing vs mma. Mma doesn't need a redemption. Nobody took askren losing seriously as everyone know askren has poor striking skills. It's not a black mark on mma in the same way Anderson beating chavez isnt a black mark on boxing. I watch BOTH SPORTS before anyone starts that stupid argument of the jealous boxing fan. It's called having a balanced argument.
people are passionate.
And they root for "their choice of sport" as much as they root for fighters within that sport.
Both (Boxing and MMA) are close sports, and Boxing comes with many years of tradition while MMA is still young and carving his own space in the world.
So yes, there is a little competition there.
But I always found it stupid to compare both sports.
You don't see boxers testing themselves in MMA...especially past their primes (well, we had Toney, and that was pretty much how I envision any MMA fighter beating any Boxer, but that's besides the point).
MMA fans want validation from boxing, because they don't want to admit that Boxing is a different set of skills. They like to dream that a Peak Silva could have been Boxing champion if he so chose, and this adds to the narrative. Forgive them for that, but again, MMA fans like the sport and are competitive in nature).
But then again, there's no need to bash Chavez. He was 52-5 before Silva, and while all his losses cam within his last 12 fights, that means he was 6-5 before SIlva... someone who was 1-7-1 in his own sport, so it's not like Silva was in his prime.
And while mentioning prime, let us not even compare age. But it should be fair to say that Someone CHavez's age should be in far better shape than 46 years old Silva.
So yeah, while I agree with you in principle that it is silly to celebrate Silva's win as if it proves anything about MMA or Boxing, I do think it should be celebrated on how Silva did amazing at his age in another sport, against a very good opponent.
