mma isn't killing boxing, boxing declined on its own and its resurgence wont really depend on mma.
the flagship division, (heavyweights) is in the doldrums because all the fights are in europe and the klitschkos arent exciting to most.
i cant watch mma, its so boring. there is something about boxing that makes it exciting, you know the boxers cant just try to snap each others neck or bite an opponents ear off to win.
mma is more organized because it is a league owned by one person and he signs fighters to the ufc and each month they force the good matchups. not so with boxing. promoters sign boxers and dance around and a lot of the time they are more interested in their champions fighting in the "safe" fight for 5 million against lesser competition. they would rather do that 10 times in a row and reap 50 million than to fight another top guy for 20 million but have a chance to lose and then the big paydays are over.
Plus 4 sanctioning bodies issuing belts to ever increasing divisions only separated by 3 or 4 pounds now is not helping things. 4 champions at 18 different divisions.
so more boxing matches on tv more frequently with top fighters and a renewed heavyweight division would help.
mma doesnt really have anything to do with it. I don't know any of my friends that are big boxing fans who have scrapped boxing altogether to watch mma instead.
Last edited by travrosty; 07-30-2013 at 12:39 PM.
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