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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: El Diablo Blanco on May 05, 2015, 10:02:32 AM
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This fight of the century failed on all measures to resurrect a sport on its last legs. Yeah this fight was huge, epic etc... but the hundreds of other boxing matches that happen each year are lucky to even have 1/1000 of the prize money. This was supposed to be the fight that would bring interest back, but all I hear and see is how it failed to deliver.
A few weeks back I was at my brother's house and his son who is 12 was watching the Klitchko/Jennings fight with us. My brother and I grew up watching the great fighters. Sugar Ray, Hearns, Duran, Hagler, Tyson, Holyfield etc... We were amped for a decent heavyweight fight. My nephew mostly watches MMA. During the first round he makes a comment on why Jennings doesn't kick. We explain this is boxing and they can only punch. His response was "this is boring" and it was a boring fight. just Wlad hugging Jennings when he could. The young generation of fight fans don't give a fuck about boxing. It's all about MMA. Guys like myself are still holding on to hope of our youth when Boxing was epic and keep hoping for that match that redefines the sport but sadly it seems this was the last chance and failed.
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People have a short memory. It was less than a year ago that Mayweather did the exact same thing to Maidana. Doing the same thing and expecting a different result is madness. Like expecting a UFC card to come to fruition without the best fights being cancelled for injuries or drugs or John Jones being an idiot.
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Boxing is thriving right now........lots of great lighter bodyweight class fighters making big noise.
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Boxing is thriving right now........lots of great lighter bodyweight class fighters making big noise.
They're missing the great promoter. Don King, although a crook was great at promoting fights. Dana White did a fantastic job with UFC. Boxing needs a great promoter to get these boxers exposure so people can get excited about it.
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Boxing needs a few major changes including:
1) One governing world body (similar to FIFA)
2) One championship belt per division
3) Less divisions and no catchweight BS
4) Proper scrutiny on judging
With all that said,
Boxing > MMA
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check the tv schedule more boxing on than in years....hbo, showtime plus major networks and sportschannels...mma is going down the toilet due to lack of stars. say mma first name comes to mind ronda lousey, second name brock lesnar oh he's in wwe again....third name ken shamrock,oh he's in an old age home.... you get the idea...
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boxing > mma > bodybuilding
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Boxing is to die a slow death. Even Lampley and that annoying young kid were speachless at the shitshow we all had witnessed.
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Boxing will never die, and always be bigger than MMA, folks should just accept it. There is lots of interest in the lighter fighters. Lots of interest in the foreign markets including Russia, and even China. Big Tv contracts that aren't a bust like most of the MMA ones, etc.... All it needs is an exciting heavyweight on the scene, and it will be in top form again.
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Boxing is to die a slow death. Even Lampley and that annoying young kid were speachless at the shitshow we all had witnessed.
bad fight because fmw won, fight of the century if manny wins with 47 less punches landed and rigged cards. gtfoh!
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Boxing will never die, and always be bigger than MMA, folks should just accept it. There is lots of interest in the lighter fighters. Lots of interest in the foreign markets including Russia, and even China. Big Tv contracts that aren't a bust like most of the MMA ones, etc.... All it needs is an exciting heavyweight on the scene, and it will be in top form again.
I'm waiting for the Russian, Chinese and other Asian fighters to start trickling in...
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Boxing has been around since BC times, it ain't going anywhere.
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The heavyweight division is the key.
Finally there are some good young boxers starting to come through.
More importantly, good American boxers.
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boxing day will not die, it cant die >:(
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It's just not the same.
Yes, "boxing will always be here" just like lacrosse, bowling and softball will "always be here"
Yes, the popular English fighter will still fill out an arena in England. The popular Mexican fighter will still fill out an arena in Mexico, etc etc.
Yes, hardcore fans like a few that we have here will continue to tune in.
But you just simply cannot compare boxing now to what it was 30 years ago.
The OP is spot on. The young kids now a days look up to the MMA guys. They could care less about boxing.
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It's just not the same.
Yes, "boxing will always be here" just like lacrosse, bowling and softball will "always be here"
Yes, the popular English fighter will still fill out an arena in England. The popular Mexican fighter will still fill out an arena in Mexico, etc etc.
Yes, hardcore fans like a few that we have here will continue to tune in.
But you just simply cannot compare boxing now to what it was 30 years ago.
The OP is spot on. The young kids now a days look up to the MMA guys. They could care less about boxing.
same with bodybuilding really ^^
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I can't wait conor mcgregor vs jose aldo this july... or ronda rousey vs bethe correia, helluva more exciting.
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This fight of the century failed on all measures to resurrect a sport on its last legs. Yeah this fight was huge, epic etc... but the hundreds of other boxing matches that happen each year are lucky to even have 1/1000 of the prize money. This was supposed to be the fight that would bring interest back, but all I hear and see is how it failed to deliver.
A few weeks back I was at my brother's house and his son who is 12 was watching the Klitchko/Jennings fight with us. My brother and I grew up watching the great fighters. Sugar Ray, Hearns, Duran, Hagler, Tyson, Holyfield etc... We were amped for a decent heavyweight fight. My nephew mostly watches MMA. During the first round he makes a comment on why Jennings doesn't kick. We explain this is boxing and they can only punch. His response was "this is boring" and it was a boring fight. just Wlad hugging Jennings when he could. The young generation of fight fans don't give a fuck about boxing. It's all about MMA. Guys like myself are still holding on to hope of our youth when Boxing was epic and keep hoping for that match that redefines the sport but sadly it seems this was the last chance and failed.
At least boxing has just hugging.
MMA has the full on homosexual dick riding positions, ie ground and pound.
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Boxing is dead
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UFC will have a cult following and thats it. there trying to make it legit and clean which is like polishing shit not mentioning you cant fight anywhere outside the UFC a and the best fighter is lucky to make $2 mill a fight with no say in the contract negotiations and the fighters cant tell dana white to go get fucked if they feel like it
while boxing is making headline news around the world once again covered by the world media. the 2 best fighters in the world made $180mill
who in there right mind would even think about wanting to be in MMA unless you cant cut it a a boxer. a boxer has freedoms a UFC fighter will never have
and the prestige of being a heavyweight boxing champ will always out class the prestige of a UFC heavyweight champ fuk me the UFC champ is a mexican heavyweight lol
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UFC will have a cult following and thats it. there trying to make it legit and clean which is like polishing shit not mentioning you cant fight anywhere outside the UFC a and the best fighter is lucky to make $2 mill a fight with no say in the contract negotiations and the fighters cant tell dana white to go get fucked if they feel like it
while boxing is making headline news around the world once again covered by the world media. the 2 best fighters in the world made $180mill
who in there right mind would even think about wanting to be in MMA unless you cant cut it a a boxer. a boxer has freedoms a UFC fighter will never have
and the prestige of being a heavyweight boxing champ will always out class the prestige of a UFC heavyweight champ fuk me the UFC champ is a mexican heavyweight lol
One guy in the match was 38 years old and the other was 36 years old. Vlad is damn near 40.
All 3 of those guys will be gone in a few short years.
It was a great PPV success, no question about it but who brings in those numbers in 3 or 4 short years?
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Its dead and da cage is where its at.
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Boxing vs MMA is like Soccer vs Rugby League (or Rugby)
Both disappoint so much with bullshit decisions but they were in first and too ingrained in people. People still get hyped up for the World Cup even when it's corrupt as fuck.
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My nephew mostly watches MMA. During the first round he makes a comment on why Jennings doesn't kick. We explain this is boxing and they can only punch. His response was "this is boring" and it was a boring fight. just Wlad hugging Jennings when he could. The young generation of fight fans don't give a fuck about boxing. It's all about MMA. Guys like myself are still holding on to hope of our youth when Boxing was epic and keep hoping for that match that redefines the sport but sadly it seems this was the last chance and failed.
mma is the new pogs
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Boxing needs a few major changes including:
1) One governing world body (similar to FIFA)
2) One championship belt per division
3) Less divisions and no catchweight BS
4) Proper scrutiny on judging
With all that said,
Boxing > MMA
Boxing began as "prize fighting" and the name of the game has always been making $$ by putting on a fight.
Some great fighters with charisma along with a long parade of characters like Don King are the real side of boxing.
Cashing in on hyped up matchups is what made the sport then as today.
For example, the epic Alli vs Frazier bouts of the 1970's were what Pacman vs Mayweather is now.
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Boxing began as "prize fighting" and the name of the game has always been making $$ by putting on a fight.
Some great fighters with charisma along with a long parade of characters like Don King are the real side of boxing.
Cashing in on hyped up matchups is what made the sport then as today.
For example, the epic Alli vs Frazier bouts of the 1970's were what Pacman vs Mayweather is now.
except the latter was anything but epic.
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I will kill him in the ring
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Boxing is a great sport, but will always suffer from an overall lack of talent as it isn't a sport that a lot kids (especially in the states) grow up doing. It is a sport born from minorities and countries with less focus on the popular more accessible sports. Boxing is my favorite sport to watch, and I will never say it's dead, but it has declined sufficiently over the last 20 years. In my opinion, boxing needs these things to come alive again:
1. A dangerous, heavy hitting, charasmatic heavyweight that competes in a competitive heavyweight division.
2. A waspy white guy above 140lbs that the casual sports fan can relate to and rally behind.
These things will generate interest, as there will always be fighters willing to put themselves on the line in the ring, and that in itself will always be intriguing.
Unfortunately, the future looks bleak on those levels at this point. Boxing will always be the gentleman's sport, and all it takes is a huge fight to generate interest (like last weekend) but overall, Mayweather's style coupled with Pac's inability to cope probably shewed fans away a bit.
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One guy in the match was 38 years old and the other was 36 years old. Vlad is damn near 40.
All 3 of those guys will be gone in a few short years.
It was a great PPV success, no question about it but who brings in those numbers in 3 or 4 short years?
they said that about tyson, chavez sr, holyfield ect there will always be someone else to replace them. floyd is the most boring fighter
in the world yet he earned 100mill and sold over 3 mill ppv setting a record.
im hoping because of this fight black americans leave NFL and NBA and switch there talents to boxing then we will see the rebirth of american boxing
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Boxing wont die, not with skilled fighters like this coming up through the ranks
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Boxing wont die, not with skilled fighters like this coming up through the ranks
LOL!
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Boxing is a great sport, but will always suffer from an overall lack of talent as it isn't a sport that a lot kids (especially in the states) grow up doing. It is a sport born from minorities and countries with less focus on the popular more accessible sports. Boxing is my favorite sport to watch, and I will never say it's dead, but it has declined sufficiently over the last 20 years. In my opinion, boxing needs these things to come alive again:
1. A dangerous, heavy hitting, charasmatic heavyweight that competes in a competitive heavyweight division.
2. A waspy white guy above 140lbs that the casual sports fan can relate to and rally behind.
These things will generate interest, as there will always be fighters willing to put themselves on the line in the ring, and that in itself will always be intriguing.
Unfortunately, the future looks bleak on those levels at this point. Boxing will always be the gentleman's sport, and all it takes is a huge fight to generate interest (like last weekend) but overall, Mayweather's style coupled with Pac's inability to cope probably shewed fans away a bit.
a white heavyweight american champ would not only resurrect boxing he would break all the records floyd has set. then again last white heavyweight champion was gene tunney and that was 100 years ago ;D
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a white heavyweight american champ would not only resurrect boxing he would break all the records floyd has set. then again last white heavyweight champion was gene tunney and that was 100 years ago ;D
that last white to be hw champ got aids
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Ah, the good old "boxing is dead" threads - usually written by fags who think they're suddenly hard because they have put on their Tapout t-shirt.
MMA is shite to watch and when it's good it's because someone lands a shot, not rolling around on the floor - and not one of their top guys would scrape the 100 richest athletes.
How many A-listers are seated next to a cage fight? none.
If boxing left Vegas, how would it affect the city? would MMA hold it together? would it bollocks.
Tell me how boxing is not as good as you remember it, tell me how in your bygone era you preferred this fighter or that - I can see your point - but dont ever tell me MMA is doing the damage, because it's gay and followed by gays.
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Hey "Pork Chop" da cage is where its at. Welcome to da top of da food chain. 8)
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Tomato can boxing will never die!
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Hey "Pork Chop" da cage is where its at. Welcome to da top of da food chain. 8)
;D