toughness?
taking an elbow,knee, punch or kick to the head, getting slammed on the mat or cage.
its an all out fight. blood almost guaranteed.
not saying getting hit with a boxing glove is like a pillow, but come on! boxing is no comparison.
Face it, MMA is officially bigger than boxing right now.
more true to life. you don't get into a street-fight or parking lot brawl
and fight with boxing rules...it's more like MMA, complete demolishing, however which way you have to do it.
back in the day, boxing was the shit...Tyson was the man. no doubt.
times have changed.
Actually nothing can be further from the truth, I work at a cable company for NYC with about 2 million subscribers. The 4 biggest ppv draws in the last year:
80,000 bought at 59.95 oscar de la hoya and mayweather,
75,000 bought at 49.95 trinidad and mosley
75,000 bought at 54.95 wrestmania whatever one just occured
70,000 bought at 49.95 mayweather and whats his face the fight sucked anyway
the 5,6,7, were all wrestling mma biggest event was ufc were liddell fough rampage with about 25,000 bought, for comparison hbo just aired a free fight with oscar de la hoya fighting a washed up former champ over 10000 people called in the night of just to add hbo for this fight. So boxing and wrestling are still kings.