Marvin Hagler: "I See No Skill in The UFC"

[revy]

UFC is popular because it takes no intelligence or appreciation to watch it. It just caters to the masses of teenage playstation users who don't want to have to think about anything. They just want to see some aggression and blood.

There is no art, honour or nobility in it. To me its like comparing Marvin Gaye to 50 cent.

UFC is a symptom of the dumbing down of the Western world.

[THE THIRD MAN]

I'm with you on this one Marvin!

[El Kabong]

I can see why these masters of boxing watch UFC and see no skill. I mean all Hagler sees are two guys using incredibly medocre boxing skills, and he doesn't understand the ground game so he sees no skills.

....ah yes the good old ground skills.....you know all that is bullshit....it's instinct and not TRAINING.

Don't get me wrong people train to grapple but avoiding it is just instinct.


And everyone even the MMA fans must agree the "striking" (they don't call it punching because it's not punching it's little girly swinging but that sounds too sissy for the tribal tatoo having sorry ass pieces of shit that participate in MMA) is horrible.....and the defense is sorry.

They know nothing of the "Sweet Science" and never will....the MMA fighters come from different styles who don't have successful professional leagues or forums where they can show what they can do. Blending these fighting styles together does nothing for me....alone they are fine but when mixed together hell you can get a crackhead to fight AND BEAT any of these MMA guys....people like it because everyone is vulnerable to everyone else and in boxing that's just not the case

[pacdog]

I love boxing just as much as mma but to say these guys have no skill is ridiculous, having done both sports to just survive in mma you have to be able to do more than 1 thing. Boxers are just worried why do you think mayweather opened his mouth befor ehis fight with delahoya bashing it and then humbly retracted it was an act to get more interest in boxing ha dhe entered the ufc he would have gotten destroyed and fast. Like anything else you have guys good at different things mike tyson was an awesome power puncher, Mirkko cro crop has some incredible kos from kicks check it out on youtube, your lying if you say that guy strikes like a girl i assure you can kich 10 times harder than a punch. Again Im not detracting I love boxing probbaly more and of course as mma gets even more commercialized it will become crappier and more corrupt jus tlike boxing became... but please all you boxers shut up or unter the octagon and see how fast you get submitted... now a boxer (jens pulver) who learned mma can be a trmendous athlete but just as pure boxer it is not enough

[El Kabong]

Yes kicking.....as in kick BOXING which is still on a lower level than boxing....I'd rather vote for Hillary Clinton than watch MMA matches.....and you all know how much I hate her

[southakron314]

Yes kicking.....as in kick BOXING which is still on a lower level than boxing....I'd rather vote for Hillary Clinton than watch MMA matches.....and you all know how much I hate her

HAH! thats awsome.+1

[columbo]

By Mark Vester

Hall-of-Fame former chamion Marvin Hagler is not impressed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Hagler tells the Ottawa Sun that he does not see any skill in the UFC, and thinks boxing will be back in the swing once a superstar is found.

"I don't see any skill in (UFC) or art ... anybody can do that kind of fighting off the street," Hagler said. "Boxing will never die. It will come back some day, some year. We'll find another superstar."

The one thing that does bother Hagler about the current state of boxing are the numerous sanctioning bodies in the sport.

"It cheats the public," Hagler said. "All the fans want to be familiar with the real champion. Some people don't even know any of them now. They still think Mike Tyson is the champion."

There certainly WAS no skill on his part when he fought Sugar Ray Leonard, he was well beaten *despite the fact that he cried like a girl, and claimed he was robbed*! And as for the Mike Tyson comment, all I can say is 'well Marvin, you still you beat Sugar Ray, now go away quickly chump*!

[LegendBoxing65]

By Mark Vester

Hall-of-Fame former chamion Marvin Hagler is not impressed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Hagler tells the Ottawa Sun that he does not see any skill in the UFC, and thinks boxing will be back in the swing once a superstar is found.

"I don't see any skill in (UFC) or art ... anybody can do that kind of fighting off the street," Hagler said. "Boxing will never die. It will come back some day, some year. We'll find another superstar."

The one thing that does bother Hagler about the current state of boxing are the numerous sanctioning bodies in the sport.

"It cheats the public," Hagler said. "All the fans want to be familiar with the real champion. Some people don't even know any of them now. They still think Mike Tyson is the champion."

There certainly WAS no skill on his part when he fought Sugar Ray Leonard, he was well beaten *despite the fact that he cried like a girl, and claimed he was robbed*! And as for the Mike Tyson comment, all I can say is 'well Marvin, you still you beat Sugar Ray, now go away quickly chump*!

Hagler was a good champion. If anyone deserves to talk it would be Marvin. The man defended his title against Mugabi when Mugabi was undefeated 26-0 (26) . He beat Thomas Hearns in the best first round ever. Defended 11 times. He is top notch.

[Punisher136]

UFC is just peaking now b/c 12-18 year olds in general do not appreciate things on the same level as older people do. That is why true warriors such as Hagler speak out against it.

Kids see Spike TV which all its energy drink commercials with strippers.

They see the cage and think "Oh wow, this is hardcore"

Here is a typical commercial between UFC matches:

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cc Thats so close to the truth its not even funny.