Quote Originally Posted by bilbo
Quote Originally Posted by the phenom
boxing has been around for thousands of yearsit will never die out ufc has been around mayb 12 years right? i see ufc losing momentum soon because the fights are starting to suk but it wont go away but oxing will always be on top
Boxing has been around thousands of years? About 150

Actually UFC heritage goes back way further than boxing, the Greeks and Romans all used to wrestle.

Don't get me wrong I love boxing way more than UFC but as traditions go they both go back a long way. The UFC organisation has only been around a couple decades but mixed martial arts has a long history going back probably to the dawn of man.
I agree that MMA is probably much older. The original olympics had an event where the only rule was you couldn't gouge the oppenents eyes, so MMA as a competitive event is at least a few thousands years old. Here is a link to a possible start of boxing, its a short read.
http://www.austourism.com/aboriginal...ges/boxing.htm