I grew up watching boxing matches like leanord hagler and had a Ring subscription at the age of 14. I had a good brazilian friend that got me into watching the UFC at its inception. I'd say I was 80% boxing till about 5 years ago. Part of this had to do with my training in submission wrestling and then MMA but more so I just felt I got more for my money with MMA and that for the most part the fights you wanted to happen did. I still watch boxing but I dont follow it nearly as intensely as I used to and I spend much more time watching MMA.