Originally Posted by
BoomBoom
DiBella is right. They are two very different sports. I like the UFC but it doesnt compare to boxing but thats my opinion. I dont understand why it is boxing vs. UFC.
I think you are incorrect here. Ultimately it IS a fight between the two sports and here's why.
The heavyweight boxing championship of the world has ALWAYS in the past been seen as the pinnacle of sport. The ultimate fighter, the ultimate man if you like.
Since its beginnings and up to Lennox Lewis the heavyweight champ has always been able to lay claim to to being the baddest man on the planet.
Now with MMA increasing in popularity, its entirely possible that in a few years the world's best fighter and baddest man won't be a boxer at all but an MMA star.
That's a huge and massive historical shift, don't underestimate it for a second.
In racing Formuala One is seen as the pinnacle of motor sports because those cars are the fastest in the world and their drivers seen as the best, with superhuman reflexes of a fighter pilot and brave and dashing to boot. Despite the sport being seen as boring to some it's the ultimate motor sport because of that very fact, it's the fastest and most skilled driving challenge.
If somebody invented a racing sport where the cars were faster but still raced head to head with each other, 20 or so in a race at once, and they raced through loops, jumps, going upside down and insanse turbo boosts that launched the cars in the air, trust me, within 20 years of it's launch Formula One is gone baby!
And that's the problem boxing is faced with. How can the baddest man be so, when he;s only facing punches and nothing else, whilst you've got this crazy guy in MMA who can knock people out with leg kicks and knees to the face, pick people up and slam them to floor, or choke them unconscious or snap their arms?
Boxing is in danger of losing that baddest man title, and if/when they do so it will seriously damage the credibility of the sport as the ultimate fighting sport.
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