I have to be honest. Street fighting is interesting but not artistic. This is just an opinion but I guess this is what the message boards are for -but in my opinion there is no way UFC will ever be close to what boxing is as a pure sport. It is a fad right now and it will stay that way for awhile. But it will not take boxings place. People like to see another guys ass being kicked probably more than seeing a guy like a Mike McCallum or a Winky Wright fight. The pure boxers. Look at youtube and all the fights there, but boxing is an artform when it is done properly in closer quarters and it is precise without alot of options and space to do it. No kicks, take downs etc. you have above the waist and your hands and you have to fight in a certain form. That is what makes it precise and makes the guys doing it so good at it. . Problem is that money got involved in boxing and one promoter controls some fighters and another other fighters. I think there is alot of dedication to UFC but I think if you look at UFC fighters you will see alot of guys who were good at streetfights who found a way to do something they love and earn some money. But boxing is the way to really get respect and put dedication into a sport. On one aspect I am tired of guys like Winky and Tito and Oscar and Shane and Bernard becoming partners, but at the same time I think boxers should be the promoters and not guys like King and Arum. Although King was a good promoter. Arum was terrible. I would like to see one boxer come out and control it all.