Why is MMA a threat to boxing?

[Poom]

people in the MMA circles tell me that theres more skill to it

i think that can be disputed but whether there is or there isnt the bottom line is, more often than not, MMA is boring

they spend most of their time lieing down

the best MMA fights i have seen are when they spend more of the time on their feet throwing punches (when it is more like boxing)

Just like most sports, you have to understand it to appreciate it

anyone can appreciate boxing because we all know about fist fights,

but mma you need to know in a bit more detail to understand it eg. What positions are more favourable , because to the untrained eye yes it does look like 'rolling about on the floor' as some ignorant people put it

[erics44]

Just like most sports, you have to understand it to appreciate it

anyone can appreciate boxing because we all know about fist fights,

but mma you need to know in a bit more detail to understand it eg. What positions are more favourable , because to the untrained eye yes it does look like 'rolling about on the floor' as some ignorant people put it

dude, i dont understand it, im not going to pretend i do but i have watched enough of it so as, i think, i should really start to enjoy it

the "rolling around on the floor" is the problem, theres just too much of it, you get some fights where they spend all the time there in one place holding each other on the floor

perhaps you make a good point, perhaps it is the simplicity of boxing that makes it so entertaining