Quote Originally Posted by bigragu
Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
MMA is a fad it's true, they have no base like boxing to establish depth and by base I mean Amateur bouts, Olympics, Golden Gloves, European Amateur bouts, etc.

All MMA has is areas from where it MAY be able to draw from wrestling or what have you but who is gonna train these guys?

I think if HBO makes this switch this is a HUGE chance for either Versus or ESPN to grab up all the boxing talent
and it will put boxing back in the public eye and might give us more quality championship fights.......most people have at least basic cable.......

hbo cant be that dumb...............theyre not gonna can boxing for ufc/mma rubbish for one very big reason.......there is NOT NEARLY enough money in ufc/mma (ill start believing it when a ufc champ starts getting 6 million dollar guarantees for a fight)

look at the average ufc/mma viewer, then look at boxing fans

15 year old kids are probably not going to be able to talk their parents into buying hbo just so they can see the latest super fight (i think they have about 200 per year)


boxing is a science, it is a class sport (with a few individual exceptions) it is for the most part for sophisticated viewers

hbo may bring on ufc/mma.......
but no way in hell does that crap push boxing out the door