Boxing fans hostile to MMA. The "sweet science" defence.

haven't you ever heard someone say rap or death metal isn't music? they're new and different.

 

also, the limitations of boxing make it much easier to appreciate, as art generally has limitations. just as jazz without limitations is usually called free jazz. to me, fencing will always be a more beautiful sport than MMA, just as jiu jitsu is a more beautiful sport than MMA.

 

i wouldn't say emotional problems. there's a generational gap some people can't fill.

 

You hear about boxers trying to play UFC, but you don't hear about their fighters trying to fight in boxing?:think

 

that's because their best "boxer" Anderson Silva looks like a prime Roy Jones in the octagon but looks like a scrub in the ring. Imagine what the rest of those arm punchers would look like. It would be a massacre.

 

alot of boxers can go into the ufc and **** ufc fiters up.

 

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=152826&cat=boxer

 

because MMA is gay! They can keep wearing there tight affliction shirts and trucker hats.

 

i like them both

to me it's like comparing baseball to cricket

they aren't the same, and you don't have to only choose one

 

The problem being that fist fighting is generally considered the premier method of contact when fighting. MMA is a mish mash of style that hwile is interesting is yet to be refined in the same way boxing has been. I do concede however that an MMA style is beggining to emerge in terms of the fighting style rather than just a boxer wrestler or judo brazilian ju jitsu etc etc

 

so what's this have to with how UFC guys don't try to fight pro boxing?:huh