Golden Boy/Affliction to put Boxing and MMA on same PPV cards

I dont really like mma, but I don't mind this merge. It's worth a shot at getting boxing more exposure. If it works great, if it doesn't oh well, they'll stop. MMA isbig now, especially here in the southwestern U.S.

 

thats the ONLY thing i like about this merge. Im not a fanatic of MMA BUT if this is going to help the sport of boxing(that we all love), i guess im for it.

 

I've always said there should be some kind of platform that would showcase all of the fighting arts. I'm glad to see something like this happening - but I don't think boxing fans are going to be very accepting of it.

 

A good fight is a good fight. :deal

 

I think this is a great thing.....if the undercard MMA fights are top quality

 

I have zero interest in mma and would not pay any money to watch it. For me personally, I would skip any ppv boxing card that had mma on it. I hope this is more talk than reality but I wouldn't be too surprised if we see some mixed cards in the future atleast to see how the ratings pan out.

 

****ING GREAT!!! Im starting to not like DLH and his team.
Why would you do this???
ITs like putting some heavy metal on a beautiful symphony cd.
The only positive thing that can come of this is that now i can watch PPVs at the bar. The ****ers only tend to get MMA fights.
However this is not gonna fly with the Mexican community. I showed some of my dad and his friends MMA and thought it was ******ed. They yelled at me and told me to change the channel.
If this does go down. No way in hell am i buying anymore PPVs. And im a pretty solid PPV fan. Looks like its off to the bars to watch them.

 

Very lame. Who the **** wants to see two dudes roll around on the floor for like 20 minutes and then get up and throw crappy punches? Like the Superman punch...WORST PUNCH I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. If someone ever threw that punch in boxing then its lights out for the one who throws it. Horrible idea. MMA should stick to MMA and Boxing should stick to Boxing.

 

GBP is cleaning up boxing.



Ha.

 

MMA and WWE should be on the same card, not boxing.

 

This is really one of the worst scenarios. I was never someone who would bash MMA and worry about it's popularity threatening boxing, but I'm totally against people trying to marry the two together. This is a horrible idea and someone else quite rightly pointed out how awfully they would mix. Incredible to think you would have a fight take up over forty minutes and then next up a couple of junk yard works pound each other to a standstill in 30 seconds.

No suprise that GBP is involved in this. Plenty of us have been concerned about this cartel for years.

 

That and the spinning backfist have to be the most ridicolous things i have ever seen. In my eyes boxing and mma are the same thing. It's prizefighting, it just depends what rules you prefer. Nothing wrong with appreciating both. A schooled ground specialist would make short work of a boxing pro in the cage and a vice versa.

 

Anyone who has been to an event that showcased both boxing and MMA would realize how bad of an idea this is. Those events usually attract a very mixed crowd that sees both being bored for half of the given evening due to their disinterest in the other sport.

 

BAD BAD move ...

I don't see how this possibly can be a good move for boxing.

 

Bet that boxing fans and MMA fans get into a riot in the crowd