Ice debate/discussion last night with Ken Shamrock...

Boxing is way more exciting for me and I feel the only reason ufc grown the way it has is because the Heavywieght division has no striking figures like a Tyson or Foreman to keep fans interested anymore. When Tyson fought Lewis when I was in highschool everybody was talking about it even the teachers, more big fights like that need to happen and there needs to be more american fighters to keep the average fan interested in the heavywieght division. The other divisions are doing quite well, I just would like to see the heavywieght division be respected again like it used to be.

 

Im 22 and most of my friends our around the same age and unfortunately they know more about ufc than boxing, I ask them why and they say its more like a street fight. To be honest I seen one person in my life throw a kick in a street fight and he missed and got slammed on his head, and I never seen anyone get submitted in a street fight. Most street fights start with a punch and end with a punch or slam, so in my opinion thats inaccurate. While I believe boxings do well around the world its starting to lose ground with the under 30 crowd and the weak heavywieght divisions partly to blame for that, I just hope it shapes up before its too late.

 

nice to see you go out for BOxing

 

The problem is mma is more televised these days, on dishnetwork there is so many different mma leagues:

KOTC
IFL
UFC
WCL
WEC

I know theres more but those are all on regularily and I barely see boxing on tv considering how many MMA shows are on TV. The exposure of UFC with free major events and regular live programing on spike TV is also bringing alot of exposure tot he sport. I agree with the other post I`m 24 and none of my friends can name a boxing champion. It's pathetic how few of the fights can be seen without purchasing ppv and some are not even available.....for example this fight with Holyfield vs Ibrigamov may not even be shown on dish network ppv that is pathetic and bad for the sport.

 

I love boxing and mma but outside the premier fights boxing has become stale and the ufc and other such organisations are bringing good cards with lots of exciting fights to the table, something which boxing for the most part is failing to do. I used to love watching benn,eubank,collins, neary on itv but the more recent shows with people like williams,skelton etc have been pretty poor.

 

Err so anderson silva is not good at striking, boxers are good punchers but that doesn't include half the aspects of striking.

 

also if you want to watch the fight and you aint got hbo watch it on a live stream for free.

 

Yes but in mma you can clinch and use knees and elbows, anderson silva >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cro cop

 

No but it makes him worse than the person who is the best mma striker, cro-cop is past it and hasn't upped his game silva knows how to grapple as well as use is strking skills so silva >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cro cop

 

Still the quality isnt as good, its a pain in the ass and I want to watch it on my big screen with no hassles, boxing needs to push forward into mainstream television more or it will continue to lose ground to MMA which is getting the highest ratings its ever had.

 

I have had streams pretty much as good as live tv most of the time, depends on if you know where to go. Tuf was the big start for ufc, they needed to do a better job with the contender to get the mainstream intrest back into boxing.

 

Its a combination of many things for Boxing, no American HW superstar, lack of exciting fights outside the big events, lack of exposure on regular TV. UFC fights are fun to watch and they do terffic job with making good undercard fights as well.

But Boxing brings the kind of excitement and drama that UFC can never bring.