Mercer KO'd Sylvia in 9 seconds

Well, if you have an interest in it and want to train, that's fine - I am sure it is a healthy athletic endeavor. I have nothing against that. My objection has more to do with the use of it as entertainment, and the continued attacks of its purveyors on boxing. IMO, these jerks - that Dana White bonehead in particular - have a lot of nerve attacking such a far superior sport, with such a fine history as boxing.

And now, they have a some serious egg on their faces. No matter what they do, they will never succeed in replacing boxing. Their product is simply not entertaining enough - which is why they dress it up with all this WWF-like bull****. Sorry, but two guys rolling around on the ground is pretty damn boring to watch. It may require some skill, but it is frightfully dull as a form of entertaining. Boxing has - and always will - kick its ass in terms of excitement.

 

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Yeah im sure it was. :roll: You might want to watch the end of the fight when Mercer gets pulled of Kimbo...

 

uhm, Kimbo actually stood & traded with Mercer longer than the Sylvia fight even lasted. When Kimbo realized that trying to pound Mercer was fruitless he took him down.

Sylvia was a hesitant, clueless, huge slow overweight target. I'm sick of this "Syliva simply lost because he tried to strike with Mercer" horse****. He lost because he's absolute garbage.

 

Briggs in K1


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See how one solid punch from a boxer ends the fight quickly.

 

There isnt one MMA fighter in the world that should even consider getting into a striking match with a boxer. MMA fighters have above average at best striking skills, functional for the sport they are in which is all they need.

But on the other hand most boxers probably shouldnt get in the ring with an accomplished all round MMA fighter.

 

And one thing that keeps getting pointed out in this forum is that us boxing and MMA fans do NOT condone narrow minded criticisms of boxing.
As for Dana White, he's a great businessman, but can be a total *******.
And he criticizes boxing for obvious reasons. It's competition for him, and he's competing against the sport for PPV money.

Again, us open minded fans have no interest in MMA replacing boxing. In fact, I think MMA has been good for boxing. Healthy competition is a good thing. If the boxing world realizes their PPV dollars could be compromised by another sport, is it not in their best interests to step it up and make the best, most entertaining matches possible?

Merely your opinion. Considering how successful UFC has been in recent years, many people disagree.
I think lots of sports are boring, but I respect the fact that the fans of those sports disagree. Wouldn't the world be a bland place if everyone had the same tastes.

What WWF like bull****? UFC/MMA is nothing like WWF, neither in the ring nor out. Care to give some examples why you feel they are similar?
In fact, boxing is often more like WWF in it's presentation, from it's pre-fight trash talk and brawls that break out at weigh ins, to it's over the top ring entrances (when was the last time you saw a guy enter the octagon in the UFC being carried on a throne and wearing a crown?)

You are under no obligation to find it exciting, but calling it just two guys rolling around on the ground is silly and uneducated.
Yes, some fights end up being boring, but this happens in boxing as well. How many hugfests have we seen over the years in boxing where the fans spend most of the bout booing? Quite a few. How would you react to a boxing hater who claims boxing is nothing more than a couple of guys standing in a ring hugging each other?

 

This is a fair point. The unfortunate thing is that the nature of the boxing business, so fragmented as it is, won't allow it to react to competition well.

As strictly a boxing fan, I have no idea about UFC ring entrances, but this is a fair point, too.

This is what I always find bothersome about the MMA criticisms - even as a boxing fan, there are a good deal of lousy fights out there. While I'll always be in the camp that finds groundwork pretty boring, I'll never jump on a "look at this 5 minutes of fighting, isn't it boring?" bandwagon.

Anyway, a solid, balanced post on your part.

 

LMAO I never seen a man drop so slow.

 

I know it was proper slow motion with out the slomo!

 

Best ****ing KO all year long!

 

Thanks. I enjoy both sports, so I try and defend either one when I feel they're being criticized in unfair ways.
I'm just as zealous about defending boxing when some die hard MMA fan dumps on it. Of course, that almost never happens here since this is first and foremost a boxing board.

 

That was one hell of a right hand!

 

I wanna see a Mercer Kimbo rematch after that 9 second blow out

 

This has nothing to do if MMA is better or boxing is better. They are two different sports.
Silva was stupid to go in and trade with Mercer, you just dont do that against a boxer. He had to go for a take down right away.
full credit to Mercer though, he is almost 50 now and still knocking out guys!