boxing in the 30's 40's etc now dont jump down my throat on this cause i'm not the biggest MMA fan but it seems to me mma fighters can have pretty poor records atleast by modern day boxing standards n still b considered top level fighters and or get title shots any thoughts?
A lot have poor records because the best fight the best. It's not like boxing where it takes years to see a fight like Cotto Margarito happen.
yeah i seen the contender mauy tai and there was a guy on there that was wbc mauy tai champion he had 60 odd losses (150 odd wins) i think his name was yodsinkly or something, you will not see something like that in boxing these days
It's also newer, so not as much depth. Eventually I would expect it to play out the way Boxing has, as more money pours in and new sanctioning bodies spring up.
I don't like MMA. I think i find it too violent (i know boxing is...) Hitting a guy on the ground after you just knocked him out, i don't know. BUt, i have to say that losing your "0" doesnt mean that much is pretty cool.
Agree with that post entirely. I'm not an MMA fan, something about just kicking and punching and hitting when your opponents on the floor, to me Boxing's more of a science (i'm not saying MMA isn't skilled before any MMA fans jump down my throat, just not for me). Your right though 1 of the main things ruining boxing is the whole keeping the "0".
MMA is anything but violent in 08'...lol The fight's are very safe, and are 9 out 10 times stopped way too soon. It's got the rep of being violent from it's root's in the first UFC show's.... (During the Gracie era, No weight class, No holdes barred....except Hair & eyes)
There was a televised debate last week here in Montreal. The MMA guy was saying boxing was more violent because of the 8 count wich doesnt exist in MMA. But, i saw so many MMA fights where one guy is totally knocked out with a punch, fall down, and then the other guy jumps on him and throws 3 punches to a dead corpse....:huh
