Pacquiao and Mayweather.... bigger than boxing?

no1 is bigger than boxing..but floyd-manny are are generations leonard-hearns,ali-frazier,chavez-whitaker....not bigger than the sport..but a fight thats needed

 

They're the biggest gears in the machine.

 

the heart and brain are the 2 most important things in your body..but if your liver,lungs,kidneys or anything else fails,...its over..so all are equally important

 

the heart and muscle?


You mean heart and brain?

 

I agree. Great thread. This is the REAL reason UFC is gaining.

Boxing isn't dead by any stretch, but it is like a wine cellar with great vintages. The good stuff is bottled up and there are no new shipments coming in. Boxing is investing NOTHING into its future. :-(

UFC is like $10-20 bottles of wine. Sure it ain't good as the stuff in the wine cellar, but it is pretty damn good and you have a steady supply of it coming in. Also, you have tons of new producers in the area developing new wines.

Like it or not, casual fans are what keep a sport afloat. Diehards need to start welcoming these people in and educating them. People in the industry need to start treating the boxers right.

 

That's a good analogy.

 

you must be a grape farmer making wines.

 

Thanks man.

I plan to keep it cool between us. All of the ish said before is water under the bridge. We can agree to disagree and keep it civil. We both love the Sweet Science.

 

Thats called Socailism. The best fighter deserve what people are willing to pay them for.

 

You know it is crazy because I keep trying to not let myself call UFC "uncivilized" or "uncultured". I LOVE it as a sport, but the whole package just makes my skin crawl. And I mean no offense to a UFC lover, but IMHO it exudes a constant heavy dose of aggression, arrogance, anti-intellectualism, and racism.

Boxing is more "Here is the sport love it for what it is no matter your background. Here we are on common ground." I do still feel there is a healthy dose of racism/nationalism/classism in boxing, but boxnig has been around long enough for everyone to feel comfortable mingling together.

IMHO the problem with UFC is that marketing has just over evolved for it. It is being sold as a "lifestyle" and not a sport. If you don't like blaring power cords and roars, t-shirts covered in skulls, and tattoos you are kind of left scratching your head.

Boxing really just needs a governing body on the national and/or world level. As long as you have these isolated groups state athletic commissions and promotional stables you will get everyone playing to their own selfish interests against each other. A group that can step in and settle crap like this.

 

UFC is gaining b/c the average person can identify with them. Your average beer drinker thinks that its cool to see a glorified bar fight. Not to mention that there arent a lot of great white american fighters in boxing. YOur average NASCAR fan would rather see a guy they can identify with

 

Pretty ironic from you pal:yep

 

I completely agree with you. I kind of address that in my follow up post.