Why MMA is takeing over (an active amature's view)

Long time member, been away for a while.



Mixed Martial Arts or MMA as it is known to the public is unquestionably forceing itself into the mainstream media's mind. fighters such as pacquiao and mayweather are over shadowed by chuck liddell and GSP.

see any gatorade commercials with a boxer latley?

but that is not WHY M.M.A is takeing over, its simply exhibit A that the takeover is indeed happening.

As an amature boxer for the past 11 years and as a semi professional Mixed Martial Artist I can tell you from experience why I belive pro boxing is loosing and will loose to MMA or more particularly to the U.F.C.

The reason is simple:

The biggest and best fights in MMA are fights we get to see. When everyone wanted Ortiz and Liddell? Dana white made it happen.

When everyone wanted Couture and Liddell? Dana White made it happen.

When everyone wanted BJ Penn and GSP? Dana White made it happen....twice.

currently everyone wants to see Lesner and a real number 1 contender...and Dana White is in the middle of makeing it happen!!!!

Pacquiao Vs Mayweather

Wlad VS Vitali

Haye VS....either of them

these are fights wich would generate signifigant interest in the world of boxing today. but they wont happen..... why?


Simply put: the world of MMA is designed that the best fighters in the world will fight one another on a consistant basis. and in boxing we have to pray and wait and pray and wait and then? someone wants an over the top drug test to go through with it.....

I believe as a combatant in both sports that boxing and not MMA can and often times does have a more explosive and more entertaining package than MMA..... the problem is simply that the world of boxing is so convoluted that rather then encourage the best to fight each other, often the santioning bodys of the sport will strip a fighter is he would rather fight a great fighter. take Tarver - Johnson for instance. that fight SHOULD have been to prove who was the best lightweight in the world (at the time mind you) and it did prove that, but both fighters had to give up there "belts" to make it happen.

what kind of sport would take something away from a match between the two best of the sport?

Boxing is in a sad state in todays main stream media. in order for Boxing to survive and flourish it needs serious changes, and a santioning body that will reward fighters for fighting the best and not strip them of there belts.

What boxing needs is a singular figure to say "okay Wlad, Vitali? I know you dont WANT to fight each other, but your the best in the world and its what the people demand to see, as of right now your popular, but if you wont fight each other, one of you will have to fight Haye, and then the other will have too....by the way both these fights have to happen this year...good luck figureing it out"

or to say "well floyd, I understand your concern but we have this santioned tests we do, you and pac will be huge, its what the people want, you can either A fight him or B, we'll burry you on an undercard somewhere and everyone will forget about you in a few years."

yes its harsh, yes it would take some getting used too, but in the end the greatest sport on the planet would be back where it belongs : the forefront of the sporting world. the same way it was when Robinson fought. the same way it was when joe Louis fought. when Ali and even Leonard were our "kings of the ring". and we need that because as of right now....Boxing is loosing momentum, you can argue with whatever stats you want but the fact is that more people you know have heard of GSP and want to talk about him than Mayweather, Hopkins, Pacquiao, or anyone else we love.

Boxing needs a santioning body who will make the best fight the best.... if that ever happens, we'll see champions in Gatorade commercials again.

Gatorade, ESPN, and sportscenter .... thats what sports is all about people...and boxing needs a piece of it...or it will not thrive.

Thank you for your time.

 

whats ESL?

and I do see the PPv numbers.

every now and again boxing will have the best fight the best and the PPV numbers will be off the charts (as I've explained Boxing IS a better product) but the UFC has a descent PPV once or twice a month, and boxing has a great PPV buy-rate once every what? 4-6 months?

 

Hey gentlemen dont get mistaken. I WANT boxing to be back at the pinacle, I WANT boxing to a bigger part of the mainstream media's mindframe.

I dont belive and diddnt say that MMA or the UFC was perfect or that it was better, or that it made more money.

but what would your everyday person rather talk about? what story would Sportscenter run first? and again I'll ask whos on the gatorade commercials?

I perform in both sports, and I prefer boxing though I'm probably a little better at MMA.

I realise its not something thats just arround the corner, but thats what people said about blacks playing baseball, thats what everyone said about the UFC being on TV, or doing a million PPV buys.

and does anyone think boxing wouldnt be better off with a system where the best fought the best?

Gees fellas you seem to all think I'm some boxing hater, all I'm saying is that boxing would be better off.