Boxing vs UFC

A year or two ago fans here were all on the UFC is going to put an end to boxing basically. Do people still feel that way? It seems like the UFC has gone down since then and turning into WWE bringing Brock back for a title fight. Boxing has been picking up without Floyd especially the heavyweight division.

Bringing in Lesnar after Cornier's impressive KO shows me that Dana White & Co. lack faith in the drama of the sport itself and feel the need to augment it's entertainment value through various contrivances

Jon Jones was a huge loss. Also didn’t help losing Silva and GSP. UFC had Rousy and all the hype. Funny how things can change quickly.

Boxing has been meh to me since 1996ish

Both are equally great.

I'll watch any fight except wrestling.

What lost me for boxing is that it’s such a one dimensional fight. Mayweather didn’t have an easy boxing match against Connor if it had been a real fight Mayweather would’ve gotten KOd.
For me, UFC is so many 1000x better to watch it isn’t really a comparison. Right now UFC has lost most of its big names and is struggling to find marketing personas but seems like boxing has been like that since Tyson went to jail. Ok Mayweather is great but who is there for him to fight? A dude from another sport? If UFC has typical payouts in the range of what top boxers get you wouldn’t see people leave for WWE or a top UFCer taking a boxing match. UFC just needs a better commissioner and more time to develop, it’s not been mainstream until the past few years and they continue to evolve the rules to make it better. The athletes have come light years in the last 15-20 years and will keep getting better as there is more money in it.

Bottom line: if you want to watch the art of boxing then watch boxing. If you want to watch the closest thing to a real 3 dimensional fight then watch UFC.

UFC still over boxing.

I was turned off by that fake WWF drama that happened with Lesnar after the Cormeir fight.

GGG or gtho

I can only watch boxing when the heavyweight division is doing well - I can't watch any other weight and praise these guys knowing that if they stepped into the ring with heavyweights, they'd be knocked out before the end of the first round. One reason I don't care about Mayweather.

UFC is decent - maybe if I grew up watching it I'd be more attached.

Not even comparable. One is real fighting. The other is not.

I’m not comparing the two here. UFC just isn’t doing as well as many thought. Boxing has survived even without their cash cow. I would Joshua would step up and fight the bronze bomber for the he’s yweight crown.

uvaballa said:

A year or two ago fans here were all on the UFC is going to put an end to boxing basically. Do people still feel that way? It seems like the UFC has gone down since then and turning into WWE bringing Brock back for a title fight. Boxing has been picking up without Floyd especially the heavyweight division.

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I don't know what your talking in regard to boxing picking up, but there is certainly a generational gap. If your 18 and going to watch a fight between 2 guys you've never heard of, odds are the MMA fight is going to be more entertaining . So, MMA will continue to grow. I see MMA gyms popping up all over Atlanta. Haven't seen any boxing gyms opening up. I actually couldn't even point you in the direction of one. Boxing will continue to be popular among folks like you who grew up without MMA and remember the glory days of boxing. I'm in that category as well but prefer the multitude of fighting styles incorporated in MMA and the match-up of styles that creates.

ghst187 said:

Bottom line: if you want to watch the art of boxing then watch boxing. If you want to watch the closest thing to a real 3 dimensional fight then watch UFC.

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This.

If you've never boxed you'll never get it, it's just fighting to you.
Kind of like bullfighting in some regard, everybody gets on the Matador as a cruel guy torturing a poor animal, but go watch a live bullfight and you'll see the bull isn't quite as defenseless as you think, and there is a certain art to it.

I’ll take boxing. I’d rather watch GGG, Andre Ward recently retired, Kovalev, Bud Crawford, Errol Spence, and a few others over anything MMA has to offer.

Dana White is doing a phenomenal job of taking whatever was left of the UFC credibility out of the sport. He created a ranking system that doesn't matter, champions fight every 1-2 years, numerous interim belts and no one is active anymore. The HW and LHW divisions are non-existent. Conor only fights stylistically favorable matches, and Colby Covington is a fake Chael Sonnen.

Did I miss anything?

I miss the days where UFC had active fighters and we had a linear idea of the ranking system.

Bellator needs more fighters.