Originally Posted by
DirtyB
By the end of next year, both guys will be retired and nobody is on the horizon to replace them.
I strongly disagree with this statement. The stories of boxing's demise are greatly exaggerated my friend.
Granted, we are not in the golden age of prize fighting ATM, but there are still fighters out there that will generate PPV numbers that will dominate any single match the UFC will put out, aside from Jon Jones vs Silva, which I doubt happens in the near future anyway.
People always seem to forget the sports world doesn't revolve around only what US fans want to see. Boxing is still bigger than MMA in most other countries outside of the US, and I think boxing still does bigger numbers in the USA than MMA. I could be wrong there, but it still takes a card of ten fights to pull that off as opposed to one boxing match.
Will you guys ever get tired of comparing MMA to boxing? It's fucking pointless and played out. Every God damn time there is a big fight we have to hear from semi casual boxing fans how terrible boxing is now and how much better MMA is. We get it, you would rather watch guys roll around on the ground for 15 minutes. We understand you miss the days of Mike Tyson knocking guys on their asses with one punch. With all due respect, please just give it a rest.