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First, this assumes that it’s not possible to like both. But aside from that, it’s not a smart question. Rewrite it and see how stupid it is.

“Could someone even consider making the claim that boxing was better than MMA if all of MMAs fights were as exciting as [insert most exciting fighter]?”

The most exciting examples of almost any sport are going to be better than the average examples of most other sports.

I don’t even like college football and I still have that ridiculous Boise State/Oklahoma bowl game on Tivo from a few years ago.

That said, Larry Merchant is a fucking tool. Between him, Mike Goldberg, Mauro Renallo, and Michael Schiavello, why do all fight sport announcers have to be loudmouth assbags? Ugh.

FUCK! BROCK LESNAR? WHO THE FUCK IS THAT GUY?

For me it is still a question of the showtime aspect. Anyone watching the intro to the fight on Sat. night couldn’t help but get amped up. The stars were out, it’s Vegas, it’s a title fight!! Not only that, but it’s 12 ROUNDS, not 3. I know, I know, MMA doesn’t need 12 rounds and even if it did it would be physically impossible with the amount of energy they exert. I’ll shut up now, I just wish the youngsters would show respect where it’s due. God I am getting old.

Also, since the sport is still so young, we’re really just seeing the evolution of fighters who train in multiple martial arts from the jump, instead of guys like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, who started in wrestling and then picked up the rest as they went along. Guys like Anderson Silva, Fedor, and Georges St. Pierre (who just became a spokesman for Under Armour and has already been for Gatorade in Canada) are examples of what true greatness can eventually become in MMA, but it’s still an imperfect sport.

How many champs does boxing have? I’ll answer so you take as much time as I had to looking it up, it’s 86. WBO, IBF, WBA, WBC, The Ring…how many governing bodies does one sport actually need. And that’s one of the problems with trying to promote boxing. Nobody cares who the champ is and without a distinct champion to root for or against, it waters down the very thing they’re trying to promote.

Then add in 17 different weight classes and it gets watered down further. Light flyweight and flyweight, there’s really a difference of 4 lbs between divisions…that’s retarded.

One final point, of the 86 champions can anyone name one from each weight class? Maybe we should start small, UFC has 5 weight classes, can anyone name 5 boxing champs? I can do all 5 in the UFC right now, Heavyweight – Brock Lesnar, Light Heavyweight – Lyoto Machida, Middleweight – Anderson Silva, Welterweight, George St. Pierre, Lightweight – BJ Penn. Much, much easier to market. And I guarentee even those that don’t follow UFC or MMA in gerenal reconize at least 2 or 3 of those name.

Boxing. To. The. Death.

Don’t think you are understanding that metaphor.

/Dodges Punte grabbing bow from quiver and shooting with another bow.