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  • great video. this is one of my favorite fights of all time.

  • only Fedor can fight against boxer because he is only fighter who has power and quickness like a boxer .UFC fighters are to slow to fight against boxers and they don't have technique to deal with them.

  • Mercer can really whack, why did Tim try to stand with him....dumb, dumb, dumb.

  • haha still on a search for tim sylvia winning a fight haha this guy blows, idk how he became a champ his style is horrible he fights like a mummy

  • @filipinoking55 he was winning due to his size compared to other heavyweights.

  • @matazzo Dont you think its strange that no1 can come up with footage of the fight in question. It was justa roomer made up by a guy w no life. You boxing fans are being brain washed. Even Silva himself said the fight ever took place. If it really existed you know boxing organazation would posted all over the internet like the tim vs ray fight is .Are you 1 of yhose conspiry theorist or something. Dont believe everything you hear.

  • @matthew10580 sorry for the late response. i just realized you responded to my post. the fight was in 1998 in brazil. not every single fight is telsvised. when and where did Anderson Silva say that fight never happen? MMA columists often referance his 2nd round boxing loss back when he was campaigning to fight roy jones. and no i don't think any boxing organization would post it all over the web to trash silva because THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT SPORTS.

  • Power is the last thing to go so even a 60-70 year old man he still has whats called ol man strength. Tim shouldve took him down for a little while till Ray gassed then knocked Mercer out but instead he played to Mercers strengths. Had Tim used his MMA training wed be looking at a totally different video rite now guaranteed.

  • @matthew10580 Yeah, dumb strategy on Tim's part, did not really have a chance fighting a regular stand up fight against Mercer who has huge power, remember the Morrison fight?

  • love it hahaha!

  • But when the boxer is on the ground,...I'd say good night.

  • That's what happens if you stand with a Boxer.

  • what did matt say i thought they liked each other

  • Ray mercer is not the future of mma..Fedor is king!

  • Ray Mercer is the future of MMA.

  • Sylvia was knocked out standing up. That was one shot bitches fuckk MMA some gay ass no talent striker there

  • ah man, I thought Tim was a decent champ & a nice guy : (

  • you`re right matrixlone-

    mariusz pudzianowski , check on wiki...

  • OWNED!!! LOL

  • tims gonna fight the worlds strongest man hes big as hell i kno his first name is marius

  • This has to be the most embarrassing thing for mma. Ko'd by a former 49 year old HW boxing champ

  • @JFactor44

    He used to be 49 years old you say?

  • Ko'd by a 49 year old Former HW Champ of Boxing!

  • @JFactor44

    Tim Sylvia sucks ass thats why.

  • They say boxers can't hang with MMA guys.. You put someone infront of a boxer and tell him he can punch the guy how does he not stand a chance... i dont get it lol

  • trust me the boxer stands a chance i mean theyre just like martial artists theyve been doing it since they were like six years old and boxers punch differently i mean your not gonna win a boxing match throwing mma punches thats for sure

  • @matrixlone Depends on who taught you, some MMA fighters have textbook boxing punches. Of course in MMA, a lot of times you have to apply those punches in a different manner than boxing match.

  • Tim looks out of shape

  • a mma fighter can't do what a boxer can do and a boxer can't do what a mma fighter can do.... they are two different sports. so stop comparing them. boxer are specialists and mma fighter are generalists. only because mma has punching in it doesn't mean they can punch on the same level as a boxer. and only because a boxer can knockout someone out in the ring doesn't mean they can do it in the octagon.

  • boxers punches are far harder but they cannot kick or grapple but they can be taught quicker then someone learning to box it is easier to learn to wrestle then boxing as i have learnend

  • @michaelgoing111

    correct that

  • @michaelgoing111 i agree 100% and i also believe that a boxer will have a harder time with a kick boxer the a wrestler

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  • @michaelgoing111 But someone who is have as experienced a wrestler as a boxer would still win. : / i've always been mesmerized by that fact.

  • matozzo98; What about MMA fighters who specialize, or derive from boxing. They're still "generalists" just because they study more than just boxing!?

  • Im just tired of this boxing/ MMA argument. What Im trying to say in reference to Video is that a MMA fighters punches are no were near on the same level as a boxers punches because thats what boxer specialize in. Boxing fans fail to realize that there is more to MMA then punching and they are quick to criticize a MMA fighters fighters punching skills. MMA fans fail to realize that only because there is punching in MMA doesnt mean that MMA fighters can punch on the same level as boxer.

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  • @matozzo98 What you say is a bunch of crap. Sylvia isn't a right example of that. Sylvia was washed up and sucked big time. Fedor isn't a boxer yet did exactly the same to him.

    MMA fighters can punch just as hard and just as good, its been proven with studies.

    its just that punching in MMA is very different than punching in a boxing match.

    BTW that same Mercer got his ass whooped in a minute by Kimbo Slice who isn't even among the C level fighters in MMA.

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  • @misterblague01 Sylvia is wahed up????? Mercer must be going on 50, he wasn't young when he won in the 1988 Olympics.

    Also, this was Mercer's first pro MMA fight, and he only had 2 days notice. His fight against Kimbo was just an exhibition.

  • @misterblague01 mma fighters cnot win in a boxing ring with the boxing rules but boxers cnot win to mma fighters when there on the ground

  • When I referred to mixed martial artists as generalist I meant that they are forced to look at the big picture. In order to excel in MMA they have to take in account a wide variety things such as strikes, takedowns, submissions, etc..... and can't devote themselves to just one discipline while in a MMA fight. that why i refer to them as generalists and not specialists

  • Tim Sylvia is a joke he only won the title when UFC was a new sport with no talent in the heavyweight division with just a bunch of street fighters... the sport has evolved saying Tim Sylvia is a great fighter because he was champ in the old UFC is like saying the Persian Army could come to modern world and dominate just because they were the most dominant army centuries ago

  • UFC isn't a sport, it's an organization.

  • Tim Sylvia disgraced himself not mma... Remmy Bojansky knocked out Ray Mercer in 1 head kick with a 22 second knockout and Cro cop beat Bojansky and Cro Cop cant do shit in the UFC so whoever says "any boxer could be ufc champion" needs to do proper unbiased comparisons like the 1 I just gave you and they will see the truth. Boxers are talented but its rediculous to say that boxing(1 aspect) is better than mma(all aspects combined) feel free to argue my logic I will be glad to verbally rape u

  • By the way what he threw is called an over hand right a little education to all you mma brawlers

  • let that be a lesson to all you organize back yard brawlers don't ever try to exchange hands with a boxer.

  • Tim Sylvia Is WANK So It Dont Matter

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  • Who cares about mma vs boxing! It's probably one of the best underdog wins ever! Silvia's garbage anyway, even in the mma world! Didn't anybody see Silvia talking shit during the prefight press conference? He deserved it!

  • Really? cause I seem to remember Mercer (boxer) getting his ass handed to him by Kimbo (MMA). And Kimbo isn't even all that good.

  • Boxing is the true sport. This shows boxers can convert and win a big fight in the UFC against a former champ. An ex UFC heavyweight champ could never beat a heavyweight champ in a boxing ring. End of story.

  • BLACK POWER!!!!!!!!!!

  • This is fake fight. It's impossible champion of UFC loses to 48 years boxers. ;)

  • haha this proves mma fighters cant compete with boxers

  • Man, bad MMA fighter Kimbo beat Mercer. Now do you think that bad MMA fighters can beat good boxers? :)))

  • uhh dude kimbo beat him cuz mercer thought it was a boxing match and plus mecers like 50 years old!

  • btw this fight is unofficial. I was right that this is fake fight. I think bookies make money on this fight, nothing more. Because it's impossible, UFC champion can't lose to 50 yerar old boxer. This fight is pro-exebition fight, not official fight. ;)

  • or maybe its just the fact that everybody in mma have glass chins and 70 percent of them would get knocked out cold from a womenly slap.

    p.s this is officail, that fight with kimbo was unoffical tho.

  • It doesn't depend on MMA or boxing. Glass chin is just myth. ;) All boxers and fighters have almost the same chin. 20 kg in chin can KO anybody. ;) But not all can hit in chin. Remember Ali's phantom punch. He ruined big guy with one slap in chin. ;)

  • eshays ray's a sickcunt, timmy time to give up(y)

  • what a spectacular win for ray. great note for him to retire on. knocking the fuck out of a longtime UFC champ in 8 seconds with one punch!! it doesnt get much sweeter than that. well done, merciless ray mercer!

  • UFC is shit watch something serious...muay thai for example....losers...

  • Yeah, that makes sense. The UFC is the most popular, has the most money, but they don't attract the best fighters? Retard.

  • Muay Thai is in UFC you moron

  • you kidding me , lesnar is the worst UFC fighter i have ever seen in my life , cant throw a punch to save his life , whatever knockout you call what he got on couture was a joke

  • hahaha "i want my money back")))

  • HAHAHAH ray mercer is a fat 48 year old former boxer that is totaly shot, he ko,s one of the best UFC heavywights in 10 sec!!! lol thats is like a fat, old former UFC fighter knocking klitchko out in a few sec in a boxing mtach!!! how embarrising..

  • true but inspite of rays age he's still a good puncher, to my knowledge this was supposed to be a standing fight anyway and rays age would only show down the stretch oft the fight which it didnt go that far lol, that beign said...tim is not what he once was either and he's fat too and ray just got off first, anyone has a punchers chance as long as they have a punch and ray showed his here, this wouldnt happen in a second fight lol.

  • Yeah compare Sylvia to Klitchko some more, lol. But no. MMA fighters probably wont do much good in boxing.

  • On the way down Silvia saw his career flash b4 his eyes hahaha not to mention he looks hella fat looks like he got too confident he prolly thought mercer was too old this shows never understimate your enemy

  • Sylvia, go back to the fucking gym. If not, then GTFO.

  • well Ray quit after getting kicked in the head once and Got Choked out by kimbo slice.......lol

  • well kimbo submitted him btw..

  • Wow, Sylvia has gained some weight. I doubt he even trained for this fight. He probably thought since Kimbo beat the hell out of Mercer that he wouldn't have a problem with him. DAMN!

  • did anyone else notice that he zoomed in on the camera guys butt!?!? 1:35 - 1:40

  • Don't box a boxer or its good night

  • mma fighters are getting to cocky how dare they attempt to fight a boxer with hands only its an insult...hes lucky it was a 50 year old ray mercer he fought and not a young mike tyson hed have got himself killed. MMA stick to ur kicks and takedowns lift the fist fighting to boxers..u just aint hard enough.

  • Lol. MMA throwing hands with a boxer = dumb.

    Boxer *fighting* with a MMArtist = dumb.

    There's a lot more than kicks and takedowns.

  • As for Anderson Silva, this is a man who drastically cuts weight for his bouts, up to 30 pounds. He goes into his 185 pounds bouts above 205. If Silva were to fight at his natural weight, it would be heavyweight like Fedor -- who never cuts or gains weight, and has never fought anywhere but 230 to 235 his entire career, yet he he has consistently defeated numerous taller and heavier opponents. He is almost never the larger opponent. THESE are the sorts of things that make him P4P best.

  • He has always taken the game to the person in whatever is supposed to be their strongest forte. One of the top Jiu-Jitsu practitioners -- does Fedor try to stand with him? No. He goes to the ground and proceeds to pound the living shit out of him for 50 minutes over 3 fights, complete dominance. Arlovski is great at stand-up? So he doesn't take it to the ground and knocks him out. etc. etc. etc. Try actually WATCHING Fedor's career if you want to know why he's the best P4P fighter in the world.

  • It has very little to do with records. Try watching Emelyanenko's career, from start to finish. That is why I think he is the best fighter in the world, not "30-1" (which is actually 30-0 2 NC, as his "loss" was a cut from an illegal blow). Go watch the complete career before you talk trash about someone you don't know. He took the hardest slam in all of MMA and didn't even react, just flipped his opponent over and arm barred him. He has been slugged hard by 300 pound people and never gone down.

  • His name is Fedor Emelianenko not Emelyanenko. But you're right, Pacquiao is #1 p4p boxer and Fedor is p4p #1 mma fighter.

    It's just funny that you tried to correct me but yet spelled his name wrong. Fool.

  • I didn't spell his name wrong, you ignorant fuck. His name is Russian using the Cyrillic alphabet: Емельяненко Фëдор. He doesn't speak English and doesn't have an English name. The closest transliteration of this name to English is roughly "Yemelyanenko Fyodor". On his official web site, they translate his name as "Emelyanenko". There is no "wrong" spelling of a Russian name in English.

    Now don't you feel a bit less ignorant?

    Try listening to how HE says his name: v=4Y4hv1z74zM

  • Wow, talk about being a prick. You feel good about yourself now that you're so tough on the computer, right. Maybe you oughta check out ways to build your own self esteem before you go out on a rampage about stuff that don't really matter. Whether his name is Emelyanenko or Emelianenko, aren't we talking about the same guy? Ignorant posts, whatever. Get a life.

  • "His name is Fedor Emelianenko not Emelyanenko. It's just funny that you tried to correct me but yet spelled his name wrong. Fool."

    Excuse me? You brought up the spelling of "his" name, not me. I don't care how anyone spells his name, and yes, we know who's being talked about. *YOU* brought it up, and are now asking why *I* did? What a retard. You aren't even aware of the things you yourself say. You were entirely foolish and ignorant in what you incorrectly pointed out about "his" name.

  • His name isn't spelled in the English alphabet so your spelling and his are acceptable romanisations of the Russian spelling you arrogant dick

  • Actually Anderson Silva is the #1 P4P on multiple sites, GSP is #2, and Fedor is #3. Your right in English his name is pronounced Emelianenko even if its not the correct translation its the official one.

  • Fuck that, Fedor is #1!!

  • GSP . . . . ROFL!

  • GSP and BJ Penn have both publicly stated they think Emelyanenko is #1.

    Re his name, his official web site spells it "Emelyanenko". His book spells it "Emelianenko". There is *no* wrong spelling for a name written in Cyrillic transliterated to English. He, himself, *NEVER* writes or speaks his name in English, that's all left to his management, promoters, event producers, etc.

    His name is pronounced roughly Yamelly-yanenko Fyoh-door.

  • Actually, it was a shoulder lock not an arm bar but I definitely agree with you.

  • You shouldn't base your opinion toward MMA fighters on one fight between two people. There are some great MMA fighters who box very well and come from boxing background. You should judge on a case by case basis. In this case Tim Silva sucks at boxing and Ray Mercer is a good boxer.

  • It doesn't work that way. A boxer is so good at punching, because that is what they practise day in and day out. The stand-up game in MMA is far more complex, it involves leg-kicks, body-kicks, head-kicks, push-kicks, Muay Thai behind-the-head clinch and so on -- as well as the punching. A boxer can't use a boxing stance, or their legs will be destroyed and they won't have any spring in their step at all.

    In this bout, Tim was stupid to stand & box, he should have done leg kicks then ground.

  • Big mistake for Tim Sylvia. No MMA fighter can fight a standup fight against a boxer. Boxers are trained for stand up bouts. Even an old boxer beat Tim because a boxer simply has greater stand up skills. A boxer will always beat an MMA fighter on their feet.

  • What a fuggin joke. Sylvia is a hack and an idiot. Why did he get into a boxing match with a boxer? You don't fight to your opponents' strength.

  • Right. He should have thrown hard leg kicks until Mercer went for a clinch, then gone to the mat with him. He would have destroyed him effortlessly on the ground.

  • If boxers fought with the traditional angled boxing stance in an MMA fight, their legs would be mashed potatoes. The reason you don't like MMA striking is because you have to adjust your stance to deal with leg kicks and the like (against a good fighter - the dude above hasn't been for years).

  • How is Tim Sylvia considered one of the top MMA fighters? He was always a bum.

  • thats funny because last time i checked he was champion at one time.

    but yes he has done pretty bad lately.

  • Do i need to start listing boxers who were champions at one time? Belts dont mean shit. Wins against top competitors do....Hence, Sylvia is a bum.

  • you know nothing if you think tim sylvia is one of the greatest, too bad kimbo fuked up mercer

  • mercer is 48 years old stupid

  • mercer could pwn fedor

  • ur funny.....

  • he can't touch fedor

  • if fedor takes it to the ground

  • tiiiiiiimbeeeeeeer!!

  • dopey giant go floored lmao =>

  • Lesnar would out power Fedor.Fedor will dodge him his whole career and one day a nobody is going to clean his clock.

  • Get lucky and beat Lesnar?I want what your smoking!Lesnar fights the best Fedor fights nobodies and ufc has beens.

  • Fedor is fighting Brett Rogers who is 5th at heavyweight Lesnars fighting Shane Carwin who's ranked 9th so I think we all know who's fighting the nobody.

  • thats so dumb you realize ray mercer got chocked out by kimbo slice right ? He might get lucky and beat lesnar but fedor would ruin this guy.

  • this doesnt show n ething, it just shows how much tim sylvia is not a striker. tim always wants to fight stand up with guys who are beter than him in that and always gets crushed. boxers by design arent naturaly stronger in terms of pure strength than mma fighters based on the amount of weight training and resisitance theydo compared to boxers, its science, in most cases in a boxing match the boxer has the edge. a complete striker would kil a complete boxer most of the time in a striking match.

  • ufc pres wasnt embarrassed because he was let go because he sucked. everybody beat his ass in the ufc and outside of it. i told myself if tim wanted to box with ray hes going to get masacred because the last thing to go in an old fighter is his power if he possessed it. tim sylvia sucks. ive trained in boxing and mma and sparred golden glovers and ill say this, it all comes down to the talent not the style. the practitioner not the art. dont make sylvia a representation of mma because hes not

  • Sport > Streetfighting

    Boxing > MMA

  • mma champion vs. a boxing champ inside a ring?? anderson silva will get knocked out even by a smaller boxer odlh will kick his ass a boxer and a mma fighter inside a cage? well you got the answer

  • big words from a guy whose name comes from final fantasy. what, you think boxers have 9,999 HP and MMA fighters only have 100HP? MMA fights can cast level 3 grappling spells, while boxers can only press ATTACK.

  • well obiously boxers would be better at striking they spend 100% of there time on traing in boxing, MMA they work on boxing Wrestling and Jiu jitsu or Judo...but i guess that doesnt meant anything to you boxing fans lol

  • i agree a high level striker in mma comes from so many angles and uses so many tactics that would be illegal in a boxing match. dirty boxing, elbows, back fists, backhanding(which bothers the hell out of boxers, i know this because i do it at my gym lol), that to limit an mma fighter to the straight forward, hooks, uppers, jabs, crosses, straights would be to the boxers advantage because mma fighters are use to limiting themsleves that way. boxers have gameplans based on the limited striking

  • Tim Sylvia should have ALL the advantage going in this fight: size, age, experience(mma), strength, submission...

    And I thought the Fedor fight was disappointing, lmfao

  • tim had no advantage besides height. tim cant throw punches and he has some submissions but he always chooses to strike which is why hes a nobody in mma because every one kicked his ass with that same right hand he never sees coming. easy fight for mercer easy fight for anyone who has even primary boxing skills. tim sylvia really sucks man. tim is just tall, but really for nothing because hes not a prime mma fighter much less a striker of any kind.

  • you guys were talking before the fight

    & then during the knockout you had like no reaction, wtf?!

  • i hate how people always talk shit about mma fighters and their stand up. You dont think if BJ Penn had dedicated his entire training carrer to just boxing he couldnt be one of the best? His couldnt beat a boxing champ because he boxing is MAYBE one quarter of his time in training

  • PJ Penn would be Koed in the Texas Golden Gloves by an amauter boxer. I am very sure of that. Its two different sports. I have respect for Penn but he would be crashed in a pro boxing ring in less than 1 round..

  • yep! in a real fight u use your fists, feet, knees and elbows! boxing is an incomplete fight sport and Tim Sylvia is hardly at the top of the mma table!!

  • Oh wow this is the amazing Tim Silvia that Fedor beat to cement his legacy as the best. What a fucken joke! I love how those Fedor fans keep pointing at fedor beating this beast of a silvia who was washed up a half dozen fights ago. Fedor should fucken retire with honour instead of fighting 2nd rate bums in disgrace.

  • Like second ranked arlovski...

  • silvia is out of shape hella fat man

  • Is Ray Mercer not past his prime at 50 years old? HAHAHAHA nice argument!

  • Kimbo Slice whooped Mercer's ass.......so did Remy Bojansky...nuff said

  • mercer whooped a former ufc champ in 9 seconds kimbo lost to a guy with pink hair

  • your an idiot!

  • the truth hurts mma fangirl

  • and Kimbo whooped Mercer's ass? anything else?

  • lol mercer is 50 years lol are you crying

  • seth petruezelli isnt a no1 the guys foguth bob sapp hes still a mean fighter

  • u guys are dumb,,, the whole boxing MMA thing let me xplain why i think mma is better then boxing its simple,,, boxing u can only punch just punching its like having to guys who hate each other and are goin to fight but they are only aloud to throw punches like wtf,, mma is real u can use boxing-kicks-muay thay-all stand up martial arls and wrestling judo bjj basically anything that would happen on a real street fight its complete fighting

  • funny...joe rogan said the same thing in an interview

  • jealous are we of boxing

  • NEVER post again.

    ever.

  • You are putting up a horrible argument for MMA. I, too, am a MMA fan. But, you are making it seem like we go in there, and just look to end someones career... Its not a street fight, man, and it shouldnt be treated as one. These are people that have dedicated their lives to a sport and love what they do. Not two guys who want to beat the shit out of each other for money. To be a mixed martial artist, you must be a warrior, not a jack off. Just look what happened to Babalu.

  • I don't see this is as at all reflective of MMA, or the talent in the sport. This is an example of Tim getting lazy and underestimating a powerful puncher. Funny how some "new" fans of this sport, so easily turn on their "heroes" from one fight to the next. Oh he's the best... Oh he's a bum. Silvia has a lot of skill, apparently no sense to go with it.

  • I agree to a point. I don't think it shows anything about the relative sports but I do think it shows that Sylvia did well whilst he was champion, had less to prove to win a fight and no one could quite work out how to deal with the size issue. Couture showed them how though and now everyone's doing it, get in close seems to be the key... if only Andrei worked that out he might have had a better time out in that rubber match.

  • damnnnn........MMA is a shame!!!

  • tim sylvia is a loser what a short road from the top to the bottom

  • 9 seconds...SAD...

    Sylvia made more monkey in 9 seconds than almost all you guys reading this comment made at yer yobs all last year, COMBINED

    time to hang it up, Tim. Save the remaining brain cells and retrain for another yob

    Matt Hughes was right when he said in his own book...Tim Sylvia IS a goofus...

    woah, thems is some sexy skank ring gurlz

  • dud tim silvia has sum nimble legs no wonder he gets taken down so easy

  • What an embarrasment to mma that fat lump of lard is. He is such a shit fighter.

  • AHAHHAA this is what mma is all about, sloppy ass stance, no chin, no solid technique. can't even protect himself from a simple straight right. lol

    mma<boxing

  • Way to base your opinion on two washed up fighters in a side show main event. Who wants to watch two guys punch twice and then hug each other for 12 rounds? MMA is the combat sport now and for the future. Boxing is dead and has been for a while.

  • pacquaio.hatton sold over 2 million ppv with ease worldwide, delahoya/mayweather 3.5 plus million ppv sales, hatton/mayweather over a million ppv sales worldwide, mosley/margarito broke all attendence record this year in staples centre LA, Cotto/Clottey sold out Madison Sq. Garden first day tix went on sale this year.

    numbers don't lie, tell me where boxing is dead?

  • Yea, not to mention I could be GSP and be on UFC 100 and make only 400,000 then Andre Dirrell could fight on Showtime for 300,000. Purses don't lie either

  • GSP made way more than that, those are just the salary pays that the comission releases to the public. you gotta add the sponsors, bonuses, and all the other shit i cant think of right now haha.

  • OK maybe you're right. Boxing is just on life support. You have a handful of fighters left that still draw viewers. Not saying they aren't talented, Pacquaio is the freaking man, but if you ask a random person on the street who he is and them ask the same person who Chuck Liddell is, Chuck would win out 90% of the time. Boxing has a few good years before MMA pulls the plug.

  • yeah keep telling yoyr self that

  • Dude you don't watch boxing so don't talk. There are plenty of up and coming stars minus Vic Ortiz getting busted up, Boxing has plenty of time to go.

  • You're right I don't watch boxing very often. I don't watch grass grow either for the same reason. MMA is growing exponentially and boxing is declining at the same rate. The "plenty" of time you say boxing has to go is all borrowed.

  • You don't watch grass grow for the same reason? Does that mean grass is on borrowed time too, or are you implying that boxing is boring? Dude I love MMA too, but it annoys me that MMA fans like you seem to have a hard-on for disrespecting boxing and acting like it is a thing of the past. You say boxing has been dead for awhile, well how about you look up some recent PPV buys for boxing and MMA. YOu will see boxing by far generates more money and fans.

  • the reason MMA fans diss on boxing imo is because of all the guys in boxing discrediting MMA as a real sport. Boxing isnt dead it jus isnt the same anymore, boxing PPV's do generate more but not on a consistent basis, UFC PPV's are consistently selling every month you cant say that with boxing.

  • Boxers shouldn't discredit MMA and vice-versa.People have to realize not to compare Boxing and MMA.They are both combat sports but in different levels of competition.You're right boxing isn't what it used to be b/c there is no American Heavyweight for us to look to like back in the day.We need more Tyson and Holyfield to have boxing be at it's best, and to have a Klitschko who nobody in the US cares about dominate the most marketable division in the world puts boxing a step below what it was.

  • Boxing and MMA shouldnt be compared like Hockey and Football shouldnt be compared. But what i do wanna see is MMA get covered on ESPN like all the other sports do. I mean that is such bullshit to see tennis and golf get covered way more than MMA and even boxing, really who the fuck would rather watch golf and tennis rather than a fight?

  • Yeah ESPN should step it up when it comes to that stuff. UFC 100 is like the first time I've ever seen ESPN hype a MMA PPV. MMA doesn't appeal to old ass people like boxing still does, and ESPN still sucks at covering boxing. Plus they don't cover UFC b/c like I said they are all old ass people who wouldn't know shit about MMA.

  • i guess until all those old peolpe die and retire we will see the real sports bein covered haha, but BSPN is pretty lame anyways

  • golfers and tennis players, you are forgeting that golfing is more popular than basketball, hockey, and football, throughout the world, just not in north america, although i agree golf and tennis are both garbage sports

  • lol that is so true could have not said it better myself

  • The UFC now brings in literally tens of millions of dollars every UFC event, once you factor in PPV sales, ticket sales and later DVD sales. They have more than one pay event per month average.

    So how does that compare to boxing revenues?

    That said, I think Dana White is an absolutely greedy, disrespectful fucker that should be run over by a few thousand shopping carts.

    The majority of the income goes back into advertising and the management's pockets, very little of it to the fighters.

  • PLUS a good MMA fighter has some sort of stand-up skill and all forms of standup have some sort of boxing in them. Watch Diego Corrales v. Jose Luis Castillo 1 and tell me that boxing is a boring sport that people won't pay to watch.

  • lol boxing is declining ...you don't get out much do you

    thats is so 2006 silly tapout fan

  • really pacquaio and liddell?? hahahaha dude when did chuck liddell got a nike commercial with ronaldo kobe sharapova federer etc...??? ask people outside america who chuck is and they'll give you norris.

  • Wtf? You're trying to convince us that Chuck Liddell is more widely known that Manny Pacquiao? Id argue that even Chuck Norris is just as popular as Liddell. Manny Pacquiao is the #1 P4P fighter in the world. Chuck Liddell is old news. Keep up with the rest of the world bud.

  • Manny Pacquiao is the #1 P4P boxer in the world.

    Fedor Emelyanenko is the #1 P4P fighter in the world.

    Get your facts straight, fool!

  • lol you mma fan girls make me laugh how old are u 10

  • thanks dude

  • I want to see the camera angle from the dude on the ladder.