Boxing vs Mixed Martial Arts

The ring or the octagon? Boxing or Mixed Martial Arts? These are questions that are feverishly defended by fan bases of the two sports. Boxing fans call MMA a barbaric sport which requires little or no skill. MMA fans say boxing is boring, slow, and riddled in corruption.

In this week's Sus Deportes on Boston Latin TV segment, GIl Matos and Cesar Doza discuss the two sports, and the generational gap that seems to exist within the two fan bases.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• MMA
• boxing
• ring
• octagon
• Mixed
• Martial
• Arts
• sus
• deportes
• gil
• matos
• cesar
• doza
• greg
• molina

[olympian2011]

mma would be the best in the real world tho

[deadlycheezcake]

@dromezz1993 where i live anyways, people call me a pussy when i take them down and beat the shit out of them on the floor.

like they dont realize i just kicked their ass. when i get beat in a fight i dont bitch about it

[sweetsweatyfeet]

In the early days of UFC it WAS legal to hit in the groin, Watch Joe Son vs Keith hackney. The only thing illegal was eye gouging and small joint manipulation.

[YouTubony]

this debate is laughable ,its a cowardly maneuver . UFC wouldn't deny any pro boxer participation any boxer can (and some did) come to mma and prove himself prove that boxing Reigns supreme why mma ? why not the boxing ring ? because mma is the only platform in which anyone can compete without limitation on their skill-set and its the only way to test different fighting styles So why does the boxing fans are wiling to ran their mouths but won't agree to real competition ? only reason is FEAR

[carnivalwrestler]

@lange1512 I think it's more like comparing football (American) with rugby. Why can't we all love the sweet science as well as mma? I love (and have practiced) both. Boxing has its clinching, and mma has pins against the cage, both of which I hate, because they slow the sport down big time. But I love the techniques and action of both sports, and both are highly applicable on the street. I love boxing. I love mma. Both are warrior sports. Peace.

[lange1512]

You can't compare boxing and MMA...

That's like saying; Football Vs Golf!

[Bounzer88]

@deadlycheezcake thanks you too, because i see nothing that letters and numbers :D

[robparry1]

There seems to be a misconception that MMA is more popular than boxing. MMA may be popular in America, but everywhere else it is a minority activity. As for the idea that it puts boxing in the shade either in terms of popularity or skill: I remember when people used to say the same things about WWF while choosing to ignore that it, too, was fixed.

[BoricuaAltaHueso787]

@Bounzer88 If you dont want to be taking down learn how to fight. I dont give a fuck who you are or what combat sport you compete in if you don't know bjj then i will choke you out. I also know Boxing and Muay Thai so I could take the fight were ever I want stand up or ground. I know Pacquiao will out box me but I'll choke him out in a street fight easy. So go ahead and say shit like Pacquiao will kill me and I have no chance. Deep down inside I know the truth Im a real fighter

[EVILSPAWN1000]

Is that Jerome LeBanner with Don King at 4:00?????