Boxing is DEAD: Prepare the way for Mixed Martial Arts

Dear, debater Allow me to clarify my position on this subject. I am a big fan of both UFC and Boxing and have viewed epic battles numerously in both rings on PPV. I highly respect any legit fighter, boxer or mixed martial artist who gets in a ring and "dukes it out" regardless of his and/or her winning/losing. When you talk about MMA you should have specifically mentioned UFC in your challange title. Regardless I shall continue on with this debate. So with that said "allow me to dissect your argument so i can point out each weakness." "Boxing is archaich and boring." (believe you meant to say "archaic") Who is to say what is "boring" in the first place? Many would believe what you or I are doing is very boring yet we still choose to come onto this website. For instance lets take the sport of "soccer" into consideration. I personally believe "soccer" is better form of entertainment then football. Although many might disagree with me there still wrong because we are all individuals and have our own likes and dislikes in this world. *Note- I said better form of entertainment and not a better form of a sport. we each have our own ways of entertainment. "It cannot bring the intensity of a real fight." As I recall on the eighth of December of the year 2007 I was in my living room, palms sweaty, heart pounding, up on my two feet in every round in the fight between Hatton and Mayweather I could hear A brass band playing in the upper deck, among thousands of British fans who packed the arena and needed little urging to stand up with beers in hand to sing "There's only one Ricky Hatton" to the tune of Winter Wonderland. Then i realized I was doing the same except I wasn't at the MGM grand and the only fans besides me where my buds from school screaming and cheering at every punch Hatton was landing on Mayweather (Ricky Hatton fans) And Somewhere in England and all over the United States regardless of being at the event, watching it on closed-circuit televisions(UK) or on PPV they were feeling the same "intensity of a real fight" that i was. "They are not real fighters." Needless to say, again who are you to decide if they are not "real fighters? boxing is a very legit and valid form of fighting just like MMA. Each sport has its own unique contenders and forms of fighting. So comparing the two is like comparing oranges to tangerines and calling tangerines "not a real fruit". "Only in American culture could a fight with only the use of your hands flourish." And at the same time a sport that uses mixed martial art methods to take down there opponents is flourishing as well, truley that is a marvelous thing. I dont know how you actually see that as a bad thing in the first place. That is highly ignorant of you on your behalf though because Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC. (http://en.wikipedia.org...) "Pay-Per-View UFC gets more viewers per event broadcasted than a Pay-Per-View Boxing match will get all year." Mayweather-De La Hoya fight sets pay-per-view records Have you looked at the facts lately? The fight, won by Mayweather, became the first to be purchased by more than two million U.S. households, HBO Pay-Per-View said. The 2.15 million buys beat the previous record of 1.99 million set with the rematch of Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield in 1997. At a $55 US price point, the fight generated revenue of $120 million in the U.S. alone. The fight was also broadcast on pay-per-view around the world, including in Canada. according to cbc (http://www.cbc.ca...) HBO's Dec. 8 Floyd Mayweather-Ricky Hatton pay-per-view boxing event punched out 850,000 buys, providing a fitting end to a record-setting year for the pay TV network. The fight drew $47 million in revenue, the highest tally ever for a PPV boxing match that did not feature a heavyweight fighter such as Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield, or a Latino fighter like Oscar De La Hoya.